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North Port, Fl, Us

St Louis, Mo, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

• Executing a 651K sq/ft. greenfield project through development, construction and business implementation, with internal and external stakeholders, while navigating supply chain material delays and COVID business impacts• Completed $17MM rail construction including rail shed, rail line expansions and warehouse operations startup resulting in $2.8MM in annual transportation savings

Chicago, Il, Us

Loxahatchee, Florida, Us

Senior Executive Board Member Oversaw 13 professionals and 210 hourly workers with $15M in logistic spend and $5M in warehousing at six locations across North America, as well as five distribution centers and two 3rd party managed sites in Mexico, Canada and the US.* Recommended, designed and rolled out Qlik business intelligence platform across multiple site to decrease waste by 15% through extensive data analysis.* Personally negotiated a major grower agreement that added 400K case of colored pepper from Mexico; also instituted a “best in class” quality inspection process.

Wilder, Ky, Us

Senior Executive Board Member Managed 25 salaried reports, 470 hourly reports, and 71 drivers. Reported to the CEO with logistics spend of $110 million and warehouse budget of $35 million. Castellini Group is $1.1 billion leader in fresh produce distribution, refrigerated transportation, value added services and cold storage warehousing. * Successfully changed a corporate culture from a labor intense culture to a technology driven WMS culture controlled and managed by historical data utilizing Lean/Six sigma methodologies. * Strategically implemented a training program for all warehouse personnel to standardize work methods allowing Castellini to then establish and drive labor standards for individual warehouse productivity. Result was a 22% gain in productivity from 2011-2013. * Established a Comprehensive Health and Safety Process that helped reduce lost time-work related injuries by 88% in 2013. Also reduced lost workdays by over 200% by driving strict practices in case management.

Lake Forest, Il, Us

Supervised 18 direct reports and 73 indirect report staff with more than $90M in logistics spend, while coordinating 3pl relationship to operate company’s largest warehouse in Shepherdsville, KY.* Restructured internal ordering processes with Lean methodologies, achieving $3.5M in yearly savings as part of $8M+ in cumulative savings.* Negotiated, commissioned and directed third-party warehouse management contract to reduce salaried headcount by 25% and hourly headcount by 10%.* Earned $1.1M in new tariff income after securing “Free Trade Zone Status” for major distribution center; also set up new Shared Services group to handle freight procurement and contracts for four business units.

Schenectady, New York, Us

Oversaw seven DCs in scheduling and coordinating private fleet of 125 drivers and 150 vehicles in transporting and delivering a wide array of raw materials for this $14.6B specialty chemical provider. * Championed the full rollout of the SAP WMS system in 2006 with corporate onsite training team and related processes.* Proposed, designed and launched the Global Trade program to ensure compliance with tariff classifications, importer security filing and import/export operations.

Thomasville, North Carolina, Us

Directed six managers, 16 supervisors and 194 non-union employees in all aspects of terminal operations, transportation planning, quality assurance, site safety, cost reductions and performance evaluation for this leading national LTL carrier. * Improved on time delivery from 92.7% to 96.3% and saved $3.5M after defining and enforcing rules for P&D drivers.* Instituted and maintained an accountability-driven workflow culture with Lean methodologies, based on data analytics, solution rollout and elimination of inefficiencies.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

* Promoted from Manager - Preload and Full-Time Supervisor because of excellent job performance.* Held management and supervisory roles with United Parcel Service, ultimately directing nine direct reports and 156 union members as Business Center Manager in Columbus, OH* Facilitated beta test site for DIAD technology at the Best Operating Package Car Center with the Columbus Division. * Gained hands-on expertise in warehouse operations, safety compliance, shipping/receiving, workflow planning, staff development and quality assurance.