Michael Foss - Lssbb, X-Fedex, X-Amazon Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Southlake, Texas, Us

Leading business transformation through positive leadership & continuous improvement. A strategic executive leader with extensive global experience and success in cutting costs and improving performance, processes, and people. A dynamic change agent driving business transformations, optimizing operations, and exceeding customer expectations.Complete Business Turnarounds – Head of Project► Led failure mode identification, root cause analysis, and problem solving for a large commercial automotive manufacturer with significant ramifications to a long-term sustainable solution, $18M Impact.► Led a complete transformational turnaround for an $8B 3rd party production, distribution, & fulfillment company with a variety of products and services across multiple locations. Improved processes and KPIs in org management, ops planning & execution, and capacity utilization. Removed >$1M in waste and variance improving productivity >15%.Led Peak Operations for eCommerce Fulfillment► Set up, launched, implemented, and led a direct-to-consumer eCommerce facility for a significant leading >$370B retailer for Peak Operations.Start-Up Strategy and Rapid Growth - Global Supply Chain Ops► Led and continuously improved high volume global logistics start-up operations team and scaling for future growth. Set the global strategy and led an operations team of ~200 enabling innovative technology in freight forwarding while significantly reducing customer churn in the midst of the most challenging global supply chain environment. Empowered continuous improvement culture reducing >$14M.Assess, Analyze, Develop Strategy, and Transform a Large Legacy $50B Global Manufacturer► Set strategic vision across an extensive network for suppliers, sites, dealers, & customers for a >$120B global manufacturer. Managed team supporting 24/7/365 global transportation control centers.► Provided logistics solutions, yielding $36M in financially validated savings, forecast to reach $250M annually.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

► Strategic Executive Leader in Global Operational Excellence, Logistics, Supply Chain & Transformational Change | Inspirational Speaker, Trainer, & Consultant.► Senior Partner creating and providing value through business transformation with positive leadership and continuous improvement. Offering a variety of services including consulting, training, coaching, live engaging transformational workshops both short term and long term engagements that dramatically improve overall business performance.► Adonis Partners is focused on business process excellence and innovation through building partnerships with clients to create value while simultaneously training and developing talent to ensure sustained improvement.► Michael is a strategic executive logistics & supply chain operations leader with extensive global experience and success in cutting costs & improving performance, processes, and people for premier companies including Walmart, Flexport, CloudSort, Caterpillar, Amazon, Cameron, Weir, and FedEx. He is a dynamic and energetic change agent, recognized for driving business transformations and optimizing operations. He is a skilled relationship builder, well-known for inspiring and empowering high-performance teams.

Seattle, Wa, Us

► Established strategic vision and led global logistics optimization, process engineering, continuous improvement, compliance and controls in NA, EU, and UK. ► Led, designed, and implemented the network, standard work, training, and launch program for the containerization and cross dock operation for 1-day PRIME standard delivery (replacing 2-day PRIME).► Led cross-functional teams to implement operational continuous improvement through Kaizen, Lean and Six Sigma processes, setting new benchmarks, creating new standard operating procedures, growing, and expanding the global transportation and logistics network.► Created, hired, and developed a team that created and implemented world class middle mile (air, ground, and sortation) processes using continuous improvement tools and data driven solutions. ► Launched multiple dynamic and multi-use sortation facilities across NA, EU, and UK.► Operationally led three successful “peak” seasons at the most challenged locations in the network. Led complete operational turnarounds, ensuring customer driven metric goals were achieved.► Created and implemented compliance and controls mechanisms, reducing critical, high, and repeat audit findings across all major areas in NA, EU, and UK.► Awarded sort ops leader of the year in 2018 and innovation of the year in 2019 for continuous improvement.

Houston, Tx, Us

► Optimized Logistics, Export, and Import Operations in Customer Experience, Cycle Time, and Cost Reduction. ► Developed and maintained KPI’s and managed broker, transportation, and freight forwarder relationships.► Implemented new global freight forwarder contracts and routing guide operationally, saving >20% (>$45M).► Identified opportunity, sourced, and implemented new 3PL solution to improve visibility, control, KPIs, and risk mitigation, saving >15% (>$10M).► Led global parcel analysis, bid, and implementation with savings identified >25% (>$5M).► Directed global freight audit/bill pay/claims management implementations in 80+ countries, saving >$10M.

Glasgow, Scotland, Gb

► Led significant operations turnaround while managing a global logistics team of ~200 in multiple locations of warehousing / distribution center space serving multiple international production and after-market locations.► Conducted 24 Kaizen events transforming all measurable operational and administrative areas.► Led a global team to implement a new global freight forwarder transportation network, saving >13%.► Saved >15% by leading a Cross OpCo team to analyze and implement 3PL ground transportation solution.

Memphis, Tn, Us

Sr. Manager Operations Engineering and Labor Planning - FedEx Office► Provided leadership to Field and Corporate for labor and operational efficiency. ► Led an Engineering team to perform operations analysis, engineering support and continuous improvement for all Field Operations. ► Provided strategic direction to field management in 1,800+ locations for identifying and executing best practices to ensure a consistent customer experience with quality and efficiency improvements.Corporate Manager Operations Analysis - FedEx Corporate► Support the development and execution of FedEx Corporation strategies coordinating collaborative initiatives between FedEx operating units.Sr. Manager Field Technology & Engineering Support - FedEx Ground► Managed a department of Field Managers and Engineers responsible for all 500+ US and Canada Ground and Home Delivery locations to support and enhance the implementation, functionality, training, and usage of field technology.Division Industrial Engineering Manager - FedEx Ground► Provided Divisional Operations Vice President and Hub Management the necessary planning and measurement tools along with operational analysis to increase productivity and quality to meet financial commitments, linehaul performance and service goals.► Recruited, hired, and developed a team of Industrial Engineers to provide strategic, tactical, and consulting support to field and hub operations.Regional Sort Operations Planning & Engineering Manager - FedEx Express► Provided Regional Operations Vice Presidents monthly operating plans and value-added engineering analysis and annual budget plans to meet business objectives by improving productivity, reducing costs, and improving service.

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial, Manufacturing, & Systems Engineering

Lean / Six Sigma Blackbelt