SHERI YOUNG

sheri.young24@gmail.com 707-631-6706 http://www.linkedin.com/in/sheriyoung

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL
Experienced Logistics Planner with extensive knowledge in the food and beverage industry. Skilled
in administration, customer service, organization, purchasing, and inventory management in both
private and public sectors. Team player with innovative problem solving ability and excellent
communication skills. Reputation for commitment, integrity and quality. Consistently recognized for
exceeding expectations, flexibility, motivation, dedication and focus on company goals.

• Inventory Management • Procedural • Office

Development Administration
• Planning • Payroll • Training
• Analysis • Auditing • IBM System 36
• SAP • Microsoft Office • Supply Chain
Systems

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Increased direct truck loads by 66.5%, raising efficiencies by closely matching production
with wholesaler product orders.
• Reduced near overage shipments to less than 1% by running reports, watching for interplant
shipments, working with dock, physical inventories and shipping out product immediately.
• Achieved over 30% increase in efficiencies by working directly with trucking companies on
unloading of materials in conjunction with items needed on the lines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NELSON STAFFING, Fairfield, CA 2009 - 2010

Temporary Assignments

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., Fairfield, CA 1985 - 2008

Logistics Planner
Managed all aspects of full good inventory shipments. Maximized direct loads while minimizing
shipping of beer over 7 days of age and maintained balanced truck and rail loading schedule.
• Increased sales by analyzing and adding in truck loads to wholesalers of product that was
needed to stock retailer shelves.
• Minimized number of stock outages by keeping all customers in product when supply of
particular items was greatly reduced by line breakdowns that lasted multiple shifts by using
wholesaler perpetual inventory screens for analysis.
 Sheri Young
Page 2

• Maintained direct loads and avoided wholesaler stock outages during times when repeated
significant and immediate changes were being made to the production schedules.
• Improved wholesaler service by identifying reduction of wholesaler windows, automated
shipment changes creating partial loads and near overage beer while failing to clean up near
term production shortages.
 Sheri Young
Page 3

Distribution Analyst and Office Assistant

Assisted Department in various aspects of Inventory Management
• Increased direct loads by matching production to wholesaler orders.
• Increased efficiency by initiating leaving messages on unload appointments of beer.
• Created first Product Supply Newsletter.
• Initiated and tracked interplant transfer of parts to keep production lines running.
• Analyzed rail car needs to ensure product delivered to Portland distribution center.

Payroll Clerk
Supervised payroll and prepared union pension, health and welfare payments for 500 employees.
• Administered implementation and processing of employee garnishments including all
customer contacts.
• Increased efficiency 10% through coordinated software and hardware support on AT&T 75
phone system.
• Streamlined processes to increase productivity 10% by developing and implementing
extensive operational procedures for payroll, data entry and phone systems.
• Facilitated contract issues between union, brewery and corporate as well as auditors
requiring a detailed knowledge of rules, procedures, policies and precedents.
• Time savings of 16 workdays per month in the Health, Pension and Welfare process by
simplifying and automating the system.
• Reduced turnover by effective facilitation of new hire process.

Special Projects included Critical Process Reviews, Payroll Process Improvement, Standard
Operating Procedures, creation of employee data base in Access and set up of Machine
Maintenance II system through use of Applied Image Technology, Adobe Photoshop ,
Paintbrush and SAP.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BS, University of California, Berkeley

Sociology and English

ACCESS, AUTOMATED SHIPMENT SCHEDULING, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, SAP, SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS,
WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WORD, WORD PERFECT, LOTUS NOTES, BREWERY BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS,
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, MANAGING PERSONAL GROWTH, TIME MANAGEMENT, STRESS MANAGEMENT,
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CLASSES