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Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Responsible for all Safety, People, Quality, Cost, Fast & Great objectives for North American Distribution for a $45MM premier brand name of consumer/prosumer goods.Increased storage density more than 30%. Reduced customer order fulfillment time by 79% in six months. Drive team-oriented continuous improvement activities that positively impact profitability & operations.Part of site selection team for supplemental warehouse, with emphasis on layout & people/product flow with a target occupancy date of Q4 2021. Company growth expected to quintuple in 3 years' time.

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Manager at North American distributor of benchtop & stationary tools for the professional and serious hobbyist. Assist in site selection for new distribution center. Documented existing operations work procedures.

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Head of purchasing for global supply chain, all warehouse operations, production planning & scheduling, and – through teamwork and partnership – all production operations.Oversaw all raw materials procurement and vendor relationships. Corrected a defective global supply chain (Asia, Europe, Americas) with up to 26 week lead times. Renegotiated pricing realizing approx.. $400k in annual savings in first year, & 30% improvement to gross margins ($10MM/year company at this time). Improved ordering such that POs were in advance of vendor lead times, eliminating expensive air freight and other margin-sapping expedite fees. Consolidated the vendor list by 20%, and on-shored certain commodities with zero unfavorable impact to profitability.Responsible for safe execution of all warehouse operations including inventory control, shipping & receiving. Cleaned up a disorganized and chaotic warehouse of 5,000 skus. Introduced a cycle count program that eventually reached 98% accuracy on A & B items without bin control.Developed numerous production, purchasing & inventory tools which helped drive the on-time-delivery rate from 16% to 94% in 11 months. Used historical sales data to produce true production forecasts useful for both internal and external customers.Successfully co-coordinated a new quote-to-cash MRP implementation system (M1 by ECi) in June 2020.The transition included bin-level inventory controls designed from scratch- which were lacking in the legacy MRP system.Project Managed a warehouse [factory] move in under 8 weeks, installing warehouse infrastructure at new site while simultaneously vacating the old site down to bare floors. Arranged logistics for warehoused goods as well as factory operations equipment (e.g., raw materials, conveyor lines, break room refrigerators, etc.).

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Managed a team of materials planners in a manufacturing plant that processed 70,000 set-top-boxes per week. Guided and coached the inventory control team (manager/supervisor & cycle counters/inventory auditors) that monitored & reported on a $200MM inventory that was maintained at 99.9% accuracy. Managed materials planning team, including vendor interactions & negotiations. Oversaw KPMG-audited quarterly physical inventories & used 8D problem solving, with cross-functional teams, to improve process flaws which contributed to inventory variances. Coordinated $200MM annual G&A budget for Site Director; reporting on monthly actual-to-budget performance variances with explanations. Led site tours for internal/external visitors including the Upstate Lean Alliance, APICS chapter, external partners, etc. Chaired Kaizen to develop new employee-led recognition program that was adopted by all Dish locations. Chair of the quarterly site leadership and recognition meeting.

Spartanburg, Sc

Led a team of 60 team members across a 3 shift/7-day schedule. Tasked with leading Kaizen-based process improvements that would both enhance quality in the eyes of the Dish subscriber and reduce the associated internal resource requirements by 50% - both were delivered within 12 months. Fostered talent planning by mentoring direct supervisors with tailored individual development plans. Partnered with operations teams to improve quality at the source. Created time-saving Excel tools to facilitate executive-level quality reporting metrics. Hosted 100 attendees at the weekly quality meeting, consisting of executives to hourly team members, to drive focused corrective actions using tools such as “5 whys”, 8D problem solving, Kaizen and Rapid Improvement Events.

Spartanburg, Sc

Chaired a weekly employee-led safety roundtable, with over 100 cross-functional team members, to review, discuss & assign safety action items. Collected & analyzed accident/incident audit results to produce data-driven safety reports. Partnered with cross-functional teams, including engineering, facilities & maintenance, operations & operational excellence to improve plant safety metrics.

Spartanburg, Sc

Entrusted with the oversight of the high-security smart card control department. Across a 3 shift/7-day schedule, distributed to and retrieved from various teams high-value, encrypted smart cards within a factory of 1,350 employees. Developed process improvements and created standard work, through Lean & Kaizen activities, to ensure that the integrity of smart cards was maintained.

Spartanburg, Sc

Supervised a team of 120 employees processing 18,000 inbound customer return shipments daily. Created advanced key performance metric reporting tools, for both the individual team members and the department. Managed “one-on-one” reporting process enabling all hourly associates in the department to understand their position in relation to efficiency and quality goals.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Emphasis In Economics & Finance

Activities and Societies: 99th percentile on the major field test.

Clemson University Leadership Summit - Certificate Program