Sarah L. Penner
(315) 327-8055                                                                                                                     spenner@myself.com
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Work History:
Covidien: 2000-2011
•	Quality Inspector III, Warehouse Person, Compounder, Floor Hand, Machine Operator
Crouse Community Center: 1995-2000
•	Certified Nurses Aide
Harding Nursing Home: 1990-1995
•	Ceritifed Nurses Aide
Education:
Mohawk Valley Community College: Surgical Technology, 2013
Waterville Central School: Graduate of 1992
BOCES: Lisenced Practical Nursing; Graduate of 1992
Skills:
Perform continuous improvement initiative (5s, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Kan Ban)-Use of Stacker, Forklift, scissor lift, electric pallet jack, hydraulic pallet jack, craines, hoists, pull carts and dollies-Load and unload tractor trailers-Pull product for shipment, Prepare necessary documentation for shipments, compare pulled product against paperwork for accuracy prior to shipping, accurate documentation -Receive incoming material, check material for damages, check product received against packing slip for accuracy, enter receiving and inventory information into AS400/BPCS computer system software, place incoming product in holding area-Obtain order forms from other departments, pull ordered product, place into staging area for production use-Pull finished product from production areas, verify correct item#/lot# number/amount, place into proper warehouse location-Perform cycle counts and yearly (entire) warehouse audits to ensure inventory accuracy-Use of UPS computer system for shipping purposes-Print labels for incoming and outgoing product, sticker accordingly-Use of handheld computer systems-Math skills-Daily use of BPCS computer system-Professional customer service skills within and outside of company-Courteous-Self motivated-
Accomplishments:
-Authored the Standard Operating Procedure for returns/repack of damaged goods from distribution center to minimize excess waste: reduced product time getting back to distribution center, reduced excess movement of materials as a whole, reduced the amount of packaging used to reprocess damaged goods by eliminating particular products for repack, reduced the amount of money used to repack damages by reducing excess waste-Created the standard of shipment for a specific product due to weight issues at DOT terminals for a particular trucking company-Correlated with Fed Ex and created a standardized shipping method for all shipments to Japan for customs purposes-