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Maryland Heights, Missouri

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for logistics, transportation, fleet, facility management, security, fixed and leased assets, budgets, customer service, and monitoring SOP’s in coordination with all other cross functional departments• Responsible for branch management, inside sales, counter sales, drivers and warehouse for 6 Union Shop locations with 75 employees in Missouri and Illinois for a $98M sales division• Created company-wide safety program and safety manual with established metrics that reduced OSHA recordable incidents from 4 per year to less than 1 per year • Created and implemented all new company operational SOP’s including inventory cycle count procedures that reduced inventory shrinkage by 75% • Installed Samsara Dash Cameras in company vehicles that resulted in 2 drivers being exonerated in the first six months saving the company an estimated $150,000 of liability

Responsible for all aspects of inbound and outbound transportation, project management, manufacturing, Order-On-Demand, 3PL warehousing, safety, and loss prevention for client account Disney Resorts.• Management responsibility for 3PL robotic manufacturing and distribution center operating 365 days 24/7 that serviced 26 Disney Resorts along with the US and Canada retail markets• Responsible for 175 employees and up to 250 employees with flex staff working 3 shifts 24/7 • Established metrics and productivity standards by evaluating departmental procedures, talent management and applying operational best practices• Managed all 3PL client value added services for producing 10,000 Disney MagicBands daily• Successfully established and maintained an average of 99.8% on time shipping to Disney Resorts

Middletown, Connecticut, Us

Global leader in the distribution of electrical and datacom productsDivision Operation Manager (Florida and Southeast Divisions)Responsible for supply chain, logistics, customer service, transportation, facility management, fixed and leased assets• Instrumental in initial planning of new logistics network optimization service model for Florida • Reduced obsolescence inventory by an average of 50% a year over last 5 years which resulted in a yearly savings of $250,000 - $500,000 a year• Completed all restructuring projects ahead of schedule for leased equipment and real estate the last 4 years resulting in a $2,500,000 savings• Oversaw 5 of the 12 distribution centers before division territory realignments• Managed Orlando the second largest distribution center with a 9.7% operating expense while company average was 15.6%• Member of Warehouse Management System strategic planning committee• Negotiated Orlando HUB early lease renewal which resulted in a $525,000 savings over 5 years

$100M distributor and manufacturer of medical and health care products (80% of products outsourced from Asia)Director of Distribution and LogisticsResponsible for inbound/outbound operations of production, distribution, transportation and logistics • Member of senior management consulting team that created 3 year cognitive strategic plan to emerge from bankruptcy• Improved performance measurements and process efficiencies with 3rd party logistics partner• Negotiated $1M expense reduction with China partner for wheelchair raw materials• Re-organized inbound logistics department and reduced ocean freight costs by $750,000• Completed start up operations for Puerto Rico & Canadian distributors by projected dates

$700M data network, wire and cable, telecom, electrical and security distributor Director of Operations and Logistics Managed day-to-day operations of multi-site field branch offices (750,000 total sq ft.), $150 millionOpX budget, 450 indirect reports and 10 regional reports responsible for customer service, distribution, logistics, real estate, customer service and standardizing and monitoring, improving and creating SOP’s• Regional operation team was liaison between field offices and sales and all corporate departments• Organized, planned and completed 9 warehouse facility moves, 21 warehouse closings and consolidations and re-engineered and restructured 12 warehouses operating below company standards that resulted in a $1.5 million dollar cost savings• Developed and implemented a national operations business plan by standardizing policies, procedures and training• Re-engineered $36 million dollar customer 3rd Party Logistics program and reduced costs by 10% and improved customer service by 40%

$80M cabinet manufacturer and laminate distributorGeneral Manager (Southeast) Responsible for supervising 75 employees in supply chain, production, purchasing and logistics• Developed cost improvement initiatives to reduce production costs 10%, obsolescence inventory 35%, transportation 5% and overtime 20%• Created and implemented 24 hour service on top 5% of manufactured products• Re-engineered production and purchasing departments by overlaying both departments to drive cost reductions, improve customer service and reduce obsolescence inventory

International datacom, wire and cable, telecom, electrical and security distributorDirector of Operations & Distribution of Latin America Member of senior management team responsible for planning and coordinating business goals and objectives for start-up operations of Latin America joint venture with vendor partner Scientific-Atlanta ($300M division).• Implemented new NxTrend platform resulting in $10,000 a month cost savings• Recruited administration, warehouse, marketing, purchasing and export staff• Completed the opening of Mexico City and South America office’s by projected dates• Member of corporate executive committee to establish marketing and sales goals for new Latin America division• Managed both customer and vendor 3rd Party Logistics programs ranging from $25M - $150M