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Bedminster, NJ, US

Eagle, ID, US

• Lead all Lamb Weston’s Logistics solutions for warehousing and transportation. Initial evaluation and benchmarking of business maturity in processes and systems led to creating a high visibility strategic supply chain.
• Establishing Global Logistics Network strategy with oversight and guidance to other regions of the world.
• Leading SAP TM strategy, design, and implementation with consultant integrator.
• Built risk mitigation strategies effective for existing and future supply chain disruptions.
• Develop and execute transportation and warehousing risk management & procurement strategies to ensure consistent and high-quality service.
• Ensure internal and supplier quality and service requirements are exceeded by 5%.

Chicago, IL, US

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Directed strategy and negotiations of all transportation services and contracts. A review of all existing transportation programs concluded modernization of systems and equipment was needed. Formulated new operating.
• Rebid all carrier agreements in all modes for a 11% improvement in freight costs and 36% reduction in unplanned carrier expenses. Renegotiated fleet leases and maintenance programs for a 6% spend reduction.
• Implemented budget and capital plans with full profit and loss responsibility, delivering consistent cost improvement results against multi-layered budget of over $1B and capital expenditures over $50M annually.
• Created policies and procedures for logistics processes, ensuring optimization and compliance with established standards and regulations.
• Expanded fleet management, acquisition, and planning optimization programs from Nexeo to Univar operations with similar success in cost savings, safety, and sustainability. 11% improvement in annual budget cost/metric.
• Launched SIOP with Sales, Operations, and Planning to improve visibility and capacity utilization reducing carrier demand, optimizing the private fleet, improving on time delivery to over 97%, and customer satisfaction.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Led and focused entire Logistics organization to build internally integrated, as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integrated systems to provide company-wide visibility of domestic logistics operations to all.
• TM drove 6% in cost reductions after launch. Compliance to process and retraining continued.
• Moved to new 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) partner and renegotiating carrier’s rates for additional 6% savings.
• Utilized private fleet (increase of 9%), driving over 72% of freight to be delivered on fleet, resulting in 28% reduction in common carrier use. This created 6% improvement in private fleet operating costs. While.
• Replaced aging fleet with highest fuel efficiency and lowest greenhouse gas emission engines, exceeding Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements. Reduced fuel consumption by over 14% and maintenance costs by 9%..
• Added cutting edge collision mitigation, roll stability, lane departure alert, and PeopleNet tablets for GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking to fleet equipment, enhancing safety.

Norwell, MA, US

• Managed North American multi-site warehouse and transportation operations and implemented new operating systems. Established group objectives aligned to business key strategic initiatives. Directed local Distribution.
• Led integration of forecasting and demand planning with purchasing and manufacturing execution, ensuring optimal inventory levels while delivering 98%+ fill rates to customers and maintaining 18+ annual turns on.
• Monitored reporting of material handling staff transacting receipts, cycle counts, kitting, and shipping, reducing errors to less than 1%. Validated cycle count variances through requiring fact-based, root cause.
• Completed departmental and company-wide objectives, driving long-term growth using ability to motivate, influence, and drive change at all levels of organization.

Norwell, MA, US

• Worked collaboratively with Operations, Supply Chain and Logistics, administrative functional leaders and executives, at process, site enterprise, and extended value chain levels in determination of cost improvement.
• Expanded purchasing spend management from $146M of goods and services to $653M without headcount increase, driving process and technology improvements with staff.
• Reengineered SAP process for request and purchase of goods and services for field operations, eliminating 36% of data entry and processing to achieve 6% reduction in direct costs on spends managed.
• Led development and implementation of core processes and procedures: vendor performance management scorecard, risk management, Stage Gate for Supply Chain activities, quality initiatives, and continuous improvement.
• Organized and coordinated monthly training activities, educating in SAP system methodology, root cause analysis, quality investigation, statistical design, and Lean training.
• Mentored team members to change internal culture of organization, assisting leadership in communicating need to change and offering guidance to staff for successfully executing projects.

New Britain, CT, US

• Directed Supply Chain across multiple business locations for purchasing, manufacturing, and logistics to optimize strategic sourcing and operational procurement, contract management, forecasting, material demand.
• Reduced finished goods by 26% with only 13% increase in raw materials, adding material flexibility. Increased inventory turns from 3 to 6 within 12 months.
• Decreased manufacturing cycle time from 42 days to 24 days, reducing planning time for product mix from 16 days to 2 days. Labor productivity improved by 36% over previous year, double in some work centers.
• Outsourced excess capacity to others in industry to gain co-manufacturing market volumes and control.
• Negotiated 7% price reduction with key vendors on $200M annual spend for uninterrupted material replenishment, reduced lead times, and improved quality minimizing supply chain risks and cost pressures.
• Instituted numerous vendors’ stocking programs, reducing capital investments.

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