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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Norfolk, Va, United States

Concord, North Carolina, United States

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Notable achievements:• Reduced inter-facility inventory transfers by 57% (6.05m units) year-over-year.• Instituted process to capture and validate dimensional models for new and existing products, resulting in increased selecting and outbound order processing efficiency.• Established KPIs to align Distribution Quality with Manufacturing and adidas Global Quality metrics, and consolidated overall Distribution operational metrics into a streamlined reporting format.• Implemented new inventory management strategies to remove stagnant inventory from profiled pick locations, increasing selecting efficiency and inventory accuracy.• Project lead for SAP integration, representing Distribution Operations functions.Key Responsibilities:• Direct accountability for all Inventory Control and Distribution QC functions, including cycle count processes & reporting, management of SKU profiling, and management of multi-facility and multi-shift people and processes.• Develop and maintain inventory roll-forward, partnering with upstream business process owners to ensure accuracy of projected inbound and outbound volumes. • Collaborate with internal and external counterparts and stakeholders to identify and address operational breakdowns and improvement opportunities• Provide consultative services to other department managers in the resolution and investigation of inventory-related questions and concerns.• Develop and maintain key analytical tools to support daily IC/QC operations and other distribution-related functions.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

Notable Achievements:• Recognized as an innovation leader within the adidas Group and selected by Executive leadership to lead a cross-functional team at the adidas Innovation Championship. The team finished in the final 9 out of 100 concepts and secured a $20k investment from the Reebok brand.• Increased same-day service levels for eCommerce from 59% to 98% of orders over 5 years, while keeping pace with a 72% increase in volume over the same period, and achieving a cost savings of over $35k/year. • Slashed manufacturing labor by 26% while increasing efficiency by 33% through innovative labor management strategies.• Streamlined process for administration of employee incentive program, achieving a 37% reduction in labor, and cost savings in excess of $25k/year.Key Responsibilities:• Ensure strategic projects, training and process needs are managed consistently through planning, execution and review of implemented strategies.• Assessing and articulating detailed operational, analytical and executive business requirements to deliver and support technology and process solutions, including executing and monitoring staff training initiatives.• Metric tracking of business performance, including the development and delivery of reporting needs to insure, through metrics, that business strategies are being accomplished.• Develop plans for technology and process related strategies to achieve business goals for the short and long term.• Provide training, troubleshooting and support to all CR departments for all software and hardware.• Identify ongoing opportunities and approaches for automating functional business processes. Initiate improvement programs and enhancements to business process as well as other operational functions.• Administration of employee incentive program, including time studies and reporting.• Facilitate process and system enhancements through programming change requests and development/support of customized departmental databases.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Managed a team responsible for a variety of functions, including accounts payable, supply purchasing, reception, and compliance with government regulations for youth apparel.• First line of support for hardware, desktop applications, front end and warehouse management systems.• Project design and end user testing for all programming changes impacting the Cedar Rapids site.• Project lead for ERP vendor selection & implementation, Locator system implementation, and WMS implementation. • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all distribution and manufacturing functions.• Created detailed reporting and analytical tools for manufacturing and distribution operations, including throughput & efficiency, forecasting future workloads, Standard Operating Procedure creation & maintenance, and identifying trends in work mix.• Developed processes for improvement of efficiencies including a logical travel path picking program and inventory management applications.• Implemented & administered performance-based incentive program for our manufacturing operations, based on engineered time standards.• Extensive use of MS Access to develop custom database and reporting tools.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Implemented process changes in the handling of inbound freight that resulted in savings of over $20k/year.• Created framework for throughput and efficiency tracking and reporting for all Distribution and Manufacturing departments.• Responsible for ensuring compliance with U.S. customs for all inbound freight.• Managed inventory held at off-site contractors and coordinated manufacturing projects.• Develop and implement solutions for inventory and art storage.• Train, coach, and direct team of 5-10 individuals.• Ensure inventory accuracy.• Work with Distribution Operations team to set priorities to meet service commitments.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Train, coach, and direct team of 5-10 individuals.• Develop and implement solutions for increasing storage capacity.• Ensure inventory accuracy.• Work with Distribution Operations team to set priorities to meet service commitments.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Theta - Secretary, Risk Management Chairman, Associate Member Educator