With P&L responsibility ($5M budget), lead and mentor management team to craft—and execute—continuous quality improvement plan in order to achieve overall goal of 99.8% or higher YOY in 85K sq. ft. distribution center.Selected (from 5 internal candidates) in 2020 to direct operations for $63M acquisition, ensuring smooth transition to Anixter policies, procedures, and quality standards while driving safety and high productivity. • Developed previously nonexistent SOPs / best practices for order processing and inventory reporting.• Consistently under budget for controllable costs (6% or more) by setting up monthly review of financials with controller and finance team and communicating variables for re-forecasting.Safety: Created local safety program utilizing select members of leadership team, along with volunteers from production floor, to ensure secure and safe work environment.Team Leadership: Focus on optimizing, developing, and improving work teams by achieving a balance between the productive and the humane, inspiring others to be better.• Introduced employee recognition program, identifying those with zero errors which resulted in reducing errors 12% in 2019 and 16% in 2020.• Significantly improved communication and employee morale, refocusing mindset of 50 employees, through monthly facility meetings, including entire staff, to review quality and productivity statistics.• Initiated daily 5-minute “stand-up” meetings with group leaders and supervisors to share production numbers and shift resources between production areas.More Continuous Improvement• Drove 41% increase in productivity per employee by researching and implementing automated wire spooling equipment to replace dated manually operated units.Pandemic: Collaborated with Sales, HR, and support partners to successfully manage continuity of business / maintain customer relationships during government closures and sales volume disruptions.

Directed 130 of 250 associates with 7 direct reports, including 6 supervisors and second-shift manager in 350K sq. ft. distribution center. Led company project to install new wire processing equipment (capital improvement) in support of worldwide sales.• Noted for meeting or exceeding all established goals, as demonstrated by:- Outstanding safety record with only 1 OSHA recordable accident in 7+ years.- 99.95% inventory accuracy rate as measured by external auditors.- 10% combined improvement in productivity standards in all departments managed.• Increased quality and efficiency as much as 23%, integrating warehouse management system (replacing outdated equipment) to standardize facility with other distribution centers.• Developed 4 supervisors to achieve succession goals with 2 promoted to managerial roles.• Orchestrated all phases of ISO 9002 implementation and continuous improvement, analyzing monthly service issues and developing corrective actions. - Selected to conduct ISO quality audits throughout U.S. and Canada (5 locations).

Maintained safety, quality, and productivity standards in all departments of wire & cable division of North American flagship operation.• Improved quality and productivity, while reducing costs by implementing new policies and procedures to align with other divisions in building and network.• Conducted in-depth inventory / trend analysis then repositioned 1,200 SKUs, realizing 5% increase in facility throughput.• Created workplace environment characterized by respect and teamwork, developing production manager and 6 supervisors to achieve succession goals.

Managed $1.8M cost pool ($1.3M variable), overseeing order fulfillment, production, and distribution of $4M of product monthly in 100K sq. ft. facility. Provided decisive direction to negotiate vendor contracts and consistently achieve quality and productivity goals.• Led team of 20 union employees and 2 supervisors, creating a performance-based culture promoting teamwork while ensuring compliance with all sections of union contract.• Orchestrated all phases of ISO 9002 implementation and continuous improvement, analyzing monthly service issues and developing corrective actions.- Selected to conduct ISO quality audits throughout U.S. and Canada (5 locations).

Introduced new systems and processes that reduced or eliminated nonessential functions (saving $60K annually) and decreased “can’t finds” 17% / customer affected 11%.

Positions included WAREHOUSE MANAGER, OUTBOUND MANAGER, LOGISTICS SERVICES MANAGER and FACILITIES SERVICES COORDINATOR