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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Brampton,On

Concord, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga,On

• Accountability of a 315k sqft, multi-client facility with a staff of 50 associates, across 2 shifts• Provide national logistics services on behalf of Mazda, Land Rover and Volvo.• Sustained world-class quality results with an average error ratio of 1.5 per 10k lines shipped• Developed and maintained strong relations with the National Parts Managers across all three accounts related to, transportation logistics and the facility to ensure a smooth flow of shipments in and out of the facility• Developed a LEAN culture through Neovia’s NOS (Neovia Operating System), encompassing a People, Quality, Velocity and Cost approach to standard business practices.• Achieved Neovia’s NOS Bronze certification• Achieved ISO9001-2000 in Volvo within a 5 month period• Achieved the Volvo VQE (Volvo Quality Excellence) award• Successful implementation of Oracle warehouse management system with a comprehensive warehouse assessment conducted by Mazda Japan, resulting in a 97% success rate• Developed comprehensive cross training and leadership programs to support succession planning• Developed yearly strategic objectives using SMART goals• Developed and executed strategic inventory strategies to address incremental year over year growth without increased warehouse real-estate• Championed 12 LEAN projects yielding sustainable productivity and quality improvements across all three accounts• Responsible for business development with onsite and offsite client contacts• Responsible for managing the relationships across all carrier partners• Implemented RF technology in the Mazda account• Reduced attrition rates by 64% within a 7 month period• Maintain CT-PAT standards throughout the facility• Negotiate vendor/supplier contracts• Health and Safety, Environmental and Maintenance manager for the facility

Milton, On

•Specifically selected by Senior Management based on expertise to spear head the start-up of the National Returns Centre for Target Canada servicing 124 stores across the country. Successfully designed the 50K square foot facility layout for a smooth flow of inbound, outbound and inventory control processes, standard operating procedures, metrics, $1M operating budget and LEAN culture through to steady state business with flawless execution.•Reported directly into the Vice President and General Manager of EPL due to the sensitivity of the start-up•Designed unique conveyor solution completely unorthodox to the north American business with a 23% increase in inbound productivity and a 30% reduction in conveyor downtime.•Recognized by senior management and Target management for consistently producing favorable P&L results month over month from start-up to current date.•Completed a Value Stream mapping event with the Returns Centre team and Target liaison to improve the overall discrepancy process. The future state process yielded labour savings of $123K. •Awarded the Point of Purchase display unit project for Target’s first Black Friday event. 140 display units assembled and stocked to Target’s build specifications delivered to all 124 stores on-time and under budget.•Produced cost avoidance in excess of $250K for the redirection of products from being destroyed to being return to vendor for full credit issuance based on system set-up challenges.•Successfully managed an inventory of $5-9M with a unit variance of under .5% and cost variance of under .25%

Brampton, On

•Recruited to assist with the change to a LEAN Culture across multiple facilities in the region.•Successfully trained and mentored a team of 40 teammates on Value Stream Mapping, 5S and Kaizen events. All teammates were involved in, spear headed and implemented process improvement projects throughout the facility yielding cost avoidance, cost savings and improved productivity results.•Travelled to facilities within the organization across Canada, assisting with root cause analysis, corrective/preventative action and change management initiatives resulting in total combined savings of $390K•Maintained a high degree of safety in the workplace and demonstrated consistent training and development of LEAN principles by over achieving on internal audit requirements.•Completed 5S in various areas throughout the facility and implemented an audit program to ensure sustainability.•Facilitated RFP’s between multiple suppliers, reducing administrative operating expenses by 20% warehouse supplies by 35% and utility costs by 64%

•Coached and lead a team of 85 associates including 5 Operations Managers, 4 Operation Specialists, 2 Training Specialists and 2 Operation Coordinators responsible for Inbound and Reverse Logistics within a 500 square foot state of the art facility.•Savings in excess of $1M (2007 – 2009) through Six Sigma Green Belt projects, involving staff from entry level warehouse associates to senior management of multiple functional departments such as Sales, Finance, Accounting, Purchasing, Customer Service and Transportation.•Developed a strategic Reverse Logistics proposal, through negotiations in partnering with the organizations largest retail account and a third part logistics organization, which successfully increased overall efficiencies and minimized revenue exposures in excess of $1M with respect to product returns.•Assisted with securing and starting up several 3PL contracts, for large retailers such as Future Shop/Best Buy, Toys R Us, Staples, Microsoft (XBOX and Zune), Microsoft (retail returns), THQ, CDW, Intuit, Motorola etc.•Assigned as Project Manager for the start-up of Microsoft Retail Returns Canada – established a successful start-up from set-up to implementation of inbound, inventory control, destruction of goods to outbound, including staffing. •I was assigned as the Co-Project Manager allocated to the implementation of a new windows based, warehouse management system which paved the path for how the warehouse would systemically function moving forward. This was a successful implementation over a weekend, with no disruption to the business.•Assigned as the Project Manager and start-up lead for a new Reverse Logistics Warehouse Management system, as a result of the successful distribution centre WMS implementation. •Successfully managed an inventory of $7-10M with a unit variance of under .20% and cost variance of under .25%•Scheduling, planning and execution of annual physical inventory as well as managing the Before and After variance reports.

•Coached and lead a team of 55 associates including 3 Operations Managers, 2 Operation Specialists, 1 Training Specialist and 1 Operation Coordinator responsible for Reverse Logistics within a 500 square foot state of the art facility.•Achieved world class associate and customer satisfaction survey results year over year.•Completed several management feedback sessions such as 360 degree feedback and leadership excellence training as a method to continue to further enhance leadership skills.•Successfully designed, implemented and maintained a process to track damaged inbound goods and provide communication to accounting staff on a regular basis, which yielded cost avoidance of concession credits of over $120K per year.•Coached the Training Specialist to successfully develop, train and implement standard operating procedures across the Reverse Logistics process based on ISO 9001-2000 standards. Maintained monthly SOP reviews and the review/approval process for CAR’s and PAR’s.•Assisted with the scheduling, planning and execution of annual physical inventory's as well as managing the Before and After variance reports.

Mississauga, On

Mississauga, On