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Holland, Michigan, United States

Leading a team of Logistics professionals, designs, implements, maintain, and improve Logistics processes and supporting systems to enable freight movement globally. Provide cross-functional logistics expertise to major project initiatives, including e-commerce, and serves as a primary point of contact for outbound freight (both domestic and international), manage export compliance and trade programs, and oversees procurement of Logistics services.

Holland, Michigan, United States

Designs, implements, maintains, and improves logistics planning processes to enable freight movement in North America. Manages functional components of transportation planning and execution at optimal service, quality, and cost. Strategically leverages contract carriers and logistics service provides to ensure on-time, complete, and correct deliveries in consistent and predictable manner. Works in team relationship with Customer Service, Distribution, Master Scheduling, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Materials, and other functional areas to meet customer satisfaction goals. Responsibilities are primarily domestic, but include support of international transportation.

Holland, Michigan Area

Responsible for achieving targeted objectives for safety, quality, schedule, and cost initiatives, using lean manufacturing concepts as the Haworth model cell Value Stream Manager.Initiate corrective actions to resolve non-conformance issues including RFID implementation planning. Interacts with supervisors, engineering, and support staff to innovate and implement improvements to planning, products, and processes increasing efficiency and productivity.

Holland, Michigan Area

Supervise, plan, and monitor operations to ensure proper shipping, within budget, to customer-driven specifications. Lead and develop high-performance team of 150-200 individuals including leads, coordinators, and clerks. Lead cross-departmental and cross-functional improvement teams to meet safety, quality, and cost objectives.

Holland, Michigan Area

Managing all inbound freight for domestic operations with direct responsibility of inbound costs totaling 11 million. Develop, design, and create project opportunities to standardize the inbound process and capture best-practices. Analyze shipment data and driving continuous improvement with cost savings of .5 million in 2015.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Receive objectives from Continuous Improvement Manager and Plant Manager on company initiatives achieved through project teams. Rapid Changeover was initiated as a cost savings project to achieve reduced cost for customers. Leading a group of eight supervisors to observe the process, implement the findings, and record the results was successful in reducing labor costs with an average of 152 thousand per year. Allergen clean times on the production line were taken from 16 hours to 10 hours after the use of standard work and standard operating procedures were implemented. Customer cost reduction goal was met by achieving the changeover time of 10 hours.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Coordinate shipping and receiving though SAP as well as oversee inventory to ensure accuracy and production timelines are met. Coordination of raw materials to finished products with minimum waste and labor cost through accurate ordering. Administer the use of Good Manufacturing Practices at all times and driving for a zero incidents safety culture. Trained backup to the Materials Management Coordinator and trained all incoming logistics supervisors.

Mansfield, Ohio Area

Lead logistics operations in Target stores of 50 individuals and management shifts leading 50 to 150 individuals. Coordinated operations for 30 to 45 million dollars in sales. Lead sales increases by driving the in stock process, managing team of 30 to stock shelves inside time goals, fulfilling a strong store presentation, and driving customer basket size by managing talent in the positions throughout the stores.

Canton, Ohio Area

Studied the day-to-day operations of a Target store by learning the store process and driving sales through the management team. Presented internship project to district and group leadership based on driving sales through vendor accountability. Spent two weeks as leader on duty by managing the business and making operational decisions for the store.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 3.25

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.41

Activities and Societies: College basketball team.