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Chandler, AZ, US

California, 94086, US

Berlin, Berlin, DE

• Oversee performance of 23 salaried leaders and over 400 hourly team members.
• Lead all production, warehouse, and quality operations and performance to successfully create over 110,000 weekly recipe kits and deliver over 75,000 weekly customer HelloFresh meal orders.
• Champion safety actions in accordance with OSHA and HelloFresh Safety Policies to reduce recordable injury rates (RIR) by 33%, first aid injuries by 37%, and offsite medical send-outs by 40% from Q1 to Q2 2024.

Seattle, WA, US

• Lead all building operations and performance to successfully deliver over 300,000 weekly customer orders.
• Oversee performance of 14 salaried leaders and over 600 hourly associates and delivery drivers.
• Utilize six sigma principles to improve delivery station processes and production performance resulting in a 45% increase in operational throughput (TPH).
• Champion all building safety initiatives in accordance with OSHA and Amazon Safety Policies and reduced injury rates by over 50% year over year (2022 vs. 2023).

Seattle, WA, US

• Responsible for daily, weekly, and monthly quality performance reviews of 17 delivery stations in CA and AZ delivering over 28,600,000 customer packages per month.
• Implement network sortation and transportation action of processing and delivering extra-large and non-conveyable items in over 400 delivery stations in North American network resulting in over $30MM savings for.
• Coordinate and implement two dispatch projects increasing fleet capacity by 10%, improving delivery success by 35%, and saving over $5MM in 2021-2022 and over $7MM in 2023.
• Present to technical, non-technical, and executive teams on multiple projects to lead network initiatives improving network performance and cost for over 400 delivery stations.

Seattle, WA, US

• Core Member of logistics team responsible for building up over 800 Delivery Service Provider (DSP) companies in 4 month timeline across North America
• Subject Matter Expert on Amazon Compliance, Safety, Operations and other DSP Program Policies
• Review P&L of Delivery Service Providers to ensure accurate market rates
• Train over 50 Managers in On-Road Operations, performance metrics, and weekly reporting tools
• Support on-road operations in UT, AZ, NV, CO for 91 contractor delivery companies and 9 station management teams

Seattle, WA, US

• Oversee and manage over 100 consumable shipping items in excess of $15,000,000 in annual spend across 15 vendors
• Review and audit 4PL annual spend of $40,000,000
• Create new tools for inventory management and reduce inventory cycle count times by 40% in first 2 weeks in role
• Monitor contracts and ensure SLAs are met daily for over 30 partnered vendors
• Implement cost savings initiatives in recycling and inventory ordering processes to reduce spend by over $3,000,000 in Q1 2018
• Manage team of 12 direct reports and provide training on receiving and inventory count procedures

Seattle, WA, US

• Core member of cross-organizational team to oversee implementation of over $100,000,000 in new equipment type assets allocated for expanding internal transportation network over 6 month timeline
• Supervise daily inbound and outbound operations of Amazon Assets in excess of $5,000,000
• Maintain daily accountability of over 300 assets for multiple Amazon partnered carriers
• Utilize Six Sigma Principles to streamline transportation, safety, and loss prevention processes
• Implement and drive new EDI Performance Process for Phoenix region
• Develop and refine multiple new metric measurements for yard performance

• Responsible for maintaining and growing $4,000,000 annual account base
• Coordination of quarterly reconciliation meetings with Clients/Contractors to review annual spend, volume and discover growth opportunities
• Negotiate pricing contracts for small parcel, LTL, and express air shipping needs
• Provide small and medium sized businesses supply chain consulting to streamline distribution process
• Handle international and domestic needs for small parcel and palletized shipments for customer base

Washington, DC, US

• Supervise multi-person team to perform inventory auditing and maintain 100% inventory accuracy of $290,000,000 in aircraft equipment
• Managing, supervising, evaluating and training of multiple personnel on supply and production control procedures
• Oversight of ordering and issuance of aircraft parts for defense contractors and military squadrons worldwide and ensure proper tracking of back-ordered/delayed material, equipment, and parts requisitions
• Compilation and maintenance of records involving quantity, type, value of material, equipment, and supplies
• Meticulous screening, logging and tracking repairable aircraft parts with 100% accountability and accuracy

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Policy: Leadership & Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Six Sigma Black Belt

Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management