Highly adaptive operations professional with 20 years of progressive leadership experience in financial services, retail, manufacturing and the military. My corporate career highlights include:FINANCIAL SERVICES Team Manager- Trained, right sized team to reflect current inventory volumes through a combination of cross-training, retirement and performance management, resulting in 24% reduction in staff and saving $530K per year Senior Project Manager- Achieved $600K in savings by leading 2012 Productivity Challenge. Refreshed training programs, scorecard metrics, visual management and accountability measures, driving behaviors Senior Project Manager- Received Excellence Award for Moment of Truth project, enhancing transaction timeliness and accuracyRETAIL Senior Group Leader- Spearheaded revitalization of building Cube Training Program that served as model for company Import Warehouse network, resulting in leading network in average cartons per trailer of 2,850 Store Manager- Improved upon store payroll by 4,564 hours or $34,176, ranking #1 within District of 8 stores, and #3 within group of 62 stores Store Manager- Received 96% favorable Best Team Survey results from corporate sponsored Leadership Upward Feedback audits which measured leader impact on team culture and well-beingMANUFACTURING Contract negotiations: United Autoworkers (UAW) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners  Import Procurement Manager- Travelled to China, Malaysia, Vietnam and South America for initial production runs ensuring company specifications were met, exceeded Plant Manager- Contributed to direction of company strategy and tactical deployment as member of Key Management Team consisting of top cross functional leaders throughout companySKILLS: Change Management, Cross Functional Team Building, Financial/Statistical Analysis, Leader Development, Performance Management, Process Improvement and Root Cause Analysis