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Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Responsible for Walmart largest Inland Import DC Facility in the Supply Chain network; driving and developing a large leadership staff focused on the End-to End supply chain of the Walmart's Omni channel. • Responsible for the Upper Central Region (IL, WI, MI) CO, KS, AR) of a 3.4M Sq. Ft consisting of 800 associates, and 65 Managers in a high volume, high velocity operation that serves over 500 stores.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Walmart Imports Division: The largest distribution center in the network. A multi-building complex with over 4.4 million square feet (and still growing; see article below). I lead and manage a very large staff in the operations of merchandise storage and flow. Ensuring the synchronization of transportation (port, dray, and OTR) with organic staffing, 3PL, and internal resources to create a unified team that is customer-oriented. Conduct P & L management to ensure financial metrics are met and ensure efficiencies are set to promote best in class operations. I am passionate about developing leaders into supply chain professionals. An agile mindset to decisively drive change to produce results.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Operations Management; managing Fresh, Frozen, Meats, and Dry Food Products

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Personally selected for this assignment, I led, coached, and directed a select training team of 86 delivering advanced logistics instruction to senior executive staff. A mobile training that could and did travel to where the operational needs were most effective. As a senior instructor, I reviewed and approved training materials, and led the design and implementation of training exercises that promoted leadership development, critical thinking, innovation, analytical skills, and teamwork. An agile, multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving, decision making, risk management with the view that valued cross-functional teams to drive change with limited resources. I supported the introduction of continuous improvement processes and customer-centric best practices across the Army logistics enterprise by building and maintaining strong working relationships with multiple stakeholders.Highlights:• Led change initiative: redesigned existing instructor training and training model; boosted training program efficiency by 20%; upgraded training to include real-world lessons learned and enterprise-wide best practices.• Quickly analyzed training model; revised and updated training to include current trends, best practices from target markets, and student-centric formats.• Directed and designed a $1M+, a 14-day training exercise for 264 senior executive staff.• Developed an elite team of 30 – 40 logisticians sought out enterprise-wide for their expertise.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I directed all Southwest Asia U.S. Army logistics at a forward logistics headquarters in Kuwait. Supervising a diverse logistics staff of 110+, I operated in a complex, fast-paced environment with multiple, simultaneous, overlapping, and complex high-dollar sustainment and distribution operations involving 12 separate countries.I developed and executed sourcing strategies and solutions that improved shipping time, increased cost avoidance, streamlined contracting solutions, ensured a balanced flow of supplies, and maximized operational performance. Highlights:• Oversaw management and execution of more than $4B in mission-critical contracts across international borders. • Briefed senior C-Level Executives on Supply Chain roadmap of concepts, initiatives, and analytical data reviews, including the Commanders of the U.S. Central Command and Transportation Command, and the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. • Redesigned contract administration and transportation systems, drove $10M in total savings in 8 months.• Identified supply chain gaps, improved delivery of key commodities, and shrank critical backlogs by 30%.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I created, developed, synchronized, and directed strategic operations and policies for a major logistics organization supporting four senior customers across 3 states. As Logistics Director, I supervised a senior-level staff of 110+ specialists, set priorities, met multiple project deadlines, resolved conflicting requirements, ensured operational readiness, and regularly briefed senior executives. I also introduced innovative cost-reduction methods, boosted efficiency, and met or exceeded all key sustainment objectives and metrics. Highlights:• Developed/implemented policy and procedures that drove immediate $9M savings. • Assessed, reorganized, and trained a high-performing 75-staff team; successfully integrated that team into cross-functional teams that collaborated with outside organizations, decreasing global supply flow time by more than 10%.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

As Operations Director, I led 35 senior-level staff at a complex, multifunctional logistics organization with 260+ employees. I created and developed operational strategy and policies, ensured that all key program managers were fully informed, conducted weekly meetings to unify efforts and rationalize resources, and reported to and regularly briefed senior executives.Highlights:• Established long-range planning initiative on problem solving and decision making for supply chain operations; resourced and successfully conducted training, earning certification for all organization employees.• Cut publishing time for directives and policies by 50% through aggressive process-review procedure.• Planned and initiated a successful transfer of command and control for a 3,000-plus employee operation in 90 days. • Led community engagement initiatives to present positive view of the organization and its mission.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

In this role, I led the Army’s largest logistics battalion with 10 separate units, 1,900 employees, $8M annual budget, 7 warehouses, $75M+ in annual contracts, and $100M in inventory.As Commander, I ensured my organization provided effective logistics support to numerous other Army organizations, such as efficient, effective, and timely delivery of essential, multimillion-dollar supplies to our overseas customers in remote locations. I also oversaw more than 1,700 contractors and managed a multi-billion-dollar materials inventory.Highlights:• Reorganized air delivery supply production line; broke theater air resupply records: delivered 2M+ lbs. of supplies to Afghanistan in a single month.• Initiated first-ever 100% inventory of $1.7B, driving effective inventory management.• Increased organizational output 25%.• Improved safety program, reducing serious incidents by 75% in first 6 months; earned safety excellence award.• Successfully transitioned 3 new multimillion contracts with zero mission failure.• Relocated overseas in 2011: oversaw removal of multibillion-dollar equipment and supplies from Iraq during historic drawdown of U.S. forces. Achieved $1.3B+ in savings over 12-month period. Cut equipment shipping to U.S. backlog by 65%. Set up one-stop operation for all departing units. Supervised a contract workforce of 2,000+.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I directed logistics operations for 125 senior analysts and managers supporting Army organizations across a multi-state area, and managed a $100K budget and a $1M+ inventory.Highlights:• Launched policies that increased recycling, reduced hazardous material stocks, and saved $1M+ in cost avoidance.• Lead logistics trainer for cross-functional simulation training exercise for more than 3,000 senior personnel.• Developed inter-agency logistics training scenarios that provided multimillion-dollar pre-deployment training for a staff of 300 senior-level executives.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I led a complex logistics organization with 200+ staff organized into 22 separate teams.As Commander, I established and orchestrated daily operational direction, long-range guidance, and policies; led planning of routing strategies, training and equipping objectives, and customer service metrics; conducted weekly meetings with key customers, strategic planners, and senior executives; and oversaw $57M in inventory.Highlights:• Hand-picked over 25-plus peers and midlevel executives to lead this organization during complex and critical overseas operations. • Received, staged, trained, and moved 80,000 individuals in/out of two countries over a 12-month period. • Drove impeccable safety program: zero serious injuries or deaths despite operations in a remote and dangerous environment.

Master Of Science (Ms), Logistics Management

Master Of Science (Ms), Strategic Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography

Education record

Logistics Executive Development Course (Ledc); Combind Logistics Officer Advance Course

Officer Ammuntion Transition Course

Field Artillery Officer Basic Course

Hazardous Materials/Hazardous Waste Handling

Safety Officer Course

Successful Completion, Six Sigma Green Belt Fundamentals