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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

The on-demand labor marketplace for manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing.

Draper, Utah, United States

- Develop and execute logistics strategies- Coach and train logistics team- Monitor and manage logistics budget

Draper, Ut

- Reconstruct ordering and fulfillment processes to be more efficient, scalable and customer-focused- Lead operations team in NetSuite ERP integration- Manage and negotiate small parcel, freight, and white glove carrier contracts- Work with Buying, Customer Service, and Accounting to ensure processes are precise and customer-focused

Greater Salt Lake City Area

- Develop procedures to comply with FDA and ISO 13485 quality regulations - Streamline and create business processes- Coordinate with engineering and R&D to build prototypes, reduce product cost and create manufacturing instructions- Define, manage and improve KPIs- Work with management team to develop strategy and regulations

Salt Lake City

- Developed plan to increase factory capacity by 20% without increasing spending- Worked with Chinese manufacturers to improve quality- Capacity analysis of factory in Shanghai, CHINA- Test, troubleshoot and redesign new products- Worked with development team to launch new Traeger app

Laguna Hills, Ca

- Managed all aspects of production, warehousing, and shipping- Built relationships with customers and suppliers to forecast inventory 6 months in advance- 80% reduction in inventory adjustments by designing and implementing a cycle count system- Streamlined shipping process to reduce shipping errors- Reduced failures by determining causes and improving processes- Managed BOM and work instruction revisions● Oversee manufacturing timeline and quality of prototypes

Gilbert, Az

- 25% increase in available warehouse storage by redesigning warehouse using lean principles- Redesigned entire factory, added 6 new production lines using Six Sigma techniques- Hired, trained, retained, and motivated 35 employees in both English and Spanish- 20% reduction in lost materials by designing a new will call system- Maintained and oversaw the maintenance of all production equipment including, automated CNCpackaging machine and CNC wood cutting machine- 60% reduction in defects by designing and implementing quality control system

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Global Supply Chain Management

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering

Activities and Societies: Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma