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Leading the operational implementation of a new Warehouse Management System and Labor Management System for North American distribution centers.

• Fully responsible to implementing TPM at 14 company owned Distribution Centers.
• Closed an East Coast Distribution Center with zero service interruptions for annual YOY savings of $927,000.
• Complete responsibility for four company owned Distribution Centers and one 3PL with a $18M annual operating budget.
• Consolidated 3PL partner and brought Dish Machine business in house for an annual YOY savings of$ 678,000
• Lowered total operating costs from 2019 $.072 Cost per Kilo to 2022 $.064 Cost per Kilo.
• Increased Cultural engagement score by 16% for the Region.

Facilitated an instantaneous start-up of SAP conversionDeployed TMP tools: Monthly OGSM KPI board, DOM measures and meetings, and problem solving methodologies. Increased warehouse capacity by 32% in the same warehouse square footage. Your Voice Matters cultural engagement score of 86%. An increase of 31% over 2016.

• Led cultural safety and quality transformation of Department to embrace Nestle Goal Alignment methodologies to measure and improve factory cascaded key priorities of Safety, Quality, Cost, Reliability, and Competency.
• Rolled out TPM and Sigma based problem solving methodologies to develop an autonomous maintenance work team.
• Decreased downtime by 42% in 6 months and sustained productivity by partnering with maintenance and line teams.

• Led the RDC to 978 days free from recordable injuries by installing a culture where safety is a value.
• Proven supply chain project manager for three company integration projects.
• Developed frontline associates for progressive promotions.
• P&L responsibility and oversight of regional supply chain network in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
• Directly responsible for developing and administering multi-million dollar annual operations budget.
• Experience in cold storage, food warehousing and distribution, as well as working with numerous 3PL providers.

• Led a team of frontline employees to ensure order accuracy and on-time delivery while maintaining a robust safety culture.
• Developed diverse frontline associates for progressive promotions.
• Safety employee of the year.