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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Led North American Customer Supply Chain, Distribution Operations, Inventory Deployment, and Analytics teams with direct accountability for a $250M annual logistics spend.• Developed and executed a multi-year strategy for Distribution and Transportation, achieving a 20% improvement in on-time delivery (to 93%) and order fill rate (to 98%), contributing over $50M in savings.• Established end-to-end visibility across the order-to-delivery process, reducing order backlogs by 50% and saving $10M in supply chain penalties, significantly enhancing customer experience.• Spearheaded a customer Cost-to-Serve strategy program, implementing targeted supply chain initiatives driving operational efficiencies to achieve $8M in logistics savings.• Achieved the highest employee engagement scores across the North American Supply Chain organization.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Developed and executed a supply chain operations strategy program, reducing delivery times by 2 days and saving $3M in logistics costs while enhancing service OTIF reliability.• Designed and implemented a customer penalty mitigation process that reduced penalty fees by 35% generating $1.2M in annual savings through enhanced compliance and proactive management.• Built a new high-impact Customer Supply Chain organization that improved process efficiency by 30% and team productivity by 20% through optimizing people, processes, and technology.• Managed a seamless transition to a new distribution center and third-party logistics provider, reducing costs by 10% and achieving $1.3M in annual savings.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Designed a global S&OP planning framework across eight business units that improved process maturity while effectively balancing supply and demand.• Developed inventory planning reduction strategy, through SKU rationalization and non-moving inventory reductions reducing working capital by over $200M.• Directed the supply chain SAP technology roadmap development ensuring seamless integration across all supply chain functions with zero operational down time.• Optimized service and inventory levels through new-item launches and end-of-life transitions, increasing product availability and reducing stockouts by 25%.

Greater Milwaukee Area

•Managed a $250M inventory footprint across 18 distribution centers, optimizing stock levels, reducing excess inventory by $20M, and maintaining 95% on-time shipping.•Designed a supply chain strategy that saved $2.3M through sourcing improvements and warehouse optimization.•Led a team of Inventory Analysts to achieve and maintain 99.5%+ inventory accuracy across all operations ensuring consistent supply chain OTIF performance.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Key member of global cross-functional team to develop supply chain productivity program delivering aspirations savings of $300 Million• Delivered process improvement sustained wins using standardized work in supply chain space• Lead strategic and transformational initiatives from concept design, through detailed feasibility and business case development• Collaborate with supply chain consulting firm on multi-year strategy map and pacing solutions• Present project updates and recommendations to leadership for Executive Board approval• Develop and execute multi-phase logistics solution project aimed at $2.3 million in savings

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Maintain global inventory holdings through dotted line ownership valued at over $1 billion across four sales regions• Roll out standard procedures for inventory planning/execution across the distribution network• Deploy lean tools, root cause analysis (RCA) to close accuracy issues and process gaps globally• Collaborate throughout the organization to improve inventory health, reduce slow-moving, obsolete stock (SLOB) and drive zero loss inventory control• Create and implement five-year Inventory & Systems strategy map• Push for results related to current KPIs and seek opportunities to expand breadth of tracking

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Launched new S&OP process and led team of ten planners driving monthly cycle across four regions, supporting $4B+ in annual motorcycle revenue.• Implemented enhanced demand planning process using statistical forecast modeling that improved forecast accuracy by 20% and decreased excess inventory by $5M.• Streamlined the planning cycle from six to four weeks while enabling margin expansion across the portfolio.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Managed 5,000 SKU assortment in Parts & Accessories and General Merchandise reducing non-moving obsolete inventories by $10M and improving stock outs by 35%.• Led inventory enhancement program optimizing returns and markdowns reducing excess inventory by 20% and working capital improvement of over $4M.• Served as a cross-functional liaison for assortment planning team, achieving a 25% improvement in assortment alignment while reducing lead times by an average of 2 weeks.

Master’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelors, Supply-Chain Operations Management