Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
References
Timeline
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Ilona Zuk

Milton Keynes,Walnut Tree
Ilona Zuk

Summary

Purpose-driven Warehouse Team Leader with 10 years of experience supervising operations in the Westcoast Distribution Centre. Expert in consistently fulfilling orders on time through outstanding hiring, training and resource management. Personable communicator with strengths in providing useful and constructive employee evaluations to increase efficiency and support employee confidence.

Expert in coordinating dispatching and resolving problems.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Westcoast LTD
Milton Keynes

Warehouse Team Leader
07.2015 - Current

Job overview

  • Leading the Exports & Value-Added Service departments
  • Supervising the day-to-day activities of team members employed to work on a given project in an organization, to ensure operations run seamlessly
  • Monitoring and evaluating the performance of employees (KPI)
  • Supporting the Management Team with the day-to-day operation of the warehouse ensuring an efficient warehouse operation in achieving business targets
  • Liaise with customers, customer services and transport companies via phone/email
  • Booking collections, creating shipment manifests as per customer’s expectations
  • Manage workloads and plan the outgoing flow of goods
  • Attending meetings, communicating, and providing relevant information to the team
  • Introducing operational and administrative procedures to uphold the integrity of current processes.
  • Investigating process faults and devising targeted solutions.

Westcoast LTD
Milton Keynes

Warehouse Supervisor
05.2013 - 07.2015

Job overview

  • Monitoring warehouse safety and swiftly resolving hazards.
  • Delegating tasks and coordinating warehouse workflow to support continuous productivity.
  • Enhancing picking and packing output through targeted team coaching and feedback.
  • Enforcing safety measures and proper use of PPE.
  • Exceeding warehouse productivity targets with consistent operational oversight.
  • Supporting Exports/VAS Team Leader in daily tasks

Baker Ross - Westcoast LTD
Milton Keynes

Warehouse Operative
03.2013 - 05.2013

Job overview

  • Processing orders using handheld scanners with speed and precision.
  • Complying with health and safety by responsibly using equipment.
  • Labelling and organising packages for accurate deliveries.
  • Maintaining high standards of warehouse organisation, accurately reading labels to distribute stock according to specifications.

Baker Ross - Fossil
Milton Keynes

Warehouse Operative
01.2012 - 02.2013

Job overview

  • General warehouse duties, picking, packing
  • Labelling and organised packages for accurate deliveries.
  • Completing work orders and packing slips with accuracy.
  • Keeping a clean working area and reporting any issues to management.

Education

De Montfort University
Leicester

Diploma of Higher Education from Business Management
10.2023

INTEC Business Colleges LTD
Milton Keynes

NVQ Level 2 from Team Leading
02.2016 - 06.2017

University overview

Principles of team leading

Equality and Diversity at the workplace

Understand Business

College of Management and Administration (Poland)
Zamosc

Diploma of Higher Education from Physiotheraphy
09.2010 - 07.2013

Skills

  • Supervisory and Team Leader skills with the ability to motivate, develop and supervise others
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Analytical and numerical
  • Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure / cost of poor quality
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Ability to manage a wide variety of activities at the same time
  • Good IT skills, in particular spreadsheets and databases and a knowledge of warehouse systems
  • Good planning skills and able to meet targets and deadlines
  • Knowledge of warehouse operations
  • Strong communication, problem solving, organizational and delegation skills
  • Ability to plan, analyze and challenge
  • Fire marshal training

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

De Montfort University

Diploma of Higher Education from Business Management
10.2023

INTEC Business Colleges LTD

NVQ Level 2 from Team Leading
02.2016 - 06.2017

Warehouse Team Leader

Westcoast LTD
07.2015 - Current

Warehouse Supervisor

Westcoast LTD
05.2013 - 07.2015

Warehouse Operative

Baker Ross - Westcoast LTD
03.2013 - 05.2013

Warehouse Operative

Baker Ross - Fossil
01.2012 - 02.2013

College of Management and Administration (Poland)

Diploma of Higher Education from Physiotheraphy
09.2010 - 07.2013
Ilona Zuk