Damian Slezak
Nottingham,Nottinghamshire
Summary
Warehouse Operations Specialist with extensive expertise in logistics and materials handling. Proficient in forklift and pallet machinery operation, order processing, and secure packing. Demonstrates strong skills in communication with drivers, collaboration with dispatchers, and efficient multitasking. Adept at using scanning equipment and understanding warehouse flow to enhance order picking efficiency. Committed to optimising shipping processes and ensuring proper stacking for safe transport. Career goal: to leverage logistics understanding to streamline operations in a dynamic warehouse environment.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
General warehouse operative
Culina Logistics
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2015.03 - Current
- Facilitated smooth workflow, minimising disruptions during peak hours.
- Maintained cleanliness of the warehouse, promoting a tidy working environment.
- Coordinated product distribution for timely deliveries.
- Improved inventory management with regular stock checks.
- Loaded and unloaded delivery vehicles, ensuring accurate order fulfilment.
- Picked, packed and dispatched high-volume orders, consistently exceeding warehouse performance targets.
- Prepared items for timely dispatch and safe transportation.
- Moved stock around by hand, using forklift truck or lifting gear.
- Sorted materials on warehouse racks and shelves.
- Loaded packaged goods on to trucks for shipping.
- Operated lifting equipment to transport and store stock.
- Operated material handling equipment to move large and heavy loads.
- Operated forklifts to lift and move heavy cargo to designated areas.
General warehouse operative
Flamingo Flowers
Spalding, Lincolnshire
2011.02 - 2015.02
- Met tight deadlines with efficient multi-tasking capabilities.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives whilst maintaining high-quality standards.
- Utilised pallet jacks and forklifts with strict attention to safety protocols.
- Assisted in organising physical inventories for improved stock visibility.
- Packed goods securely to prevent damage during transportation.
- Loaded and unloaded delivery vehicles, ensuring accurate order fulfilment.
- Scanned cargo to keep track of freight movements.
Education
vehicle mechanics
University in Poland
Poland/Czestochowa 2007.09 - 2009.07
Skills
- Heavy lifting techniques
- Warehouse flow understanding
- Communication with drivers
- Pallet jack proficiency
- Pallet jack use
- Proper stacking
- Packaging expertise
- Knowledge of shipping processes
- Scale operation knowledge
- Waste disposal knowledge
- Logistics understanding
- Product coding system
- Scanning equipment mastery
- Delicate item handling
- Decision-Making aptitude
- Order picking efficiency
- Collaboration with dispatchers
- Heavy lifting capability
- Basic math competence
- Forklift operation
- Order processing
- Secure packing
- Loading and unloading techniques
- Materials handling
- Stock rotation procedures
- Barcode scanning
- Efficient multitasking
- Dispatching procedures
- Manual handling training
- Picking and packing
- Shipping and receiving
- Machinery operation
- Labelling stock
- Warehouse operating procedures
- Order Picking
- Forklift and pallet machinery operation
- Warehouse picking
- Loading and unloading
Affiliations
- 3D printing
- vehicle mechanics
Languages
English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Polish
Proficient (C2)
Russian
Upper intermediate (B2)
Custom
Experienced MHE Operator with full certifications. My key strengths include a strong technical aptitude and great care for assigned equipment. Being passionate about vehicle mechanics, I can quickly diagnose minor technical issues. I am precise and reliable—qualities I also develop through my hobbies: 3D printing and technical modelling.
Timeline
General warehouse operative
Culina Logistics
2015.03 - Current
General warehouse operative
Flamingo Flowers
2011.02 - 2015.02
vehicle mechanics
University in Poland
2007.09 - 2009.07