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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Responsible for leading the team charged with implementing best in class visual analytics tools to transform outdated transportation reporting. Guiding teams through what it takes to establish new ways of visualizing large data sets to drive actions and decisions that ultimately lead to cost savings initiatives.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Lead the team responsible for managing Logistics, Transportation and Warehousing operations across Valspar's 7 North American Business Units. Transportation team removed over 15% of expense through strategic sourcing events and proactive vendor management initiatives. Led multiple analysts and transportation managers through multiple projects to create a long-term approach to strategic vendor management and partnerships.Exceeded corporate savings targets by +20% leading to a record $100 million in savings for the Valspar Procurement team.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Responsible for negotiating 3PL contracts, managing service provider relationships and leading warehousing and distribution specific initiatives in North America.Led team through a complete distribution network design which created the roadmap to consolidate 40+ warehouse locations down to 5 strategic locations. Final product created a network that would improve customer service levels and cut over 20% from the transportation budget.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Responsible for the creation of the $700M distribution operations budget.● Coordinated workflows across four distinct types of distribution centers.● Organized workload for seven analysts both on and off shore.● Delivered a budget with highest level of productivity growth in 6 years and exceededcorporate guidance and expectations.● Developed 5-year financial outlook for the distribution network based on historicaltrends.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Oversaw an expense optimization project due to deliver $100M+ savings.● Delivered double the projected savings in the first two years of the project by driving accountability to the project.● Led a team of onshore and offshore resources to develop weekly reporting to track performance to savings expectations.● Coordinated a cross-pyramid team in forecasting future savings potential for the expense optimization project.● Managed a cross-functional team of 20 team members in a complete overhaul of the annual executive incentive plan.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Managed daily/weekly production planning for the 1.5M square foot distribution facility.● Created weekly, quarterly, and yearly staffing plans.● Managed an operations payroll of $19M and all KPIs for the 30M annual carton volume.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

● Took the lead of teams ranging from 20-40 team members in Inbound and Packing Departments.● Transformed the Inbound team from lowest performing and lowest engagement levels to the highest performing and highest engaged team in the distribution center over an 18- month period.

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

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics