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High Point North Carolina

• Led a corporate initiative to design and deploy a risk management framework across the XPO Supply Chain footprint focused on financial claims management, operational inefficiencies, customer churn and cash flow.
• Negotiated directly with key customer financial and legal teams to mitigate over $40M in financial claims and disputes
• Developed models to identify cash flow risks stemming from Covid 19 pandemic impacts pinpointing activities to accelerate recoveries and optimize working capital
• Led cross functional efforts to identify significant weaknesses in invoice development reducing bad debt, improving revenue accuracy, and accelerating cash flow.

High Point North Carolina

• Position’s primary responsibility was to provide strategic and operational direction on designing and maintaining an effective and efficient Inventory Control environment
• Designed and implemented a leading-edge strategy to improve Inventory Control throughout XPO directly mitigating over $20M in potential loss exposure
• Implemented an integrated Scorecard to measure and predict operational deficiencies pinpointing root cause drivers mitigating future loss
• Designed a flexible training program utilizing multiple platforms to drive uniform training, generate consistent measurable KPIs, and create awareness of the operational impacts of poor inventory control.

• Functioned as “Chief of Staff” for the Chief Supply Chain Officer having responsibility for managing all the synergistic components within the organization to maintain alignment on key business initiatives, and achieve.
• Drove process rigor by centralizing business case development and financial evaluation around key strategic initiatives driving $200M incremental EBITDA annually
• Championed cross functional efforts in identifying and implementing Digitization opportunities within the Supply Chain
• Managed initiatives to optimize payment terms to suppliers driving a $140M improvement in Working Capital.

Oner Verizon Place Alpharetta Georgia 30004

• Responsible for leading all elements of the reverse supply chain operation. This included managing the return, repair, and redeployment of over 12 million devices annually and working directly with device manufacturers.
• Internalized and then managed the device trade in program to internally deploy, or externally sell over 3 million returned devices annually driving $100M in incremental EBITDA
• Developed partnerships to launch e-auction initiatives for returned accessories generating $25M in additional income on equipment previously scrapped
• Advanced innovative repair processes to improve return device yield dramatically reducing repair costs

Alpharetta Georgia

• Responsible for leading all forward warehouse, distribution and transportation functions across the Verizon footprint encompassing daily shipments to 1,600 Retail Store locations, 1 million direct to consumer monthly.
• Implemented an advanced supply planning and replenishment tool enabling a high velocity distribution model creating more flexibility and driving a $1B reduction in average inventory.
• Optimized inventory by integrating a multi echelon inventory optimization tool that added upstream visibility and collaboration as well as improved planning functionality at each holding location within the supply chain
• Consolidated retail distribution operations across four areas into a single centralized function driving best practices, and enabling a single system solution for planning and execution
• Significantly reduced cost by designing and implementing order postponement functionality for large business orders enabling consolidation thereby reducing volumes and improving customer satisfaction.
• Transformed managed transportation by introducing enhanced pooling leveraging regional courier services for cost efficient, last mile delivery

• Overall financial responsibility for all equipment sales and cost of sales accounts. This included establishing budgets for all supply chain accounts including warehouse, transportation, and repair, and all inventory.
• Primary leader on the Verizon Wireless merger team for defining overall policies and reporting for cost accounting and developing and driving consolidation efficiencies within supply chain operations.
• Managed the consolidation of nine legacy accounting systems to a single integrated platform dramatically improving efficiency and driving significant cost reductions
• Drove improvements in internal controls by reinventing the cycle count process to eliminate the need for annual physical inventories, improving distribution center uptime, and reducing compliance costs

• Responsible for managing a warehouse and distribution function which encompassed over $18B in device and accessory inventory with an annual logistics budget of $250M. This function oversaw operations at three locations.
• Efficiently managed a complete warehouse transition between 3PLs with no disruption in service or financial impact
• Implemented order postponement functionality for B2B orders that enabled order consolidation reducing volume and improving customer satisfaction
• Introduced enhanced transportation pooling that leveraged local courier services for cost efficient last mile delivery

• Overall responsibility for the consolidated financial operations including the monthly close process, journal entry oversight, statement preparation and monthly account reconciliations. Duties further included.
• Participated in the acquisition of several Ameritech properties specifically the $3 billion dollar purchase of the Chicago/St Louis markets
• Directed financial activities in divesting two strategic wireless markets in advance of the Bell Atlantic/GTE merger

Cincinnati Area, KY

• Participated on the Area management team as leader of the financial organization. Primary responsibilities included budgeting and strategic planning, financial variance analysis, promotion analysis, and service.
• Played a leadership role in launching the first digital wireless market within the GTE footprint
• Established the initial inventory distribution plan for the market

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed the product distribution organization, which procured and distributed wireless equipment to over 200 stores and agents for GTE Wireless’ largest market.
• Centralized the Area’s product distribution team into s single distribution and repair center
• Developed and managed an equipment leasing and device recovery operation program to help control customer acquisition cost

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Responsible for recording all contract revenues associated with switching equipment sales for one of the largest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment worldwide.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General