Stewart Bateman

• Worked safely around moving machinery.
• Prepared orders for shipment by systematically picking, packing and labelling merchandise.
• Inspected incoming and outgoing shipments to verify accuracy and prevent errors.
• Cleaned and maintained warehouse in compliance with OHS safety standards.
• Consistently lifted materials weighing as much 25+ Kilograms
• Used hand-held devices and computers to record and monitor inventory levels and completed audits to uncover and address inaccuracies.
• Shipped material and performed boxing, packing, labelling and preparation of related documents.
• Inspected work areas for cleanliness and obstacles and removed cartons and boxes to keep work areas organized and hazard-free.
• Operated forklifts to transfer inventory to and from target destinations.
• Verified quantity and description of materials received by checking merchandise against packing list.
• Maintained warehouse accessibility and safety for customer traffic by discarding empty boxes and removing obstacles from aisles.
• Placed incoming inventory in optimal storage locations to promote continued accuracy and easy retrieval.
• Managed product staging to efficiently transfer items between receiving, storage and shipping locations.
• Operated PC and RF-based computer systems for inventory management.
• Readied product pallets for optimal storage and shipment, carefully organizing boxes and balancing weight.
• Simplified shipping and receiving processes for improved workflow.

• Responsibilities
• Warehouse Coordination
• Managing opening and set up of warehouse prior to commencement of each day’s work
• This included ensuring that all necessary gates and roller doors were open, and that access was clear to shipping and receiving area, all necessary lights switched on and logging into dispatch computers
• After Canson made the decision to sell the factory, I was also responsible for liaison with the contractors engaged to ‘make good’ the factory premises, and this meant starting earlier to open the factory and facilitate the access they needed
• Equipment Use and Maintenance
• Ensuring all OH&S practices were adhered to when operating factory equipment and handling stock
• This included reporting and managing issues and completing relevant paperwork such as risk and safety assessments and incident reports
• Conduct safety checks on forklifts and scheduling maintenance for all distribution center equipment such as forklifts and wrapping machines
• Managing gas supplies for the forklift by monitoring current levels and ordering new supplies to make sure we didn’t run out
• Stock management
• Unloading and loading delivery’s, which involved packing/unpacking trucks, containers and pallets
• Picking and packing goods such as paint, brushes and all kinds of fine arts equipment as well as paper sized from A5 through to A3 and beyond
• Organizing paper regularly involved unpacking and labelling individual sheets then repacking for some customers
• Arranging stock on a pallet and making sure that it is balanced and does not exceed and dimension restrictions so that it could be safely transported
• Replenishing stock for orders and trouble shooting and running stock counts to reconcile balances where stock appears to have incorrect values
• SAP Responsibilities
• Confirming replenishment and running small replenishment checks on isolated stock to make sure levels are ready for orders
• Consolidating stock from multiple pallets to single pallets when it made sense to streamline stock holding or deliveries
• Running checks on stock levels as and when problems arose
• Making orders for warehouse supplies use to manage deliveries to customers such as tape and bubble wrap.
• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

• Each morning I would complete replenishment for the days picking using a scanner
• This also involved correctly using a ladder to retrieve the stock
• Hand unloading containers, taking boxes of the rollers and sorting them onto pallets
• Unboxing luggage and sorting out the stock from large, medium and small items, placing them on pallets to be stored away for picking
• Creating picking runs for picking staff to pick more orders quickly during busy periods in the run up to the Christmas season
• Picking stock from picking runs and completing orders and processing them to dispatch.
• Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
• Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.

As a night watch volunteer at, I worked closely with a salvation army employee to support and assist the homeless community of Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs

• We would assist them by providing counsel as well as a hot meal and warm clothing if we had received donations
• Providing clients with food and warm clothing
• Providing safe areas for them to sleep
• Alerting them to the many organizations that can offer help to them
• Student International Cafe sessions
• Providing the students with information about the city
• Providing council to them if they require it
• Making sure they have a hot meal and coffee
• Providing a safe environment for them to study and learn
• Broadening awareness of other services
• Serving food to them and making them coffee
• Making sure the kitchen area is kept clean
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
• Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.