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Commerce, California, Us

Responsible for the warehousing and distribution of paint and sundries for the Dunn-Edwards manufacturing plant in Phoenix, AZ. Developing and maintaining strategic supply partnerships, sourcing and procurement of raw materials, supplies and packaging materials, Dedicated Private Fleet deliveries to stores located in Arizona, and 3PL transportation to all other locations. Six Direct Reports, 60+ employees.• Accountable for the flow of finished goods from manufacturing to the distribution center, and delivery to 160+ Dunn Edwards stores, domestic and international dealers. Manage the inbound and outbound distribution center operations, inventory control, transportation office, purchasing, P&L.• Restructured the Distribution Leadership team and implemented reports and tools that track all significant distribution trends by shift to plan for space, headcount, production requirements, and equipment needs.• Lead project to improve the slotting of paint and sundries within the distribution center that greatly improved the functionality of the space, improved efficiencies for putaway and replenishment, and created reports to show utilization of the space for manufacturing planning. • Major focus to develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOP’s), improved new hire and refresher training programs, job hazard analysis, and accountability for leaders and employees. • Continually driving quality and productivity improvements through each process. • Responsible for a private fleet of 4 drivers, 4 tractors, 6 trailers, delivering paint and sundries to Dunn Edwards stores located in Arizona. Use Samsara fleet tracking to monitor safety of drivers and equipment.• Achieved Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) certification for the entire plant that recognizes the outstanding efforts of the team to achieve excellence in occupational safety and health results and promotes a culture of safety for all who work at the Phoenix Factory.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Valutek provides clean room consumables, and offers best-in-class products and exceptional customer service to organizations that manage controlled clean room environments. Directed the US Warehouse Operations, and Malaysia based Supply Chain and Quality Team. Negotiate and setup agreements with external partners and vendors including a 3PL warehouse in Albany, NY. Accountable for daily operations of the Phoenix DC, 3PL Warehouse, Cleanroom Manufacturing, Customer Service, Sales Operations, and Vendor Managed Inventory. Drive change, inspire teamwork, and increase accountability within the Operations, Sales Support, and Supply Chain teams. Manage P&L, inventory control, procurement of capital equipment and supplies, forecasting, filled by Amazon labeling and shipments to Amazon DC’s. Lead weekly meetings with Supply Chain leadership team in Malaysia. Five direct reports, 10 employees.• Partnered with Malaysia based Supply Chain team to implement new MRP & forecasting tools, streamlined PO process & forecast planning with vendors. • Through collaboration we reduced operating costs by over 25% in 2018 by implementing process improvements including ocean container loading, using alternate ports in China to reduce inland transportation costs, outbound transportation costs. • Invested in new capital equipment to reduce the high cost of repairs. • Developed and deployed critical Production Tracking & Daily Report tools to track progress of process improvements & company initiatives. • Managed the on-site cleanroom and manufacturing of pre-saturated wipers.• Researched and documented detailed executive summary for Valutek senior leaders to understand and prepare for the new China Tariff's in 2018.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Provided outstanding customer service, insure all operations tasks were completed safely and on time. Broad product knowledge, managing inventory control, replenishment's and merchandising. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, excellent communication, disciplined, organized, and detail oriented. Certified forklift driver.

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Responsible for all Supply Chain activities related to manufacturing and distribution of SurgiCount Medical device products and equipment including warehousing, forecasting, purchasing, and vendor relationships with contract manufacturer and contract distributor. SurgiCount Medical is a leading manufacturer of enhanced surgical sponges and towels used for medical procedures and surgeries. The Safety-Sponge System was designed to prevent retained surgical sponges which is the most common surgical error.• Lead weekly project meetings with International Contract Manufacturer that included Surgicount Quality, Regulatory, and Product Development leaders to address supply chain, QA, regulatory, and product development issues for a company with over 400% growth from 2001-2015. Proactive data management, and collaboration with sales to accurately forecast new business.• Developed and deployed critical Production & Forecast Planning tools. Partnered with contract manufacturer and 3PL distributor to obtain weekly Excel reports with key inventory and forecast details. • Monitor contract compliance of contract manufacturer and 3PL distribution partners. • Coordinated supply chain activities with international contract manufacturer, contract 3PL distributors, electronic equipment distributors, and other key suppliers to ensure all products needed for customer support were forecasted, pipeline of product is available and delivered on time to end users. • Directed the Surgicount warehouse/value added service center functions including: inventory control, software loading & testing of medical device scanning equipment. Shipments of product and scanning equipment for customer trials, samples, and new customer implementations.• Accountable for forecast, purchasing and warehousing of scanning equipment, maintained accurate inventory and pipeline for new customer implementations.• Audited distribution partners to ensure product integrity, and stocking levels were maintained.

