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Chicago, Il, Us

• Responsible for the Velocity and product placement of all items at the DC, totaling 6+ million square feet, working with upper DC management as an adviser on Marketing Class and vendor grouping.• Heavily involved with space planning and forecasting by collaborating with Purchasing and Demand Planning to determine efficient use of DC space currently and in the future.• Key contributor in managing constant DC projects involving opening and closing buildings, re-setting building layouts, transitioning vendors between DC buildings, and overflow building operations.• Works directly on WMS conversion project efforts by providing building setup parameters via data conversion files, test environment validation, and building readiness auditing.• Assists with obtaining data and creating reports for analytical review, improvement opportunities, and use on memos and to support recommendations and action plans.• Oversees and manages item data maintenance within Legacy systems, WMS, STEP, and Cubiscan to properly setup items both at the DC and company-wide.

Greater Chicago Area

Establish a unified quality function which assures that quality principles are integrated into the division. Add value to the business objectives by assuring compliance to specifications and applicable regulations, emphasizing prevention rather than correction and minimizing risks. Discerns the disposition of product affected by nonconformance through in depth investigation, with use of A3s, DMAIC and CAPA tools to correct and prevent future occurrences.Identifies and manages continuous improvement projects with the objective of achieving quality, reliability and cost improvements. Maintains currency and compliance with regulatory procedures and systems. Advises management about quality assurance concerns and makes recommendations for improvement. Understands and assures conformance to regulations applicable to several sections or departments. Interacts frequently with all levels of internal management as well as across functions and business units.Key Accomplishments:• Championed a process change that reduced the cycle time for non-value add activities between last unit packaged to first unit inspected by approximately 85%.

Greater Chicago Area

Through subordinate management, responsible for directing and contributing to the development, planning, implementation, and maintenance of manufacturing methods, processes, and operations for new or existing products and technologies. Supervises daily and long term operations across a department or multiple departments, coaching others on how to remain compliant with proper cGDP and cGMP, and fosters a culture of 6S and continuous improvement. Efficaciously managed a team of 48 professional and hourly direct reports.Provides technical expertise and resources, cooperating and coordinating with Production, Engineering, and Technical Services. Ensures products are provided to customers on time so that product quality, yield, operating costs and process efficiencies are met. Performs analytical review, recommend, and implement corrective action for any existing exception condition.Key Accomplishments:• Joined Baxter Healthcare with Biologics On-Time Batch Release at 11%. Contributed to on-time release increase to 96% within 7 months. Current 2014 on-time batch release is 100% YTD.• FDA exception rate connected to 43% of production batches for 2013. Played integral role in reducing the number of production batches connected to FDA exception reports to 25%, 2014 YTD.• Aided in increasing retention and conversion metrics by decreasing the turnover rate from 13% to 4%.• Strong professional writing skills and ability to prepare technical reports, including procedural exception reporting to meet FDA regulatory requirements.

Greater Chicago Area

Actively provided oversight for 40+ employees in a distribution environment with the objective of maximizing productivity, payroll and profit. Created requisitions and conducted interviews for all positions within the ValueLink department. Assisted in maintaining the departmental and site metrics. Focused on improving operations processes through the application of LSS and other Operational Excellence principles. Applied OpEx tools such as statistical process control, 5S, Standard Work, waste analysis, and value stream mapping to identify and analyze trends, quantify organizational problems, and facilitate cross-functional and multi-level teams to find solutions. Used effective project management methodology to ensure that projects have well defined and appropriately scoped charters, milestones, thorough risk analysis, and logical benefit estimations. Aided in the development and adaptation of new processes and procedures in order to advance productivity and efficiency.Responsible for Cardinal Health compliance and regulations concerning EH&S, OSHA, FDA, State and local authorities.Key Accomplishments:• Fostered the adaptation of bulk label picking which greatly improved the speed and efficiency of bulk picking by 36%.• Played an integral role in implementing the OYOB (own your own batch) methodology which resulted in decreased DPMs and an increase in On-Time Departure to meet and sustain goal metrics.• Employed an essential part in optimizing the wave drop process for the ValueLink department to improve the efficiency of the picking and staging process and space utilization.• Additional roles assumed in conjunction with primary role included the Midwest Distribution Center’s onsite Giving 365 liaison, the Healthy Lifestyles and Wellness champion, Time and Attendance Site Champion, and fitness center certification trainer.

Greater Denver Area

Excellent leadership capabilities; during the off shift effectively supervised security, facility, grounds, and housekeeping staff to ensure the security and safety of a healthcare facility and setting. Provided coaching to peers and subordinates in ensuring the quality and accuracy of their work and communicated both horizontally and vertically with clients and agencies to complete tasks in the proper manner.Communicated effectively with diverse individuals including all clients or their representatives, client employees, visitors, or client vendors and successfully worked in a team environment that included all other management, officers and hospital staff. Capable of working with individuals who may be suffering from an altered mental status, homeless or withdrawing from substance abuse, and those admitted to mental health units.Key Accomplishments:• Proven in conflict resolution, able to quickly grasp complex circumstances and identify strategic possibilities for improving peer success and retention.• Developed, implemented, and conducted Code Green Management Training. Within 6 months Code Green alarms that resulted in restraint was reduced by 38%.• Demonstrated ability to drive change and achieve business results through leadership of projects and cross functional teams.