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Industrial engineering, facilities, and systems leader with extensive experience implementing highly automated warehouse material handling systems, warehouse management systems, capital planning and execution, labor standards and reporting systems, operations labor planning, implementing lean programs in distribution. Certified PMI project management professional.Leading the NORAM DHL Supply Chain Automation Engineering team 2022-2024. This team within the operations excellence group supports our design and operations teams for our logistics sites with automation. The team provides expertise in equipment layout, equipment rates, productivity rates, implementation, and testing. DHL supply chain is a 3PL provider. Typical automation includes conveyor, sorters, and shuttles. Sites include retail, ecommerce, life sciences, automotive, life sciences, technology, and consumer.2018-2022 Victoria's Secret- Implemented new, highly automated e-commerce fulfillment center include shuttle picking system. Targeting 20% reduction in direct labor and reducing order cycle time by ~50-60% through elimination of batching in the automated process. Capacity of 700-800K units per day.2015-2016 L Brands Inc.- Implemented new material handling systems in an existing e-commerce facility to increase capacity by 60%. Added a second pick, buffer, unit sortation, and pack processes. Raised total building daily capacity to 1+M units per day.From 2013-2014: L Brands Inc. Implemented two new custom WCS'​ in two DCs for bomb-bay unit sorting, carton sorting, and label print and apply. Revised a direct to consumer unit pack and ship system with new controls and software. Leader of the MHE systems and controls support team.In-depth experience with the integration of warehouse management systems to warehouse control systems and warehouse automation equipment. Warehouse control systems, pick to light systems, carton conveyor and sortation systems, automated carton labeling systems, cross belt unit sortation systems, bomb-bay unit sorter systems, tilt tray unit sortation systems, barcode scanning systems, RFID.Excellent knowledge and experience with warehouse and logistics related technology systems including: RF equipment and networks, ethernet networking, database design and SQL, barcode printing, PCs, etc...

Listed skills include Capital Budgeting, Labor Standards, Material Handling, Wms, and 19 others.