Bradley Voelz Email & Phone Number

Four Oaks, North Carolina

Independent consultant with over 35 years of experience in supply chain management from procurement to customer point of sale. Operating experience includes 17 years as the logistics officer at the largest drug chain in the USA. Projects have included dot-com start-ups, M and A activities, distribution center design, warehouse management installations, strategic planning and productivity improvement. Business channels consist of retail (food and drug), manufacturing (durable goods, personal care, and food), transportation (truck fleet) and services (home delivery). Corporate Instructor at Bristol Community College.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Owned and managed two retail greeting card and gift shops under a license from Cardsmart Stores. Designed new stores, installed store fixtures, bought merchandise, installed POS systems, managed by category sales analysis, hired and trained sales associates and maintained financial control.

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Developed business plan and budget to take retail greeting card store to franchise network. Managed project to develop and market a franchisable concept. Wrote training plan and 400 page operations manual for prospective franchisees. Modeled a distribution plan for third party logistics (3PL).

Westwood, Massachusetts

Executive in charge of supply chain management in an internet consumer direct start-up company consisting of category management, customer service, product consolidation, human resources, home delivery, and engineering. Devoloped standards of excellence for product sourcing, product selection, associate training and customer delivery. Services included home delivery of dry grocery, beverage, meat, fish, frozen food, general merchandise,shoe repair, package mailing, film processing, dry cleaning and flowers.

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Developed modern logistic systems, multi-distribution center network including a consolidation project, supply chain management concepts, team building, partnerships with suppliers and work performance measuring. Substantial savings in the areas of direct labor, cost control, inventory reduction, transportation and efficient asset utilization. Lead logistics team to acquire and service major store acquisition. Created financial models for decision making and project management. Restructured pharmaceutical fulfillment centers including a repackaging operation. Initiated corporate benchmarking among facilities and shared information within the chain drug store industry.

Minneapolis, Minnnesota

Managed industrial engineering consultants, surveyed projects, budgeted sales and associated expenses, proposed projects and managed all aspects of client relations. Projects consisted of designing and installing labor scheduling, work simplification, inventory and production control systems including productivity improvement, process flow mapping and supervisory training.

Hopkins, Minnesota

Classical industrial engineering skills used to set work measurement standards in distribution environment for both retail and wholesale operations.

Bsie, Industrial Engineering

No Degree, Ee - Institute Of Technology