Christopher Harris Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee

• Observed $250k in cost savings in fiscal year 2022, forecasting over $300k in savings for fiscal 2023.• Ensure proper utilization of systems and resources to support processing, quality, and distribution while adhering to laws, regulations, and industry standards.• Strategically collaborate and align with other leaders on focus areas, new product launches, and KPI’s.• Interview, select and onboard new talent as well as train, lead and performance management. • Assisted in the creation, planning, and executing of a warehouse layout and clean room layout for a new facility.• Successfully achieved “0” DART (days away, restricted and transferred), from 2020 running current to 2023.• Observed a 30% reduction in deviations.• Created functional tools using Microsoft Excel resulting in a 20% improvement in productivity.

• Streamlined equipment processing and improved output by 20% and reduced headcount by 15%.• Created and implemented a waste log tracker to track and trend waste, resulting in a 15% reduction of warehouse waste.• Implemented process improvement initiatives in the beverage build to streamline production and reduce overall labor hour requirements at a 10% reduction.• Successfully developed three hourly employees to the supervisor level and two supervisors to a senior supervisor level.• Key stakeholder in strategic planning initiatives and new kitchen design.• Strategized and successfully operated through two cooler renovations, three dish machines overhauls and a complete floor refinishing.

• Key leader in planning and execution of 200,000 sq. ft. facility operation relocation, including interview and selection of vendor to perform facility relocation, in addition to leading design and blueprint of new facility, factoring in three-year growth strategy and Capital Expenditure Planning.• Successfully operated below the company threshold for overall Distribution Center (DC) quality, establishing new company lows on three separate occasions.• Maintained all operations during two major conveyor installations with no outages.• Demonstrated business growth at 25% while observing a 15% improvement on labor in 2016.• Reduced “days away, restricted and transferred” (DART) by 90%.• Created and implemented analytic tools to forecast order volume “hour by hour” / “day by day”.• Strategically redesigned pack stations to increase output while maintaining an ergonomically safe environment and provided recommendations and guidance on facility expansion and rack additions.• Successfully developed two floor employees into supervisors, one into a senior supervisor, and assisted with the development of a supervisor into a manager for bench talent.• Reported and analyzed damages on specific items; recommended a solution to use a dense foam mechanism, resulting in reductions in loss and service concerns, and ROI within three months.