General Manager
Plant City, Fl
• Promoted to position 7 months after C&S acquired Winn Dixie• Started up/converted the 850,000 sq ft distribution center (Grocery, Fresh and Frozen) in 4 weeks – included moving out the current company• Hired 380+ associates (warehouse, transportation, garage, maintenance) and management for startup• Implemented engineering labor standards (ELS) in the first 8 weeks of operation o Replenishment gains – 9 pph to 22 pph (pallets per hour)o Putaway gains – 12 pph to 25 pph… Show more • Promoted to position 7 months after C&S acquired Winn Dixie• Started up/converted the 850,000 sq ft distribution center (Grocery, Fresh and Frozen) in 4 weeks – included moving out the current company• Hired 380+ associates (warehouse, transportation, garage, maintenance) and management for startup• Implemented engineering labor standards (ELS) in the first 8 weeks of operation o Replenishment gains – 9 pph to 22 pph (pallets per hour)o Putaway gains – 12 pph to 25 pph (pallets per hour)o Selection gains – 150 cph to 210 cph (cases per hour)o Loading gains – 0.75 lph to 1.2 lph (loads per hour)• Increased outbound volumes/stores 4 months after startup ($1.2M in savings)o Case volume (average outbound) – 420,000 cases to 710,000 cases o Stores serviced – 70 stores (70 Fresh, 70 Frozen, 70 Grocery) to 128 Stores (84 Fresh, 84 Frozen, 128 Grocery)• Reduced operating cost by 74% from start up to current • Trained, developed, and on boarded – 30 members of management • Installed new systems for the startup – WMS, Payroll, YMS, Fleet, VoCollect• Slotted, reracked, and labeled the facility (all commodities) prior go live• Ripen bananas for Plant City and the Orlando distribution center Show less