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Education
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Certification
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Iuliana Solomon

Coventry

Summary

Dynamic and detail-oriented professional with extensive expertise in sustainability, lean methodology, and logistics. Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to quality assurance through effective use of root cause analysis and Kaizen principles. Proficient in planning and control in manufacturing, international freight management, and financial database analysis. Adept at utilising SAP, SEMS, HCL, and Microsoft Office Suite to enhance operational efficiency. A continuous learner with a customer-oriented approach, excelling in teamwork and prioritising workload to achieve organisational goals.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
2012
2012
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

First Line Manager

Unipart Logistics
05.2024 - 08.2025
  • Joined technically advanced repair facility in 2024 as First Line Manager, overseeing Quality and Exceptions departments to fulfil business goals aligned with Unipart standards.
  • Ensuring compliance with safety standards by team members.
  • Facilitating timely completion of safety audits
  • Investigating safety incidents and implementing safety improvements
  • Ensuring that repairs adhere to established quality control protocols.
  • Identifying recurring issues that need to be addressed at a systemic level.
  • Guiding, motivating, and supporting the team to achieve departmental and organisational goals.
  • Identifying training needs, mentoring, coaching, and supporting team members to grow in their roles and careers.
  • Promoting a positive and healthy work environment, monitoring employee workloads, and providing support for mental and physical wellbeing.
  • Managing complex or non-standard repair cases
  • Providing regular reports to senior management on team performance, productivity, key metrics, and project progress.
  • Distributing customer requests to the departments
  • Following up with the departments to ensure the requests are completed within the SLA
  • Maintaining connection with customers regarding the progress of the requests or escalations
  • Conducting performance reviews and addressing performance issues
  • Conducting absence or behavioural investigations
  • Participating in the hiring process, conducting interviews, and ensuring new hires are properly integrated into the team.
  • Ensuring all mandatory training is completed before the deadline
  • Ensuring that the team is ready for the peak period
  • Managing IT tickets in case of system issues
  • Participating and encouraging team members to participate in site activities
  • Planning, organizing, and delegating tasks to the team to ensure projects are completed efficiently and on time.

Production Manager

Amazon
07.2022 - 02.2024
  • Joining the dynamic Merch on Demand (MoD) business in 2020 as a Team leader and becoming an Area Manager in July 2022. MoD is the heart of Amazon's rapidly growing Operations network: they're where we manage our fast-moving merchandise print operation. Main responsibilities include:
  • Identifying and correcting safety hazards that can stop the team from working safely.
  • Collaborating with the safety department to improve the area according to the team's needs.
  • Recording and reporting all safety incidents
  • Performing safety audits during the shift
  • Engaging with the Associates every day to ensure that they are informed about any changes and make sure that they can raise any concerns.
  • Responsible for the quality of the department in all areas as receive, stow, prep, replenishment, pick, print, catch (quality control), neck-tag, fold, rebin, pack (ship)
  • Managing tickets in collaboration with the HR team regarding Associate's holidays, shift changes, shift swaps, investigations, and probation meetings.
  • Managing tickets in collaboration with the Learning team regarding Associate training
  • Promoting a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equity
  • Process improvement.
  • Weekly report about department performance using available tools (FCLM)
  • Daily End of Shift report highlighting shift performance
  • Maintaining inventory accuracy
  • Sustainability improvements
  • Timely completion of training available
  • Delivering constructive feedback to team members to ensure tasks align with Amazon's high standards.

Team Leader

Amazon
08.2020 - 07.2022
  • Started as a team leader in August 2020 after passing the step-up pool in BHX3. One of the first team leaders of Merch on Demand FC in the UK. After 4 months of being part of the team, I earned a permanent position, working without an Area Manager for the first 7 months and taking part in their responsibilities and duties. Main responsibilities include:
  • Identifying and addressing safety hazards within the work area
  • Coaching associates to always work safely.
  • Referring all job injuries immediately to the area manager
  • Using and presenting data to set/revisit operational goals and manage activities.
  • Allocating headcount on specific processes.
  • Demonstrating and understanding performance and leadership bar, applying it effectively to team members and new hiring decisions
  • Providing regular coaching and feedback to direct reports to help them individually develop functional skills.
  • Constantly looking for ways to improve and standardize processes by collaborating with all teams (HR, LEARNING, RME, IT, SAFETY, MITE)
  • Managing escalation/complex tickets
  • Analyzing incoming volume, highlighting risks and deviations in order intakes and production
  • Performing safety and quality audits across operational areas to maintain and improve the high standards of the department.

FC Associate

Amazon
10.2019 - 08.2020
  • Joined Amazon in October 2019 as a PMP green badge associate, with a successful conversion to a blue badge in March 2020. Became an integral part of the team and progressively received training in a variety of different processes, adding core process knowledge to the team. Key processes include:
  • Core picking knowledge.
  • Core packing knowledge as singles, multies, gift wrap, vendor returns, donations and destruction.
  • Rebinning items for packing multies
  • Processing items on kick-out for securing the CPT
  • Providing key coaching and training for packing, to new and tenured employees of the business.
  • Ensuring a high level of quality and productivity
  • Received consistently positive feedback, continually working with energy and enthusiasm.
  • Ensured consistent adherence to safety, quality regulations and legislation to maintain production compliance.
  • Continually met set targets through dedication to the packing process and continued to meet customers' high expectations.

Specialist Financial-Accounting Anti-money Laundry Department

Unicredit Services
05.2016 - 09.2019
  • Joined Unicredit Services in May 2016 as a temporary employee working through the recruitment agency, with a successful conversion to permanent employment at Unicredit Services in July 2016. Became an integral part of the team and progressively received training in a variety of different processes, adding core process knowledge to the team. Key processes include:
  • Ensured accurate processing of daily transactions while adhering to verification protocols.
  • Closed a high volume of transactions efficiently.
  • Completed online training within deadlines set by the company.
  • Maintained communication with other bank branches for urgent transaction execution.
  • Coordinated email updates with manager regarding workload and monthly reporting.
  • Participated in developing specific mapping and manuals for operational activities.
  • Escalated alerts promptly, ensuring effective control measures were in place.

Education

Social Work - Philosophy and Social Science

AlexandruIoanCuza University, Romania

Skills

  • Sustainability knowledge
  • Lean methodology
  • 5S
  • Root cause analysis
  • Kaizen
  • Logistics
  • Planning and Control in Manufacturing and Production
  • International Freight Management
  • Time management
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Teamwork oriented
  • Prioritising workload
  • Continuous learner
  • Organized
  • Internet
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • Outlook
  • Self-motivated
  • Quality assurance
  • Financial database analysis
  • Customer-oriented
  • SAP
  • SEMS
  • HCL

Company policies enforcement

Certification

  • 2024 Cascading Education - Psychological Safety
  • 2023 Privacy Requirements and Implementation
  • 2023 Perspectives Conducting Equitable Talent Reviews in Operations
  • 2021 - Present Supply Chain Management Institute of Supply Chain Management – online
  • 2020 Workplace Health and Safety Management System – Fundamentals
  • COSHH

Languages

Romanian
Native

Timeline

First Line Manager - Unipart Logistics
05.2024 - 08.2025
Production Manager - Amazon
07.2022 - 02.2024
Team Leader - Amazon
08.2020 - 07.2022
FC Associate - Amazon
10.2019 - 08.2020
Specialist Financial-Accounting Anti-money Laundry Department - Unicredit Services
05.2016 - 09.2019
AlexandruIoanCuza University - Social Work, Philosophy and Social Science
Iuliana Solomon