Nicholas Linn Email & Phone Number

Bonn, De

Hanover, Pa, Us

Lead enterprise wide strategic initiatives to lower costs, improve efficiency, and enhance customer service levels. Developed Operations Excellence programs for Distribution network: Developed lean management system framework. Through partnership and engagement with operations, deployed at key operations and developed SMEs to support further rollout.Spearheaded warehouse technology roadmap,leading the evaluation, piloting, and implementing of automation and analytics platforms. Partnered with IT to develop framework to ensure stakeholder engagement and strategic fit for all solutions.

El Segundo , California , Us

Founding member of Beyond Meat's Operations Excellence team. Developed strategic plan and framework for the company's lean operating system including areas of Manufacturing and Warehousing. Led operational training team to ensure regulatory requirements were fulfilled and improved associate engagement through regular refresher training. Oversaw consultant engagements to ensure partnership and alignment in company-wide improvement efforts.

Bonn, De

Led deployment of DHL's lean management system across a portfolio of 93 operations in the Midwest and Northeast US. Developed and implemented training on continuous improvement and lean management topics. Gained senior leadership buy-in and support by presenting program updates during quarterly steering committee meetings. Provided full visibility of program performance through Power BI dashboard development and rollout.

Bonn, De

Led a team focused on global programs and analytics to drive continuous improvement across 450+ warehouse, packaging, and transportation operations. Collaborated with operations leaders to build new tools and processes based on best practices.Liaised with global and regional teams to ensure global programs had impact and meaning for North American operations.Led region-wide deployment of strategic programs, processes, and tools, receiving multiple regional and global awards for program performance.

Bonn, De

Supported the planning and execution of strategic programs through operational and financial analysis.Developed analytics and reporting to identify opportunities to improve operational excellence.Worked with operations leaders to improve processes through coaching and development of new planning tools.

Bonn, De

Optimized long-term hourly labor planning for warehouse operations across a variety of businesses, including ecommerce, CPG, and other operations. Included financial modeling and development of user-friendly predictive tools to provide better visibility of labor needs. Contributed toward 2015-2016 savings of $7.5M.

Dublin, Oh, Us

Managed pricing of more than 10,000 medical product SKUs for several hospital systems.Led implementation of new department-wide customer price change notification process to reduce future pricing disputes by identifying price changes before they take effect.Negotiated to reduce largest medical product customer's accounts payable balance by more than two thirds. Received awards for improving customer pricing alignment.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Managed cross-functional multi-year R&D projects, including budget and customer relationship management, in order to develop key product offerings. Strong project performance resulted in ~$2.5M in additional contracts in 2014. Generated project approach and pricing, and provided input for RFP responses.Developed business cases for new ventures, including market analysis, determination of products and pricing, and modeling of cash flows. Presented results and recommendations to senior management.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management

Bachelor'S, Microbiology