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Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Led various projects related to manufacturing process improvement, product re-designs to address end-of-life components, and low-cost region manufacturing relocation. Developed project budgets, schedules, and resource requirements; daily management of project resources and objectives; regular leadership reviews; and leading cross-functional project teams.

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Regular reviews of supply position with buyers, escalation of potential shortages to supply chain leadership for resolution with suppliers, identification of continuous improvement opportunities related to supply chain processes, and weekly reporting of supply chain health metrics.

Westford, MA

• Directed the development and implementation of global logistics strategies for transportation management, customer shipment visibility, and continuous logistics process improvement. Direct management of 10-person.
• Logistics Maturity: Led cross-functional team in development of a transportation playbook and maturity model, outlining process capabilities required for logistics… Show more Directed the development and implementation.
• Logistics Maturity: Led cross-functional team in development of a transportation playbook and maturity model, outlining process capabilities required for logistics excellence and structured assessment and improvement.
• Process Improvement: Centralized NA freight audit and payment process and implemented improvements resulting in a 35% decrease in overall audit cycle time and 70% reduction in carrier past due balances.
• Transportation Management: Developed global TMS strategy and systems architecture design to support several disparate business models, customer bases, and source ERP systems into a single, centralized, transportation.
• Customer Satisfaction: Led initiatives to improve customer visibility to in-transit shipments, resulting in a process and system capable of providing 97% on-time visibility to shipment departure, delivery, and.

Westford, MA

• Led Tyco global logistics sourcing team prior to merger with Johnson Controls, representing $145m in annual logistics supplier spend. Developed transportation commodity sourcing strategy, supported by advanced spend.
• Sourcing Excellence: Led Tyco renegotiation of $65m in carrier contracts, resulting in $6m in year-over-year savings across small parcel, LTL, and truckload… Show more Led Tyco global logistics sourcing team prior to.
• Sourcing Excellence: Led Tyco renegotiation of $65m in carrier contracts, resulting in $6m in year-over-year savings across small parcel, LTL, and truckload modes. Delivered $14m in annual transportation savings.
• Carrier Management: Instituted standard carrier management processes including defining KPIs and related reporting process, and standardizing business review content and cadence.
• Inbound Routing: Deployed an online carrier routing guide for use by suppliers and developed analytics showing cost of non-compliance and regular reviews with direct procurement management.
• Commodity Management: Developed global commodity strategy for transportation, outlining spend by region and mode, incorporating business strategies and forecasts, and laying out three-year sourcing strategy to ensure.

Andover, MA

• Led warehousing operations in support of manufacturing, including oversight of receiving, picking, kitting, inventory management, in-plant material logistics, and off-site 3PL warehouse. Directed a staff of seven.
• Labor Efficiency: Instituted process efficiency standards, KPIs and scorecards, resulting in a 27% improvement in… Show more Led warehousing operations in support of manufacturing, including oversight of receiving.
• Labor Efficiency: Instituted process efficiency standards, KPIs and scorecards, resulting in a 27% improvement in throughput, 40% reduction in pick-to-kit cycle time, and 20% reduction in supervisory staff headcount.
• Transformation: Oversaw deployment of SAP IMS and Wavetrak WMS systems with no affect to internal customer service metrics during transition period.
• Lean Six Sigma: Drove projects resulting in a 40% reduction in average pick-to-kit cycle time and 60% reduction in inventory discrepancy reconciliation cycle time. Ensured both hourly and salaried staff members were.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Drove enterprise-wide improvements to logistics and transportation, focused on processes, systems, and analytics. Led transportation supplier contract renegotiations, carrier KPI reporting, and quarterly business.
• Sourcing Excellence: Achieved $300k in annual savings through… Show more Drove enterprise-wide improvements to logistics and transportation, focused on processes, systems, and analytics. Led transportation supplier.
• Sourcing Excellence: Achieved $300k in annual savings through competitive bidding and contract renegotiations on $10m small parcel spend baseline.
• Transportation Management: Deployed company-wide desktop shipping TMS interface, resulting in active management of additional $500k in annual transportation spend.
• Analytics: Generated and reported monthly KPIs, trend analysis, and data analysis support for special projects relating to logistics and transportation. Show less

• Member of highly selective two-year rotational program for future supply chain leaders. Excelled in assignments as a logistics analyst, TMS project manager, and continuous improvement champion supporting Corporate and.
• Transformation: Led company-wide project to deploy the company’s first TMS system, including competitive sourcing process to select preferred software vendor, management of IT and logistics processes and stakeholders.
• Transformation: Led company-wide project to deploy the company’s first TMS system, including competitive sourcing process to select preferred software vendor, management of IT and logistics processes and stakeholders.
• Lean Six Sigma: Led continuous improvement projects supporting McKinney, TX pack/ship operations and government-furnished material (GFM) management processes, resulting in improved material flow in pack/ship, GFM.
• Warehousing: Collaborated with 3PL to improve warehouse layout in support of government property storage transition, resulting in a successful transition with full compliance to related FAR/DFARS regulations. Show less

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)