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Fort Myers, Fl, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Directs and supervises activities of the Operations and Global Solutions departments, responsible for overall performance, client on-boarding, strategic planning, development, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.★ Collaborates with the executive and the senior leadership team to ensure the delivery of company-wide initiatives and business objectives.★ Oversees new client implementations while providing leadership to resolve internal and external business issues to ensure a smooth operational workflow while establishing client contracts related to SOW commitments.★ Augments financial performance, operational productivity, and efficiencies to align financial performance goals with company and client forecasts utilizing key metrics to identify areas of improvement.★ Supports a wide range of clients to maintain a competitive advantage through leveraging operational expertise and delivering precise solutions.★ Manages and directs diverse teams and reports directly to the CEO, in addition to being solely responsible for preparing and executing the annual operations budget generating $20M in revenue.★ Reduced operational overhead by implementing effective cost-reduction strategies, including policies to improve vendor performance.★ Administered and negotiated vendor contracts in favor of the company and established worldwide outsourcing solutions to mitigate local hiring constraints.★ Coached and mentored direct reports to lead their teams in meeting Fortune 500 client KPI's while developing and executing outsourcing plans for non-core activities and back-office processes.

Lawrence, Massachusetts, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Oversaw the hub & spoke distribution and delivery network for the Chronic Home Dialysis market and Critical Care market, progressively increasing responsibilities and delivering positive results.★ Conducted strategic negotiations and bids for all modes of transportation and work with third-party negotiators to benchmark market conditions.★ Developed a precise focus and established a network for the chronic home market, successfully laying a foundation for future growth, in addition to rationalizing the DC network to determine an optimal number of DC's.★ Trained, developed, and established a logistics department and promoted a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization.★ Spearheaded development efforts of a database for freight analytics, maintaining a +/-0.5% accuracy, and introduced and utilized third-party freight payments for all transportation invoices.★ Created and administered delivery and vendor scorecards that held vendors accountable to KPI's and producing contractual cost improvements over $1M.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Oversaw activities in supply chain management, union labor budgets, improvements in production throughput, shop floor procedures, incentive plans, and outsourcing multiple warehouses to 3PL.★ Drove optimization efforts for products across all manufacturing departments and oversaw Document Control for the BPCS ERP system while leading initiatives for cost-reduction, higher productivity, and revenue growth.★ Saved $1M over two years, preparing effective yearly labor budgets and working with front line operations to reduce staffing costs by 7%.★ Reduced $500K annually in freight costs by consolidating and negotiating all outbound and inbound shipping activities.★ Increased output by 17% and reduced labor by 34%, implementing effective manufacturing floor procedures and developing an incentive scheme, in addition to lowering yearly transportation costs by $67.2K.★ Attained a 2% gain in yardage through utilizing process control initiatives to improve and stabilize the quality of the laminated fabric.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Developed and allocated cost plans for the District’s production goals totaling over $140M annually.★ Analyzed customer concerns and created solutions to decrease attrition by 2%, representing $202,000 daily savings.★ Led staff to #1-ranked IE department for the 2nd Quarter 1999 in North East Region by reducing operations costs 4% and reaching top ratings on operational plans for Hub and Package.★ Worked cross functionally with departments to approve capital expenditure improvements up to $100,000.★ Directed the implementation of new technology into existing operating plans. ★ Innovated programs of recognition and profit-sharing to address employee turnover, absenteeism, and production.★ Oversaw the department’s leadership role in United Way participation and surpassed contributions goals by 180%.★ Previous roles include seven years as UPS industrial engineer and two years as UPS Operations Supervisor.

Bachelor Of Science, Commerce & Engineering, Operations Management And Human Resource Management

Master Of Science, Managment