Dariush Agahi Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Manager of Product Management Supply Chain

Greater Atlanta Area

• Working with multiple work-streams related to the splitting of HP entities• Led TMS Implementation and site on-boarding for the Netherlands Distribution Center as Project Manager• Drove all ERP and GTN integration design as Development Manager • Managed multiple vendor and business relationships, established strong lines of communication • Guided a team to complete the migration from legacy Enterprise resource planning to next generation.• Ensured complete transition to Production Support following the successful implementation

Greater Atlanta Area

• Designed the architecture for a cloud-based transportation management system using multiple external partners• Led technical design and implementation for all message flows from vendor partners and internal system integration points• Delivered technology that enabled the organization to move from a largely LTL network to a largely TL network• Partnered with Procurement to renegotiate contract breaks, pulling cost out of the network • Helped integrate TMS with a European manufacturing partner (EMEA)

Alpharetta, Ga

Development of Transportation Management Systems. • Lead Developer, Supply Chain Outbound Transportation and Visibility• Responsible for coordination and plan management required to implement multiple interdependent projects• Responsible for requirements review, design, release planning, and implementation of SAP Transportation Visibility System • Led a group of 6 SAP TM consultants in charge of developing solutions to meet business requirements using agile methodology • Develop and prototype an Outbound planning solution using SAP TM• Implemented two releases of outbound Oracle Transportation Management• Documented all configuration settings and lessons learned

Developed metrics to track the success of the new Inbound Freight Consolidation freight initiative with current savings of over $3 million Led roll out of program to 6 regional distribution centers by training field associates and integrating the program into the current processes.Guided a team of analysts at the corporate office to generate maximum benefits for the program.

Led an initiative from concept to implementation that more efficiently directs freight into 1,500 U.S. stores Built the implementation and monitoring tools as well as led the communication effort and operational implementation. Consistently exceeded goals: delivered 95% on time delivery performance into the stores against a 90% goal, delivered 6.7% increase in hours per truck against a 3% goal.

Development and execution of a distribution facility network implementation plan.-Management of multiple, concurrent implementations of new distribution facilities.-Risk identification and mitigation strategy formulation.-Assessment of business readiness for operations go-live.-Execution communication strategy for new facility openings

Developed and managed new tools to support the Home Depot Supply Chain goals and objectives. (CWT rate engine, Parcel Cost Increase, SSM’s Compliance). Converting supplier freight terms from prepaid to collect by analyzing vendor’s outbound supply chain network. Reporting cost baseline, leverage and savings opportunities to management for strategy planning and contract negotiations Negotiated and closed 12 suppliers in a 4-month period, which resulted in $450K in fiscal 2006 savings. Completed over 54 detailed ISO analysis that generated over $5.9MM in 2006 savings. Discovered and implemented a new cost out metric for TF suppliers that generated over $900K in 2006 savings. Provided quantitative decision support analyses for supplier pricing contract renegotiations resulting in a projected annual freight allowance savings of over $60 MM for The Home Depot. Developed technical tools to facilitate the timely and accurate completion of financial analyses.

Peachtree City, Ga

Responsible for all imports and exports. Reduced freight, by doing a capacity analysis, and changing service routes. Generating 20% in savings in those lanes. Coordinated all activities associated with offshore manufactured product shipped directly to the customer. Developed and analyzed weekly cost/freight usage reports to improve transit time while lowering costs.

Designed and built the production control system from the ground up as part of the startup for the Mexico Facility.Negotiated freight costs with local carriers, built complementary shipping processes and trained facility employees.

Responsible for coordination of all inbound US product shipments, and outbound to Costa Rica Intel Inc. All shipments met/exceeded requirements on a consistent basis. Developed capacity analysis models to ensure proper staffing was available to meet customer requirements.