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• Led the Pricing and Network Optimization function for asset and brokerage business, Developed yield management strategies and a more efficient and profitable network.
• Designed and managed the company’s first network bid for external carriers.
• Delivered incremental Y-O-Y revenue growth.
• Improved load tender rejection rate by 20% over 4 months through enhanced reporting and cross-functional influence.

• Engineering leadership spanning US general merchandise, grocery and import distribution centers.Process TransformationStreamlined Receiving operations through Lean methodologies, process elimination/simplification and.
• Reduced Receiving process steps by 75%.
• Developed technical scope documents defining business rules, WMS use cases and UI mock-ups.
• Developed SG&A savings roadmaps.Workforce Management and Labor Standards
• Implemented engineered labor standards and associate utilization reporting for 42 general merchandise DCs.
• Oversaw performance reporting and standards maintenance, conducted process audits and adjusted warehouse maps and associated KVIs for 44 grocery DCs.Perishable Strategy & Automation

Bentonville, AR

• Leadership in eCommerce fulfillment construction and capacity improvements; communication liaison for in-store supply chain improvements.
• Managed eCommerce non-sortable capacity and roadmap, enabling peak season success. o Executed $5.5M capital budget to deliver a 50% capacity increase of pick and storage positions through layout and racking.
• Supported construction of flagship 1.2M-square-foot eCommerce sortable fulfillment center. o Developed and delivered executive updates and communications stream. o Reduced critical path elements related to overseas.

• Enabled change management initiative to improve store freight unloading/sorting and overnight stocking productivity through Associate education and training. Annualized regional (49 stores) SG&A savings in-excess of $2M.
• Enabled enhanced in-store breakpack sortation and upstream dry grocery category sortation, partnering with logistics division to re-engineer processes and deliver eight hours of combined productivity increases per U.S..

• Led team and managed processes controlling physical flow of Fresh (meat and produce) inventory from suppliers to DC's to stores.
• Taught project management principles to team during significant overhauls of internal processes and systems.
• Oversaw efficient and cost-effective inventory flow for meat and produce departments for all U.S. Neighborhood Markets and SuperCenters. Balanced store instock with markdowns and DC inventory.

• Managed, coached and developed various engineering teams ranging in size from ten to 25.Selected accomplishments include:
• Key Utilization Factors portal, integrating driver and truck capacity with freight demand through constraint theory concepts, which modeled and highlighted the declining freight environment of 2006.
• Methodology to quantify corporate cost of driver turnover, with model output providing key budget inputs across enterprise.
• Technical impact analysis of 2003 and 2005 changes to federal DOT hours-of-service regulations using simulation modeling, resulting in preemptive customer dialogue and reducing potential utilization impact by over 50%.
• Co-development of J.B. Hunt Professional Services as a fourth corporate services offering.
• Led teams of Logistics Engineers in the development and application of customized asset-based design tools. Supported new business development during competitive bid engagements, including OptiBid® price optimization.

• Owned factory capacity models, capital purchase approvals, equipment roadmaps and facility layouts in semiconductor test/sort floor.
• Chartered and led the global IE team, managing and improving virtual factory capacity across multiple sites and countries.
• Served as Steering Team leader during process conversion, maintaining process output and quality while simultaneously ramping new Pentium™ and memory technologies. Delivered manufacturing feasibility studies.
• Developed layout expansion plan for 20,000-square-feet of cleanroom manufacturing in under three weeks. Responsible for overall construction progress, tool installations, process commissioning and startup.
• Operational supervisor of production and personnel for Thin Films area of high-volume IC wafer fabrication facility. Oversaw leadership, training and results of 25 employees.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Engineering