Christopher Sessions Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Manages receiving, warehousing, and distribution of over $3.4 million in material inventory. Creates operational policies and procedures and completes warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.• Reduced inventory by over $1.2 million• Developed loading procedures that reduced daily load times by 33%

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Created policies for logistics support for responses to disruptions in power distribution. Advised leadership on best logistic practices for emergency situations. Consulted logistics leads during emergency restorations and developed procedures and training to improve the emergency logistic organization. • Emergency Preparedness lead for project to implement new software; worked with project team to ensure adherence to schedule, change management, and training • Vital member of team that developed Scope of Work for vendor contract; resulting in projected $2 million annual savings, and reducing Duke Energy man hours spent on logistics support • Developed and conducted logistics training for over 50 employees ensuring that Duke Energy had a trained logistics team ready to respond to two major hurricanes • Trained members of response team on Incident Command System (ICS) structure and implantation, enhancing their ability to respond to emergency situations

Fort Bragg, Nc

Sergeant Major for logistics staff section; managed supplies, movements, maintenance, and operational contracts for the 18K person organization. Conducted evaluations, managed recognition program, and conducted and managed training for the team. Developed logistics plans in support of global supply chain areas ensuring projects met deadline and budget requirements.• Synchronized, resourced, and implemented individual subsistence supplies packaging for airborne operations reducing employee load weight by 30% enhancing operational readiness and employee efficiency• Initiated, planned, and executed the movement of more than 20,000 employees; coordinated special transport requirements and transportation assets in support of training events and global operations• Forecasted and determined supply requirements for support units; coordinated all classes of supply, including the requisition, acquisition and storage of supplies and the maintenance of materiel records• Oversaw the development of ground logistics convoys throughout Iraq; saved over $5M in operational funds by transitioning operations from an air-centric means of sustainment• Managed Staff Section that consisted of 46 personnel, in 4 locations, from all branches of the U.S. military, and 7 different countries• Developed Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) and Quality Assurance Quality Control (QAQC)

Fort Bragg, Nc

Managed 5 military kitchens; maintained food budgets, inventory objectives, and ensured quality and sanitation standards were met. Provided technical food service support, training, guidance and operational efficiency to over 400 food service personnel within 5 facilities serving 3 million personnel annually • Mentored and led 2 Food Service Teams, resulting in winning best field kitchen in the Army• Trained and mentored kitchen manager that placed 2nd overall in the Department of the Army Award for Excellence in the Garrison Competition• Performed as lead planner for the division’s dining facility reorganization plan at Fort Bragg, NC saving more than $7M annually in contracting and maintenance costs• Directed the ordering and use of over $3.2M in annual operational rations and field subsistence; oversaw the inventory management and preventive maintenance checks and services of $12M in field equipment

Iraq

Supervised 16 personnel in the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP), executing sustainment operations and providing logistical support for 4,00 personnel. Managed supply activities, maintenance support, and transportation assets. Ensured maintenance and readiness of equipment valued over $50K.• Coordinated 30 airlift operations in support of overseas contingency operations moving over 24 tons of critical supplies to operations centers throughout the Iraq Joint Operations Area• Planned and directed the intra-theater movement of over 6,000 logistics air movement operations throughout Iraq; efficiently transferred 10,000+ personnel and 2,200 tons of cargo• Supervised 5 tactical logistics convoys including the relocation of 42 containers and 10 pieces of rolling stock enhancing effectiveness and organizational readiness• Offered recommendations to organizational leaders and executives in mission accomplishment to meet agency requirements; ensured 4 Liaison personnel were trained on operations and host nation customs• Created and implemented an electronic routing and file management system that greatly decreased routing time, also allowed for immediate access to information

Managed kitchen and tactical food service operations for 2 organizations. Developed and conducted classes in food service operations, Food Service Officer responsibilities, and for employees selected for temporary assignments in austere environments.• Accounted for and managed over $300K of operational funds with zero deficiencies; implemented measures to guard against fraud, waste, and abuse of government funds• Facilitated the serving of more than 2,500 meals daily; managed the contracting of 56 local national kitchen workers• Earned Servsafe instructor Certification and trained more than 30 personnel in Servsafe and Army food service sanitation practices• Achieved the first under spent dining facility annual account closeout in the history of the organization• Spearheaded every aspect of planning, organizing, and execution of the reopening of the organization’s Dining Facility consisting of 40+ personnel and accompanying equipment

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 3.83

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.71

Magna Cum Laude

Associate’S Degree, General Studies, 3.64