Arturo M.

Hughes
10620 Lakeside Drive North, Unit G, Garden Grove, Ca 92840
Home (714) 590-1386 Cell (310) 722-4566
arturohughes25@yahoo.com

Objective To obtain a position as Operations Manager for

Profile Specializing in high production, safety, customer service, and

on the spot decision making in situations that are cause-
related where a positive and effective outcome is a must
• Positive leader that promotes positive morale between Labor and
Management.
• Assertive leader that is followed by labor with enthusiasm
• Conceive the vision. Develop the plan. Implement all details
• Coordinate diverse constituencies
• Trained in communications skills & time management
• Proficient training in vessel, yard, gate, rail, and customer service
operations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and Windows and XP
operating systems.

Employment Jan. 2006 -

History Superintendent Present
Ports America
• Manage and run vessel operations while directing more than one
hundred members of labor to work to the highest level of
productivity and safely
• Proficiently carry out daily ISO procedures in Operations & Logistics

• Increase daily production while minimizing service failures

• Built a trusting & respectful relationship with labor and local

Business Agents
• Set a precedence for working safely and wearing the proper safety
equipment
• Capable of carrying out ship planning procedures from the start and
finish of a vessel
• Capable of running the multiple operations on the terminal such as
vessel, rail, customer service, yard, and gate
• Trained more than fifty co-workers at multiple facilities who can now
proficiently run an operation on their own
• Implemented and improved procedures at other terminals while
increasing production, minimizing service failures, and improving
safety
• Motivate and led all levels of staff to operate toward the
organization’s goals

Warehouse Manager 2004 - Dec. 2005

Inland Star Distribution Center
 • Oversaw and ran the operations of a chemical distribution
center
 Directed forty-three warehouse and office associates along with
truck drivers
 Managed the in/out bound scheduling along with the employee
scheduling
 Maintained inventory counts and production goals

 Performed tests to multiple chemicals for quality and consistency

 Maintained and presented data to upper management and

customers

Inventory Control/Marketing Coordinator 2001 - 2004

Inland Star Distribution Center
• Increased production by 50% while improving customer service
• Implemented new procedures to and standards to improve the
company as a whole.
• Improved customer relationships while creating new ones
• Maintained scheduling over the whole facility.
• Maintain inventory counts while decreasing the inventory loss
• Evaluated multiple chemical samples

Assistant Zone Manager 1998 - 2001

Lowe’s
• Managed and maintained the Electrical Department
 Directed a group of fifteen associates and insured they performed
daily duties and customer service to the best of their abilities.
 Designed weekly schedules for associates

 Provided superior customer service

 Forklift operator and cashier

 Administrative responsibilities: recorded net sales, daily

deposits, shortages/overages and base funds

BS, Electrical Engineering & Minor in Computer

Science, South Carolina State University,
Education Orangeburg, SC 2001