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Adrian Cygan

Wellingborough,Northamptonshire

Summary

Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in supply chain management, warehouse operations, and team leadership. Demonstrates proficiency in stock control, process improvement techniques, and lean warehousing strategies to optimize efficiency and resource allocation. Skilled in fostering team collaboration, motivational leadership, and conflict resolution to drive performance excellence. Adept at ensuring health and safety compliance, quality control focus, and fire safety accreditation within operational environments. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, forklift operation certification, and material handling equipment experience. Committed to continuous improvement strategies and workforce development through recruitment, training, and performance reviews execution.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

WAREHOUSE MANAGER

WALLS AND FLOORS
01.2024 - 09.2025
  • Demonstrated hands-on leadership approach
  • Liaised with transport companies to enable on-time deliveries nationwide.
  • Streamlined warehouse operations by overseeing a team of 56 employees.
  • Implemented cost-saving measures, leading to a significant reduction in overheads.
  • Facilitated resource distribution throughout business operations to enhance efficiency
  • Cooperating with Procurement Administrator
  • Achieved high Return On Investment (ROI) through strategic resource management.
  • Improved accuracy of stock control with regular stocktakes and database updates.
  • Elevated picking and packing output with targeted coaching and feedback sessions.
  • Optimised warehouse layout to maximise available storage space.
  • Identified system enhancements, providing recommendations for improved operations.
  • Maintained a clean work environment to foster effective workflows and minimise risks.
  • Ensured safe handling of materials through organized operational procedures.
  • Finalized month-to-month payroll.

Warehouse supervisor

Walls and Floors
Kettering, Northamptonshire
01.2018 - 01.2024
  • Coordinated incoming goods, ensuring accuracy in inventory management.
  • Resolved operational issues promptly, minimising disruptions in workflow.
  • Evaluated performance metrics to improve warehouse operations.
  • Managed staff rosters to maintain optimal productivity levels.
  • Enhanced logistic processes with accurate record keeping system.
  • Trained new employees, resulting in better job proficiency and productivity.
  • Increased equipment longevity through routine maintenance checks and services.
  • Reduced downtime by scheduling preventative maintenance on machinery.
  • Improved stock control systems, resulting in reduced discrepancies during audits.
  • Delivered quality assurance by enforcing company policies and standards.
  • Collaborated with other department managers for smoother interdepartmental transactions.
  • Oversaw loading and unloading processes, ensuring safe handling of goods.

Warehouse Operative/Supervisor

DHL/XPO
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Loading and unloading delivery vehicles, by hand or with a PPT truck.
  • Checking for damaged or missing items and then sorting stock for storage in the warehouse.
  • Taking goods to the appropriate storage space keeps a careful record of the stock on the warehouse management system, so that it can be located quickly.
  • Picking orders using a hand-held scanner from the storage space and bringing them for packing, or to the loading bay for transportation.
  • Organizing transfers and loading goods onto delivery vehicles.
  • Planning and setting up layout and ensuring that there is efficient space utilization.
  • Manage and direct shipping and receiving; unload and load trucks and vehicles.
  • Prioritize regular workload, special tasks, and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed accurately and efficiently within an established time frame.

Customer assistant/ Step up manager

TESCO
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • I got to know our customers and did my best to serve them with pride and encouraged my colleagues to do the same.
  • I learned and understood the store and department performance and identified areas of improvement and implemented plans to improve.
  • I actively coached colleagues to give excellent service and tackled any issue with service immediately, awarded colleagues for good customer service.
  • Supported delivery of departments and legal training and I continued to coach colleagues on a day to day basis.
  • Ensuring that colleagues have all the information to do their job and delivering daily briefing to a team of 16.
  • Coordinate department schedules and ensure they are accurate to achieve daily/weekly activities.
  • Supervising, guiding and motivating the team to ensure the staff are happy so the business can run smoothly, I was organizing and delegating their workload as well as monitoring them to make sure it's done correctly.
  • Fulfilling a duty manager shift role where not only I looked after my department but also the whole store, which included ensuring all colleagues are completing their tasks, ensuring that excellent customer service is being delivered, looking after checkouts and making sure we have the right amount of staff on there so that the customers aren't waiting it ques.
  • Other jobs where; Completing paperwork, Handling complaints from both staff and customers, helping with promotional events, Reporting to senior level management, checking our grocery and fresh delivery, and dealing with waste stock.

Education

GCSEs - Mathematics - A / Science - Pass / English Language - B / BTEC SPORT - Merit

BRUNE PARK SCHOOL
Gosport, Hampshire
09.2006 - 07.2011

A-Levels Diploma - Sport/ Leadership/ Coaching

ST VINCENT COLLEGE
Gosport, Hampshire
09.2011 - 04.2014

Skills

  • Team collaboration
  • Motivational leadership
  • Effective communication
  • Customer service excellence
  • Calm under pressure
  • Decisive problem-solving
  • Time management
  • Self-motivation
  • Conflict resolution
  • Adaptability and creativity
  • Stock control expertise
  • Time optimization
  • Decision-making competence
  • Resource allocation expertise
  • Supply chain management
  • Lean warehousing techniques
  • Fire safety accreditation
  • Quality control focus
  • Logistical insight
  • Order processing efficiency
  • Microsoft Office proficiency
  • First aid training
  • Storage optimization
  • Procurement oversight
  • Health and safety enforcement
  • Stock replenishment strategies
  • Process improvement techniques
  • Supply chain understanding
  • Forklift operation certification
  • Flexible adaptability
  • Material handling equipment experience
  • Team motivation
  • Stock management
  • Forklift operation
  • Order fulfillment
  • Process improvement initiatives
  • Production planning
  • Payroll cost management
  • Loading and unloading expertise
  • Warehouse maintenance
  • Distribution coordination
  • Recruitment and training
  • Packing and picking
  • Eye for accuracy
  • Continuous improvement strategies
  • Budget controls and reporting
  • Performance reviews execution
  • Workforce analytics
  • Training and Development
  • Payroll administration

Languages

Polish
Native
English
Native

Certification

First Aid

Fire Marshall

Shunter training

Counter Balance

V/N/A

PPT

Rich Truck

LLop

Mlop

Timeline

WAREHOUSE MANAGER

WALLS AND FLOORS
01.2024 - 09.2025

Warehouse supervisor

Walls and Floors
01.2018 - 01.2024

Warehouse Operative/Supervisor

DHL/XPO
01.2015 - 01.2018

Customer assistant/ Step up manager

TESCO
01.2012 - 01.2015

A-Levels Diploma - Sport/ Leadership/ Coaching

ST VINCENT COLLEGE
09.2011 - 04.2014

GCSEs - Mathematics - A / Science - Pass / English Language - B / BTEC SPORT - Merit

BRUNE PARK SCHOOL
09.2006 - 07.2011

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