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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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