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Columbus, Ohio Area

Responsible for overall strategic direction and planning of the purchasing, customer service, maintenance, distribution, packaging, facilities and transportation departments.- Developed a change in shipping method that lowered the overall yearly transportation spend by 40%.-Lowered yearly labor spend by 20%.-Increased on-time delivery to 98%.-Developed order fulfillment methods that improved order accuracy from 99.7% to 99.99%

Responsible for the operation a 120 person staff in a 600,000 square foot, 24/7 facility. Oversee all employee recruitment, development and training. Managed all 22 customers in house including Kroger, International Paper, and Online Shoes.com. Also responsible for full P&L management. Increased overall profitability 300% to over $1M. Improved profit margin from 5% to 25%.

Responsible for all raw materials purchasing in support of the Jane’s Dough Foods division. Managed all inbound and outbound transportation, distribution of finished goods, and production scheduling to maximize available manpower and resources. Responsible for negotiating and reviewing freight contracts. Increased productivity by 33%. Increased on-time shipping performance to 99.8%

Groveport, Oh

Led the second and third shifts of a one million square foot distribution center. Responsibilities include supervision of up to 70 associates involved in picking, shipping and receiving 3000 pallets per shift. Doubled productivity and lowered cost per carton by 30% in less than three months. Developed a new 4x10 work schedule to optimize available equipment.

Guided the departments responsible for the inbound, outbound, and light assembly functions of a 750,000 square foot facility. Led five exempt and 90 non-exempt employees with expertise in picking, packing, shipping, returns and inventory control. Accountable for establishing and attaining productivity, accuracy and profitability goals. - Launched returns process that decreased cycle time by 40%- Directed programs to ensure the efficient and cost-effective operation of the facility.- Oversaw the move and start-up operations of the 250,000 square foot assembly operation. This was accomplished in less than a week and required no additional overtime.

Responsible for directing the activities of a third party contract warehouse for Bosch Inc. Duties include: labor scheduling, shipping and receiving, inventory control, P&L analysis, employee development, customer relations, and maintaining ISO compliance.- Led efforts that reduced the outbound error rate to zero for seven consecutive months. This quality effort was never previously duplicated and led to a yearly accuracy rate of 99.99% for the year.- Developed packaging processes to meet specific need for automobile manufacturers such as Honda, General Motors, and Ford while instituting a returnables tracking program to alert customers when their supply of packaging were running below their min/max levels.- Partnered with I.T. to develop a module within S.A.P. that reduced receiving errors to zero while increasing productivity by 15%.- Implemented a cycle count program that increased the overall inventory accuracy from 98.4% to 99.9%.

Managed main warehouse and two branch locations to include all facets of shipping, receiving, distribution, and inventory control. Streamlined a previously inefficient department to reach new levels of efficiency and effectiveness. Responsibilities included management of inventory, budget planning, reaching production and accuracy goals, delivery scheduling and carrier negotiations.- Engineered a receipt process which allowed all inbound freight to be received the same day it was delivered.- Implemented a picking process that led to a 20% increase in production and increased inventory accuracy.- Led efforts that were responsible for a physical inventory variance of less that one percent.

Directed over 100 employees in picking, packing, and shipping as many as 40,000 packages per day throughout the U.S. Responsibilities included planning and scheduling, daily meetings, spreadsheet tracking of productivity and accuracy, personnel evaluations, and daily manifests. Also acted in the role of Distribution Manager whenever required. - Exceeded every quarterly goal for productivity and accuracy by at least 10%.- Constructed packaging area that increased productivity by 10%.- Involved in testing and start up of a state of the art one million square foot distribution facility.