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Responsible for management and providing leadership to the functional areas of inbound, putaway, replenishment, picking, and outbound for North American Distribution Center. Responsible for achieving safety, quality, cost, productivity, financial, and delivery standards for facility. Accomplishments include 20% productivity improvement and continuous improvement ideas that generated year over year savings of $88,000. Experienced in LTL, TL, parcel, and International shipping.

Hord Services is an engineering consulting firm specializing in reduction of labor cost involving high labor and touch points. Responsible for providing engineering knowledge which reduced an average of 10%-30% in labor cost, increased throughput 15%-30%, and improved quality. This was accomplished by developing and implementing improved processes and methods and establishing performance standards.

As a senior member of the Facility Leadership Team, responsible for supporting facility director in meeting customer service levels, executing the strategic plans at the supply chain level, managing resources to achieve quality, service, cost, and productivity metrics. Providing leadership/collaborating with department managers in strategic and tactical decisions in the operations of facility, providing daily feedback as well as floor presence. Provide leadership in Human Resources and labor… Show more As a senior member of the Facility Leadership Team, responsible for supporting facility director in meeting customer service levels, executing the strategic plans at the supply chain level, managing resources to achieve quality, service, cost, and productivity metrics. Providing leadership/collaborating with department managers in strategic and tactical decisions in the operations of facility, providing daily feedback as well as floor presence. Provide leadership in Human Resources and labor relations to ensure positive, progressive, and safe work climate that reinforces the company’s Terms of Engagement. Perform daily/weekly/monthly reports for senior management as well as performing succession planning for facility. Show less

Responsible for complete operations of facility including receiving, replenishment, picking, packing, and shipping for 1.1 million sq. foot facility. Knowledgeable of WMS, PKMS, Kronos, RF systems as well as AS400. Responsible for staffing levels and meeting or exceeding established productivity goals. Accomplishments include improving cartons per hour shipped by 30%, improving service level from 83% to 98% and reducing cost by 31% utilizing both company employees as well as third party… Show more Responsible for complete operations of facility including receiving, replenishment, picking, packing, and shipping for 1.1 million sq. foot facility. Knowledgeable of WMS, PKMS, Kronos, RF systems as well as AS400. Responsible for staffing levels and meeting or exceeding established productivity goals. Accomplishments include improving cartons per hour shipped by 30%, improving service level from 83% to 98% and reducing cost by 31% utilizing both company employees as well as third party providers. developed company recognition program. Show less

Responsible for managing 12 apparel contract facilities in multiple states. Responsibilities included price negotiation, scheduling, insuring on time deliver as well as quality of goods delivered. Accomplishments included sourcing first offshore products in Mexico resulting in reduced costs, improved margins, and higher financial results for company. Also, responsible for creating and publishing quality specifications standards for products produced.

Responsible for sourcing apparel products in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. Responsible for identification and certification of potential contractors who could deliver a quality product in a short production window. Responsibilities included on site surveys, assessment, and negotiation of contractor cost and pricing, trouble shooting/problem solving at contractor locations. Coordinated with cross-functional departments to meet business demands and financial objectives.

Asked to assume responsibilities for total P&L for plant of 600 plus employees with excess of 25 million dollar annual budget utilizing lean manufacturing concepts. Coordinated daily/weekly with merchandising, forecasting, and planning departments to ensure accurate delivery of products. Some accomplishments include restructuring quality dept. to achieve a 20% improvement in defect percentage, developing material usage program resulting in a $334,000 savings in 24 months, reducing excess… Show more Asked to assume responsibilities for total P&L for plant of 600 plus employees with excess of 25 million dollar annual budget utilizing lean manufacturing concepts. Coordinated daily/weekly with merchandising, forecasting, and planning departments to ensure accurate delivery of products. Some accomplishments include restructuring quality dept. to achieve a 20% improvement in defect percentage, developing material usage program resulting in a $334,000 savings in 24 months, reducing excess costs by 31%, and reducing workers compensation cost $220,000 in the first year. Show less

Directed staff of 6 managers, 12 supervisors, and 475 direct employees utilizing team Kanban manufacturing techniques. Responsible for preparation of operating and capital budgets. Accomplishments include increasing out-bound production level by 26% due to increased efficiency of direct employees, decreasing production cost by improvement of production methods and re-engineering of layout of facility. exceeding company quality goals, as well as re-training plant personnel in lean production… Show more Directed staff of 6 managers, 12 supervisors, and 475 direct employees utilizing team Kanban manufacturing techniques. Responsible for preparation of operating and capital budgets. Accomplishments include increasing out-bound production level by 26% due to increased efficiency of direct employees, decreasing production cost by improvement of production methods and re-engineering of layout of facility. exceeding company quality goals, as well as re-training plant personnel in lean production techniques. Facility had best safety record in incidents and lost time from 1995-1998. Was asked to manage second plant in Georgia for 6-month period due to illness of plant manager. Show less

Directed 2 production managers and a staff of 12 supervisors and 550 direct employees. Responsible for plant performance in areas of schedule, cost, and quality. Other responsibilities included facility operating within budget, production and capacity planning, inventory controls, material usage, equipment justification, and meeting deadlines on a daily basis. Responsible for conversion of facility to lean JIT system production system.