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Provo, Utah, US

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

Seattle, WA, US

• 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

Greenwood Village, Colorado, US

• 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.
• 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

Chicago, Illinois, US

• 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.
• 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

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.
• 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.

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.

Englewood, CO, US

• 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.