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California, Arizona, Nevada And Hawaii

•Managed our distribution centers in California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona.•Aligned with subject matter experts in operations, sales, manufacturing and IT to develop and implement a program utilizing quality control, sales and marketing, leadership development, and operations management to increase sales and improve customer service levels.•Developed and implemented best practices at 60 distribution centers to achieve customer service level targets.•Built and enhance the capability of others through developing position core competencies, applying core competency tests and training and coaching based off core competency test results.

New York And New Jersey

•Implemented methods, tools and behaviors to support achieving significant improvements in performance and cost while realizing the full potential of 300 employees in a 800,000 square foot distribution center.•Responsible for recruiting, selecting and retaining talented employees, budgets, cost control, vendor contracts, and OSHA and DOT compliance.•Developed a distribution process optimization program utilizing routine meetings, SOP’s, 5S, action logs and KPI’s to maximize the efficiency of our operation.•Implemented warehouse management system resulting in 20 percent increase in inventory accuracy, 140 percent increase in productivity and a 96 percent reduction in product picking errors.•Achieved highest customer service level improvement in North America through utilizing performance data analysis and customer feedback to improve and control our standard operating procedures.

Greater Seattle Area

•Implemented methods, tools and behaviors to support achieving significant improvements in performance and cost while realizing the full potential of 200 employees in a 400,000 square foot distribution center.•Responsible for recruiting, selecting and retaining talented employees, budgets, cost control, vendor contracts, and OSHA and DOT compliance.•Lead a successful acquisition of a distribution center from losing money to producing seven million dollars in net revenue within 2 years through conducting process audits, identifying technology based process improvement opportunities eliminating waste through 5S and increasing sales.•Decreased manpower by 22 percent and overtime by 64 percent, while increasing productivity by 12 percent.•Utilized Lean Six Sigma to develop an inventory best practice resulting in a 72 percent reduction in supply chain loss.•Achieved a 69 percent reduction in recordable injuries through safety improvements and operational excellence.•Awarded as distribution center of the year for having the highest customer service level scores, cost reduction, process improvements, safety improvements and highest employee engagement score increase in all of North America.

Greater San Diego Area

•Implemented methods, tools and behaviors to support achieving significant improvements in performance and cost while realizing the full potential of 150 employees in a 350,000 square foot distribution center.•Utilized Lean Six Sigma to implement an off day delivery reduction best practice that led to large cost savings and a 20 percent increase in on time deliveries.•Responsible for budget, cost control, vendor contracts, and OSHA and DOT compliance.•Successfully trained and developed a team of 90 employees which led our branch in hitting all of our 2010 and 2011 targets.•Managed scheduling for all inbound deliveries from trucking companies across the US.•Led our logistics team to winning Anheuser Busch’s largest national logistics incentive.

Greater San Diego Area

•Consistently increased sales and built relationships with customers and suppliers earning three promotions to higher volume territories in one year.•Awarded as one of Anheuser Busch’s top sales members in North America.•Found creative ways to market Anheuser Busch products in order to increase Anheuser Busch products revenue and sales.•Worked on shelf set team to increase category space and increase market share using IRI data and category management tools.•Selected by executive management to oversee sales of our Mission Six brands in Southern California.