Nikola Barisic
Operations | Management | Inventory Control
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About
A target-driven and strategic Operations professional, I have extensive experience at all levels of service delivery, achieving excellent results and supporting business success. Throughout my career, I have consistently met and exceeded both personal and team targets, contributing to company growth goals I always try to find the best solutions, and my focus on streamlining processes has enabled me to drive efficiency and increase productivity. I am now looking for a role where I can leverage my experience to add value within a forward-thinking organisation.
Experience
Warehouse Team Lead (Croydon) - PELOTON INTERACTIVE - LONDON
(2022-04 - 2024-02)
Following the closure of the Acton warehouse, I was offered to lead the Croydon division, the largest Peloton warehouse in Europe. In addition to the roles at Acton, my key achievements include:
- Supervised and managed largest Peloton warehouse in Europe
- Successfully executed the Peloton project of refurbished bikes on eBay, demonstrating exceptional project management skills.
- Launched and organised Project Place, efficiently delegating tasks, providing training to teams, and overseeing all aspects of warehouse operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in Salesforce and Manhattan Scale, ensuring seamless planning and execution of monthly, quarterly, and yearly warehouse stock counts with a 100% accuracy rate
- Selected out of whole UK and Germany to deliver Manhattan Scale training to the entire new launched Edinburgh warehouse Team with 0 errors on the launch day.
- Successfully overseeing and delegated responsibilities for a fleet of 17 vans in the absence of the Delivery Experience Manager, showcasing effective leadership and decision-making skills.
- Supporting and guiding the Delivery team on the field
- Leading by example a team of over 30 staff members, driving best practise and adherence to quality standards
- Implementing projects to streamline warehouse operations, management and training
- Overlooked and managed every stage of bike production, from building to quality control, preparing and dispatching orders in WMS scale, and allocating jobs between 17 vans for timely deliveries
- Organised comprehensive warehouse waste management through third-party external companies, maximising profit margins.
- Overseeing H&S and Fire Marshall duties, fostering a safe working environment for all employees
Warehouse Team Lead (Acton) - PELOTON INTERACTIVE - LONDON
(2020-03 - 2022-03)
- Leading by example and motivating a team of over ten staff, to successfully achieve against targets
- Organising warehouse design to maximise space for stock whilst allowing for high volume traffic
- Increasing productivity by monitoring work areas for cleanliness and functionality
- Liaising with multiple teams across the company including Supply Chain, building key relationships
- Driving performance improvements by coaching and mentoring the team
- Managing warehouse system (NetSuite and SCALE) to increase efficiency and reduce errors
- Satisfying reporting requirements by accurately logging daily activities
- Applying organisation and routing knowledge to enhance delivery planning
- Driving best practise by upskilling the team as well as training Warehouse Supervisors across the UK
- Overseeing H&S and Fire Marshall duties, fostering a safe working environment for all employees
Assistant Manager - INTERSPAR - CROATIA
(2017-02 - 2018-11)
- Managing and overseeing shop operations, leading a team of staff
- Developing new processes, ensuring efficient functioning of the shop
- Managing the sales floor and providing maximum profitability
- Implementing HR duties including recruiting, hiring, training and firing
- Managing schedules, assigning responsibilities and setting sales quotas and KPIs
- Administrating accounting functions, meeting monthly, quarterly and annual sales/financial targets
- Managing budgets and generating payroll by adhering to payroll policy
- Controlling inventory to ensure sufficient stock counts, rotating and changing by season
- Providing exceptional customer service, setting criteria for staff and driving best practise
- Establishing security measures, creating emergency strategies and ensuring H&S compliance
- Managing loss prevention through security requirements and monitoring strategies
- Auditing paperwork and inventory levels and appropriately handling broken/damaged merchandise
Plasterboard Installer/Team Lead - IZGRADNJA - CROATIA
(2015-04 - 2017-01)
- Tracked receipts, employee hours, and inventory.
- Managed schedules accepted time-off requests and found coverage for short shifts.
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
Education
PAINTER/DECORATOR PLASTERBOARD INSTALLATION - Skills and Technics school, Osijek Croatia (2009)
BACHELOR’S DEGREE - faculty of kinesiology sport and recreation, Osijek Croatia (2015)