Dublin, Oh, Us

Director of Operations, Medical Supply Distribution, Dixon California servicing Northern California, and North Western Nevada. Responsible for 330k sq ft Medical Supply distribution center, 1100 receipts, 13,000 lines shipped per day, 26,000 sku’s, $80 million inventory. 10 direct reports and 150 employees. • Operated 7 days per week. 24 hours M-F, 16 hours on weekends.• Highly Automated DC with (ASRS) Automated Storage & Retrieval System, 117k storage bin locations, sortation conveyor.• Dedicated Private Fleet deliveries with 25 drivers, 20 Trucks/Trailers, deliver to 400+ customers daily.• Storage and distribution of Frozen, Refrigerated, and Chemical products.• Responsible for Baxter 3PL, Renal and IV solutions with 2000+ home delivery patients.• RF Controlled Inventory, paperless environment.• Excellent inventory control, and quality of medical supply shipments to hospitals.• 14+ Lean Six Sigma events per year (Black Belt, Kaizen, Just do it projects) that resulted in $500k per year in cost savings, improved processes.• Consistently meet and exceed financial and metric performance.

Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

3rd Party Logistics company. As a member of the Leadership Bench Strength program I was involved in projects to improve productivity, quality, inventory control, and manage start-up operations.• Successfully completed a startup project for a new Smart & Final distribution center.• Provided critical input in the hiring process, and ensured all new employees were properly trained for the Smart & Final DC.• Created and deployed tool to track truck loading quality issues reported by stores for IKEA, 2M sq. ft. DC., 400+ employees, 3 shift, 24x7 operation. Reports were tracked to the shift and employee level to document trends and identify training needs.

Conshohocken, Pa, Us

Responsible for Startup of a 300,000 sq. ft. highly automated distribution center and restructuring the existing 150,000 sq. ft. DC. Accountable for the operations, transportation and delivery of 100,000+ lines per day of pharmaceuticals and over the counter health care products to 1,600 customers in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Automation included 3 miles of Siemens conveyor with full sortation, Knapp A-Frame technology, pick and pass modules, 3 story case pick tower, wrist mounted RF processing using the PKMS warehouse management system. Operated 24 hours per day, 5 and 1/2 days per week. 7 direct reports and 240 union employees.• Hired to complete project to execute startup of new highly automated 300 sq. ft. distribution center (Greenfield), migration of 60% of shipments into new facility. Reorganized existing DC for “over the counter” products.• Implemented PkMS WMS training program with Standard Operating Procedure creation and deployment.• Oversite of two Distribution Centers. Restructured the leadership team to manage the new building startup and existing facility.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Progressive leadership responsibilities for multiple Distribution Centers, Value Added Service Centers, and 3PL warehouses. • As Distribution (Service) Center Manager, oversaw the operations of multiple distribution centers, value-added service centers, third party logistics warehouses, and international shipping, managing a staff of six direct reports, and 140 employees.• Selected to manage a crucial ten-month project in Belgium; supervised operations recovery from failed warehouse management systems (SAP) upgrade and consolidated seven distribution centers in Europe into a single highly automated distribution in Belgium, while overseeing six direct reports and 300+ employees.• Multiple building expansions and migrated systems to an automated, paperless WMS environment, effectively increasing storage efficiency, productivity and quality of work.• Implemented and maintained compliance to ISO 9002 quality management systems.• Expertly restructured cable and connector assembly operations teams resulting in dramatic quality and efficiency improvements.• Supervised the startup of a 53,000 square foot distribution center to expand the value-added third-party logistics projects and providing 24x7 services to manufacturers. • Managed turnaround of Military and Commercial Kitting operations. Completed retraining of WMS systems and all procedures and work instructions. Turnaround resulted in a promotion and role expanded to multiple 3PL projects.• Efficiently integrated 50+ regional warehouses into a new startup centralized distribution center during the first three years.• 70+ direct reports.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Broadcast Management, Broadcast Production

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