Responsible for development, training, and hiring of management teams and warehouse activities in a one million square foot facility comprised of five departments running simultaneously with over 180 employees and $200 Million in inventory, adequately supplying VW and Audi brand in the North American region, including the Distribution Centers, test and training facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. • Change the culture, increasing the Great Place to Work scores in less than two years from 35% to 85% through a recently formed management team who developed a cohesive bond, fostered new ideas, empowering associates to lead, and valuing diversity in a facility represented by over 30 nationalities.• Strategized with Directors and staff across the US, Canada, and Germany, ensuring network optimization despite disrupted global supply chain and production originating from Germany and Mexico through three ports of entry (New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia) due to the ongoing COVID pandemic.• Oversee the compliance of all health and safety regulations, created and implement procedures and policies for the facility and network. As a result, the injury target rate improved from previous years and fell below target for the first time in over ten years—increased facility safety inspection score from 60% to a network high score of 90%.• Led all operations guaranteeing management teams are fulfilling their respective departments' goals through training, coaching, and development classes for the group of leaders, supervisors, facility engineers, and staff.• Guide the management team, ensuring accountability through difficult conversations, coaching, and action planning to guarantee integrity and compliance with company policy. • Enhanced production and operations efficiencies by forming Continuous Improvement teams, fostering ideas from the floor up by designing and implementing new working strategies, and driving a report of customer satisfaction.

Responsible for providing leadership and direction to ensure that the picking, packing, and shipping of all Inbound and Outbound freight is processed effectively and efficiently; planning and directing all phases of the Inbound and Outbound processes, identifying best methods, and developing/implementing updated processes to achieve increasing success toward specified metrics at the Parts Distribution Center (PDC). Worked with Supervisors to ensure the PDC performs efficiently while maintaining high levels of quality and customer service.• Serve as liaison between dealers and carriers to resolve all conflicts that may arise from freight lost or damage claims, contact on-going suppliers, review packaging and shipments, and take appropriate action to ensure dealer satisfaction.• Uses thorough knowledge of SAP & TekRF to gather, analyze, prepare, and present department performance to the PDC manager; including operational performance and budget performance. Recommends solutions to variances.• Served often as the PDC Manager while the role has remained generally unfilled for the last 6 months managing all aspects of Distribution Center operations, serving as change leader, implementing strategies, communication through team meetings, providing business, process, team dynamics, and cultural feedback to the PDC Manager.• Oversee the training, discipline and management of the distribution operations team while coaching Supervisors in reviewing and monitoring employee performance, including Performance Management Plans (PMP).• Acts as a change agent by modeling desired behaviors, promoting two-way communication, sharing best practices, serving as a first point of conflict resolution on process questions, and cultivating a culture of feedback between team members and management.

Responsible for developing, monitoring, maintaining and managing the scheduling and execution of all training projects throughout the command including participation in exercises for 5 assigned organizations and over 200+ personnel preparing for future international deployments while staying under budget• Controls the budgeting and contracting of personnel commuting to and from designated events while adhering to accomplish organizational goals and achieving results beyond organization expectations• Develops and implements aggressive training plans to accomplish various projects for over 490 personnel at 6 geographic locations in 4 states, managing a budget of greater than $1.3M• Coordinates and monitors the commands use of the electronic training records programs through Advanced Skills Management (ASM) systems while gathering metrics, organizing data, and presenting it to the senior leadership while facilitating decision making

Directed 700+ successful assigned missions while logging 1400+ hours of maritime, navigational, engineering, lookout excellence while meeting resilient time constraints and safety results• Served as gunboat captain of 34ft patrol boats to protect U.S. and Allied high value assets with full authority while working with a number of multinational forces and host nations to successfully complete over 700+ missions• Trained personnel to operate in high-pressured situations in a leadership capacity while making high importance decisions • Contributed to progressing the team’s expertise by serving as subject matter expert (SME) in the areas of training techniques, concepts, learning technology, and assessments• Developed and implemented team standards and procedures by serving as chairman / advisor in the selection of personnel to attend basic or advanced leadership programs, seminars, or educational programs to enhance professional growth and career goals• Elected to the leadership training board to coordinate facilitators, training venues, and materials• Collaborated with the leadership training team to develop and deliver curriculum improving the effectiveness of recently promoted managers• Maintained and promoted the effectiveness and efficiency of echelons by selecting, training, developing and leading an efficient and effective team of 34

Drives results through the implementation of strategies for logistical movements, budget analysis and control, asset management, and scheduling and tracking organizational events throughout resilient time constraints• Coordinated training teams throughout multiple organizational units compiled of 300+ personnel to overall impact the organization through a training completion rate of 97%• Strengthens organization through developing monthly regional planning board conferences to determine training requirements, develop short and long range training plans, master schedules, schedule training locations, resolve scheduling conflicts and determine funding sources• Directed 275 high stress missions resulting in the overall safety and homeland defense security results of 0% mishaps

Utilized strategic and operational effectiveness measures to manage the strategic functions to achieve overall organizational readiness and efficiency through implementation of programs • Improved organizational effectiveness resulting in 1 Senior Advisor Promotion, 1 Achievement Medal Awarded, and 1 Sailor of the Quarter while driving a culture of achievement throughout organization• Supervised and provided guidance to 22 instructors resulting in 9K man hours of training to drive organizational readiness to 1,200 qualified and mission ready personnel• Led senior leadership as board president to enhance the organization to a boost in retention rate by 22% while training 22 personnel to accomplish required goals for career enhancement with a positive results of 100% goals achieved