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Pewaukee, Wi, Us

Greater Milwaukee

Design and develop functional learning and talent development strategy across supply chain and services functions.Assess and enhance functional capabilities supporting GEHC's growth journey.Oversee the Operations Management Leadership Program (OMDP) focused on early career talent and overall supply chain global learning initiatives.Create and deliver targeted learning opportunities for global supply chain and services teams.

Greater Milwaukee

Led global logistics operations, managing multi-modal transportation from supply source to manufacturing and distribution, with an annual spend of $900M.Managed fulfillment execution at 48 warehouses worldwide and last-mile delivery to GEHC customer sites, handling ~2M shipments annually.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Spearheaded GE Healthcare's supply chain transformation efforts.Managed global center of excellence for order management and logistics execution applications, analytics, and process excellence.Led a global team of ~50 members across 10 countries, improving order fulfillment efficiency and traceability.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Led a global organization focused on logistics process excellence and digitization.Implemented global deployment of Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle WMS, and analytics tools.Directed logistics transformation initiatives, including master data management and global freight payment expansion.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Developed and executed strategy for global logistics digitization.Advanced big data analytics, expanded freight audit and payment processes, and deployed new logistics execution tools.Integrated logistics activities with GE's Digital Thread concept for enhanced process efficiency.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Managed global materials planning, customer service, S&OP, and production loading for a $2B engineer-to-order business.Led materials activities across (8) production facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, and China, driving planning strategy development and execution. Improved global on time delivery by 10 points to 95% and reduced global inventory by 5 days (7%).

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Facilitator in Rockwell's Leading for Results global training program for managers. Helped Rockwell managers develop capabilities in listening, feedback, coaching, difficult conversations, Social Styles (http://www.tracomcorp.com) and other leadership skills, over a 3-day workshop. Facilitator certification from Proteus International (http://www.proteus-international.com/).

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Directed global strategic sourcing for the semiconductor category, managing a $150M spend.Achieved >98% supplier on-time delivery performance and >4% annual cost deflation.Implemented Preferred Supplier stratification for technology/product sub-categories.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Led performance enhancement initiatives across the global supply chain.Managed 30+ global projects, driving annual productivity savings of $2-3 million.Logistics start-up responsibility for greenfield manufacturing facilities in Singapore and Mexico.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Oversaw two North American distribution centers, U.S. import compliance, and global transportation with a $100M freight spend.Led a team of 10 direct reports and 200 employees.

Champaign, Il

Managed process improvement, facilities, and IT activities at Rockwell's global distribution center.Led implementation of major projects, including a $2M pick module and warehouse control system upgrade.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Improved operations cost structure and fulfillment performance through continuous improvement and relationship management with the 3PL provider.Achieved annualized cost reductions of $2.25M and improved productivity KPI by 2x.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Led activities to design Rockwell's e-business return logistics process and project managed rollout activities for key B2B customers going live on Rockwell's e-business platform.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Short-term international assignment at Rockwell's European Central Distribution center. Increased average inbound lines received per day by 49%, through re-engineering the process on the receiving dock, and improving data/planning tools used in the process. Increased average outbound lines processed per day by 22%, by implementing a labor planning tool, working with the order planning/release methodology, and utilizing DC best practices.

Champaign, Il

Supervised up to 35 hourly associates and temps in multiple operational functions at Rockwell's global distribution center.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Executive Mba

Bs, International Business

Activities and Societies: Theta Chi Social Fraternity, Drake University Men's Soccer (Captain, SR)

Education record

Manager Development Course (Mdc)

MDC provides new perspectives for the challenges of leadership today in our global, cross-functional business environment. Participants.