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• Responsible for all raw material and packaging for the Topeka plant.• Plan weekly production schedule maximizing plant efficiencies.• Reduce working capital by evaluating safety stocks and minimum order quantities.• Evaluate capacity constraints and plan overtime to balance corporate requirements.• Review and approve all new product formulas.• Coordinate all 3rd party rework and contract manufacturing• Supervise a team of 4 with many indirect reports.

Topeka, Kansas Area

• Determine weekly global production needs for two plants within Hill’s supply chain utilizing SAP.• Plan monthly production needs for 4 contract manufacturing plants based off of current sales plan, production capacity, and inventory targets.• Communicate needs to plants and work through capacity and cost constraints.• Identify risks to customer service and lead efforts to resolve related issues.• Execute new product launches including pre-builds & run out strategies while minimizing obsolescence.• Review KPI’s to insure lowest cost and maximum customer service are delivered.

Responsible for all transportation in and out of the Ottawa, KS DC to stores West of the Mississipppi.This includes all e-commerce shipments averaging 10K orders per day.Manage 3PL transloaders on west coast and 3PL distribution agents (pools) that deliver to stores.Received 2 Eagle Elite awards: Implementing YMS and transition to UPS from FedEx for e-commerce

Managed product flow from DC to 12 countriesControlled 18 K yearly domestic truckloads Helped develop and plan linehaul and international budgetsTraveled to various international markets to insure 3PL complianceDevelop RFP's to source market for alternate linehaul and 3PL providersCarrier selection for 120 lanes based on cost, service and capacityRecipient of Pinnacle award for linehaul savings of $1.2 million

Manage daily operations 3PL's for 13 countries and 500 storesInitial point of contact for 3PL, DC, Stores, and MerchandisingMonitor KPI's for 3PL'sSupported new DC in PanamaAnalyze and determing mode of transportation to acheive target datesManage controllable expenses that impact EBITCross trained with customs team to create commercial invoices

Supervised 4 associates controlling all inbound and outbound linehaul movesControlled $50 million annual budgetNegotiated rates with linehaul carriersConducted B2B auctions for 120 lanesManaged trailer fill vs cost and service

Assist in designing web based outbound programAudited transportation invoices saving $20KOversee dispatch area consisting of two associatesManaged Canada direct imports of boots to save $15K per yearManaged 1X deliveries to save costs

Bs, Business

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.)