Sourcing and support for Sky Zone Fun Parks all across the country.

Successfully manage and support all onsite non-inventory product, consumables, and services for a 1.4M square foot distribution center that outbounds over 450K units per day. • Responsibilities include daily collaboration with all building Sr. Management and 22 direct reports.• Collaborate with building managers from all departments, onsite janitorial services, food services, PPE equipment vendor, landscaping, snow removal in order to ensure a pleasant associate working experience. • Seek and implement process improvements that drive efficiencies by partnering with area managers on best practices. • Bulk and single PO management through the use of Coupa.• Use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) multi systemic tools that provide direction, capture critical data, in a heavy supplier and metric driven environment

Sr. Director Supply Chain and Transportation (2022 – 2023)Successfully transpire total corporate supply chain and transportation processes by collaborating with all stakeholders to formulate a strategic plan that drives cost savings, supply chain flow and overall efficiencies.• Understand previous processes, identify opportunities, and formulate a game plan that brought minimal disruption to the business model while driving cost savings • Streamline carrier network for truck load, LTL and parcel to better reflect needs, negotiate favorable rates, and implement metrics to measure carrier performance• Implement a new TMS that drives process efficiencies and cost savings as well as provides metrics to track spend, carrier performance, and bill auditing• Partnered with Store Operations to reduce internal fleet and provide other cost savings options to ensure minimal customer service disruptions • Provided support to sister companies to close down costly 3PL’s and consolidate inventory to internal DC’s• Implement a weekly inventory drop pick program to ensure store inventory needs are being met, transportation cost reduced, and store out of stocks are minimized• Established weekly meetings with each stakeholder department in order to ensure communication and expectations are being met • Partnered with E-com team to identify how to best implement a closest to the customer model and freight cost are minimized • Collaborate with import teams to ensure best cost model and timely movement of goods as well as metrics to measure performance• Execute an RFP strategy to contract carrier rates in lanes where capacity and volume made sense. • Collaborate with merchant team to offer freight savings and/or margin enhancement opportunities with vendors

Regional Transportation Manager (2016 – 2022)Successfully managing corporate transportation and supply chain processes for 2 large scale breweries, 2 Distribution Centers, and multiple co-man/co-packers by formulating strategic partnerships between all stakeholders.• Implement a proactive approach with carriers, breweries, DC’s, and/or co-man/co-packers in order to ensure timely movement of product that meets quality and on-time standards.• Work to positively drive all KPI’s that affect processes in a production environment, then strategize on best practices in order to keep cost in line to budget on a yearly spend of $110M +. • Develop relationships with breweries, distributors, 3PL co-man/co-packing facilities, carriers, and corporate in order to implement accountabilities that allow supply chain to run effectively• Execute an RFP strategy that brought down spend by $22M by challenging dedicated environment process as well as negotiations with other asset and broker carriers. • Effectively manage the spend of over $110M+ by using metrics to develop strategies and adequate carrier capacity• Collaborate with our Supply Planning department to ensure sufficient capacity and ensure monthly, quarterly, and year end goals are met• Develop relationships with our customer service team and distributor network in order to find solutions to timely deliveries• Provide direction and training on expectations with our Load Control Center (LCC) in order to ensure efficient tendering of freight and quick resolution to opportunities that present themselves in a high-volume environment• Support the timely movement of over 200 trucks per day, per brewery throughout my assigned nationwide network

Successfully managed corporate supply chain, distribution center budgeting, forecasting and profit and loss (P&L) related to key performance indicators.• Developed and implemented a variety of supply chain efficiencies that transformed the department to a “speed to market” environment comprised of $1.5B in goods and created and implemented proactive processes on the product life cycle. • Managed a team that successfully implemented initiatives that drove the flow of both domestic and imported merchandise and coordinated stakeholder efficiencies throughout the supply chain process. • Produced accurate distribution center finance budgets, forecasting models and daily in-standards while completing reporting for 5 distribution center’s to drive positive KPI results, keep costs in-line and identify opportunities for improvement. • Built on a proactive “speed to market” philosophy by facilitating communication between vendors, merchants, transportation and distribution center’s.• Provided continual logistics training for the merchant team, PAR and vendor to drive increases in department KPI’s though the use of best practices and promote a “first to market” attitude. • Partnered with company executives in PAR, Merchants, Store Operations, Marketing, Advertising, HR and Construction to provide direction and support various company initiatives. • Implemented proven strategy of inventory management on all company receipt plans for end of month, end of quarter and end of year to achieve inventory level goals.

Successfully managed a department comprised of 7 direct reports, 8 analysts and an annual spend of $50M.• Maintained responsibility for inbound and outbound freight, on-time freight payments, distribution center, transportation, carrier management and team development. • Developed and implemented key metrics that enabled the supply chain to transport $1.5B in goods to the market in the most efficient manner possible. • Produced and drove the achievement of carrier network metrics including on-time transit through the implementation of a 15-minute on-time standard for store deliveries.• Maintained strong carrier relationships needed to drive below industry cost requests for proposals (RFP’s).• Developed a cutting-edge program that when implemented drove the growth of the intermodal program to 70% of the truckload. • Successfully partnered with company departments to drive down total company transportation spending through the use of recommended best practices. • Facilitated an environment that empowered the team to deliver positive, productive results and created an environment that fostered learning, which helped the team grow professionally.• Created and implemented a Hot Market process that ensured “first to market” results for special events within the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB.

Successfully manage the flow of all domestic and imported merchandise by effective coordination of efficiencies throughout the supply chain process. • Maintained open lines of communication with vendors, merchants, transportation and distribution center’s, providing training to increase performance and developing a “speed to market” theme to take advantage of supply chain opportunities. • Led the achievement of key initiatives to maintain a supply of floor ready merchandise and minimize VAS. • Developed and implemented reporting tools to drive increase in product flow processes.• Managed total company receipts plans at end-of-month and end-of-quarter to ensure end of project success.

Successfully managed domestic inbound freight valued at $1.2B from 1,500+ vendors nationwide into 6 distribution centers, $28M in spending and a team of 4 analysts.• Implemented a fixed-routing schedule and an intermodal program to manage cost effectiveness and overall transit time and improve merchandise speed to market.• Served as the main point of contact managing communication and coordination for over 50 product buyers to ensure timely receipt. • Sources different carriers, negotiating best possible rates, maintaining TMS rate accuracy and monitoring carriers regarding the timeliness of deliveries.

Worked collaboratively with the senior buyer to purchase seasonal apparel, maintaining direct responsibility for purchasing winter accessories, gloves and rainwear. • Participated in the selection of brand products while working with the product development team on the private label development of rainwear and gloves. • Drove sales increases through partnerships with both the marketing and advertising departments.

Successfully managed the integration and continuous maintenance of the E-3 replenishment system for 127 locations, 4 departments, 60 vendors and 110,000+ store/SKU combinations.• Set accurate system parameters which reduced inventory levels and increased in-stocks, gross profits and turn-rate.• Worked in collaboration with both buyers and vendors to evaluate and determine profitable replenishment assortments for all locations. • Managed the allocation of all big ticket SKU’s within 4 distribution centers.