Alec Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Bayport, Minnesota, US

• Collaborate with 50+ internal stakeholders, engineers, consultants, project managers and other professionals across the enterprise to implement innovative solutions under compressed timelines
• Efficiently develop, deploy and integrate applications from the ground up for a brand-new internal manufacturing execution system that supports the production of over 200K units annually
• Architect comprehensive manufacturing solutions utilizing Java object-oriented programming concepts
• Key member of the premier project team implementing 10+ production lines in a new $200M expansion

Bayport, Minnesota, US

• Developed, maintained, and supported multiple continuous improvement efforts for 20+ manufacturing sites across the world for several different product lines
• Participated in a scrum team environment leveraging agile principles to manage competing priorities
• Created and maintained dozens of reports and datasets used to drive key business decisions
• Installed hardware and software within various facilities and servers to support new capabilities

Bayport, Minnesota, US

• Coordinated the inbound receiving, pick pack and staging, and outbound loading for all Andersen product going to over 500 Home Depot stores across the Northeast
• Responsible for the safety, accuracy. and on-time delivery of an average of 50 outbound loads and 800 pallets on a weekly basis
• Directly supervised approx. 25 warehouse associates to ensure smooth flow of product throughout the entire distribution process
• Conducted several interviews for warehouse associate positions on a weekly basis to ensure the warehouse had an appropriate level of staffing, as well as to fully staff a newly created 3rd shift
• Managed several projects related to warehouse continuous improvement
• Lead crews safely in efforts of dismantling of, and installation of new warehouses racking systems for the majority of the warehouse

Bayport, Minnesota, US

• Transportation Planner
• Responsible for the transportation load planning and shipment management for 40+ loads daily out of the Garland TX and Sacramento CA distribution facilities
• Examined carrier costs and services and recommended alternatives and improvements saving over $100,000 annually
• Built and maintained a highly automated application of transportation cost metrics across 8 distribution centers
• Created and maintained a positive working relationship with both our carrier base and distribution centersAccessory Procurement
• Ensured timely and prompt receipt of product for several hundred purchase orders daily via consistent internal and external customer relationships

Bayport, Minnesota, US

• Established capabilities to create corporate transportation planning metrics across all distribution centers
• Assisting in the implementation of the jobsite delivery pilot program
• Leading effort to analyze two years of routes’ timing data to understand current capabilities of pieces of software and provide future recommendations
• Created processes and developed code that allowed for the tracking of performance and metrics that previously had not existed, saving a minimum of 10 hours per week
• Developed applications to assist in daily invoicing, appointment building, and metrics reporting activities saving the trans ops team a minimum of 80 hours per week

• Stocked, located, and managed over 25,000 different parts in the warehouse and on parts shelves
• Pulled, packed, shipped, and received inbound and outbound shipments
• Operated forklifts, including loading and unloading trucks, locating inventory, and line-side resupply
• Utilized Microsoft Dynamics to accomplish tasks such as order fulfillment, locating and updating inventory, accessing purchase order information, and running smart-lists
• Reworked and updated processes that had ceased being utilized, or that needed general improvement, saving the warehouse team an average of 2 ½ hours per week