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Coraopolis, PA, US

Coraopolis, PA, US

Responsible for all international and domestic transportation execution and costs with full P&L responsibility in excess of $200M.

Coraopolis, PA, US

Responsible for all domestic transportation execution and costs with full P&L responsibility in excess of $120M.

Coraopolis, PA, US

• Organize tasks and schedules, outlined department objectives, planned, delegated and managed work assignments to meet project deliverables, milestones and budget for a department of 5 direct reports and 6 indirect.
• Develop RFP's and contracts to ensure scope, terms and conditions met Company and Logistics Department standards and business objectives.
• Refine internal and external processes to drive improvements, generate efficiencies, reduce errors, improve quality and reduce overall supply chain costs.
• Develop and revise Yard Management, Logistics and Store Operations SOP’s to drive operational excellence
• Manage the Reverse Logistics (Claims, Defectives, Dunnage (sustainability)) process for the entire company.
• Develop and support “best methods” and “bench marking” tools that create and deliver sustainable improvements

Coraopolis, PA, US

• Organized tasks and schedules, outlined department objectives, planned, delegated and managed work assignments to meet project deliverables, milestones and budget for a department of seven people.
• Developed RFP's and contracts to ensure scope, terms and conditions met Industrial Engineering Department standards and business objectives.
• Identified and implemented best methods and standardize processes in each multiple facilities.
• Responsible for developing, standardizing and the maintenance of staffing model for all DC's.
• Developed and revised SOP’s to drive operational excellence
• Refined processes that drive improvements, generate efficiencies, reduce errors, improve quality and reduce overall supply chain costs

Coraopolis, PA, US

• Defined business problems with business sponsors and determined functional options for solutions.
• Worked with business sponsor to create realistic business use cases that determine the process that a user will execute when using the new and/or enhanced system
• Created business process test cases to test the new and/or enhanced system
• Worked with business sponsor to determine business requirements for new and/or enhanced system requests
• Created and owned functional specifications for new and/or enhanced system development
• Led functional specification review sessions with cross-functional team members (Business sponsors, IT, other Business Analysts, QA engineers, operations, and training group) for review of requirements

Lancaster, PA, US

• Managed the implementation of a Labor Management System with reasonable expectancies at multiple sites.
• Assisted with project to converting from rail to truck resulting in a cost reduction yielding a $360,000+ annual savings.
• Led inbound carrier bid project resulting in $2.4 Million in annualized savings.
• Conducted site assessments at various DC’s and suggested changes to facility layout and process to improve productivity
• Developed staffing plans and models to assist with operational flow and Labor Management
• Managed a Canadian transportation partner’s engineering team during a load integrity study for tile shipments

Cranberry Township, PA, US

• Managed implementation of Labor Management System with Engineered Labor Standards
• Managed P&L for internal budgets and multiple vendors including approving PO’s and invoices for internal and external resources
• Acted as the sole owner of the entire project to complete the implementation of Manhattan’s LMS
• Managed a team of 3 engineers, 4 operations and 3 IT personnel
• Conducted GAP analysis between WMS and LMS for ELS
• Presented LMS Implementation strategies to a large consumer package goods company and other 3 PL’s

Cranberry Township, PA, US

• Managed, monitored and implemented process improvement initiatives
• Led team to implement zoning and slotting strategies and tools at 2 warehouses totaling 1.8 million sq ft
• Managed the training and documentation for teammates relating to LMS and WMS (DmPlus) general knowledge
• Led the implementation of Eng. Stds. and Labor reporting utilizing Red Prairie’s Labor Management system (LMS)
• Managed a team of IT resources including a systems administrator, SKU/slotting analyst, hardware specialist
• Managed and implemented a multi-site KRONOS Workforce timekeeping system

Hershey, Pennsylvania, US

• Feb 2000 – Oct 2001 Sr. Transportation Business Analyst
• Managed and monitored carrier EDI increasing carrier response from 37% to 70%
• Developed Carrier Decline and On-Time metrics database using data from Manugistic's TM and ERP (SAP)
• Led project for the implementation of on-time delivery metrics via Acta/Cognos ODS/Data Warehouse model
• Supported cost containment (QTE) for the distributions group saving $19.2 M
• Planned the transportation needs for the start-up of the Hershey’s 404,000 sq. ft. Southeastern Distribution center

University Park, PA, US

Washington, DC, US

• Supervised maintenance shop of 6 Marines
• Performed repair, maintenance and calibration on mechanical and electrical equipment
• Led team of 6 during equipment clean up activities after unit returned from Middle East
• Implemented Total Quality Management process and procedures
• Managed $14 Million dollars in inventory
• Supervised personnel in training and provided hands-on-training

Bs, Business Logistics

Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment Repair, United States Marine Corps