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Kennesaw, GA, US

Store Support Center - Atlanta, GA

Store Support Center - Atlanta, GA

• Fiscal Year Planning: FY & capacity planning for 18 RDC’s » Labor, CPH, equipment, trailer, and yard needs.
• Event Planning: Spearheaded event planning initiative to provide RDC network with clear visibility to incoming event flow. Reduced trailers on yard by 17%, eliminated offsite lot need saving $401K, reduced GTG by 0.53.
• Strategic Project Planning: Support SPP by modeling project impact(s) to labor and capacity, performing cost analysis, and measuring project impact(s). Major projects supported and savings below:o High Speed PandA(s).
• MHE/IT Asset Model: Built a model that provides future equipment (MHE/IT) needs based on volume forecast. Identified and removed $106K of excess equipment in the RDC platform.

SDC 5149 - Mcdonough, GA

• Led team of three supervisors and 50 FTE’s, running the picking, replenishment, and loading departments in a 1.24M sq. ft. distribution center servicing 174 stores. Exceeded CPH goal by 8.14%, CPU by 10.0%, cube by 2.3%,
• Associate Development Program: Spearheaded associate development program to support career development and help leaders and associates follow their dreams. Five direct reports promoted. Reduced attrition by 15.0%.
• Zone Loading Project: Implemented zone loading. Changed building flow to a “Pull” model, reduced outbound WIP by 15.5%, reduced replenishment WIP by 62.5%, and increased loaded PPH by 50%.
• Picking Optimization Project: Removed non-value added activities from established processes and increased time spent in direct picking functions. Increased CPH in case picking by 31.4% and clamp picking by 36.1%.
• Historical Achievement: Inducted into THD’s prestigious ‘Club 365’ for going 365 consecutive days without a LTI.

RDC 5086 - Mccalla, AL

• Area Supervisor » Inbound | February 2014 – December 2014
• Led team of 45 full-time employees, running the inbound department (conveyable and non-conveyable) in a 7-day 650K sq. ft. distribution operation servicing 130 stores. Two direct reports promoted.
• Historical Achievement: Scored over 90% on building’s external Inbound SOP Audit for first time in building’s history, set up another building first – scoring over a 90% overall on external SOP Audit.
• Inbound Lean Lab: Conducted inbound lean lab, maximized volume through the most efficient process, resulting in a 25% increase in UPH and CPC reduction of 43.47%.
• Implemented FIFO processing of received freight. Reduced shrink by 50.99%, resulting in annual savings of $1.1M. Area Supervisor » Outbound | March 2013 – February 2014
• Led a team of 40 full-time employees, running the outbound department, (mechanized and non-mechanized), loading across 123 dock doors. Increased dept. productivity by 39%, cube by 5.17%, and reduced LTI’s by 76.4% YOY.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Reported to the VP of Operations. Led a team of five managers, 30 full-time employees, and up to 50 temporary employees. Managed $3.5M budget (P&L). Finished below budget by 26.38%, or $910K, year-over-year.
• Managed all aspects of distribution, transportation, inventory, reverse logistics, and quality control.
• Contributed to improved profit and loss (P&L) statement by reducing FTE’s by 24.14%, improving order throughput by 43.40%, increasing UPH by 12.4%, improving order quality by 47.41%, and going accident free for zero.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed $11.8M of inventory at 27 locations (two DC’s and 25 manufacturers); led team of three. Improved inventory planning, reduced inventory buffers, improved turns, and directly led to a $4.3M reduction in inventory.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed inventory, product testing, inbound, order fulfillment, and outbound. Led team of 15.

• Earned promotion to Inventory Supervisor within six months of hire.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business; Economics

Spanish Language And Literature

Spanish Language And Literature