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Gardena, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

New York, New York, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

Responsible for all elements of the Beautycounter supply chain including: sourcing, packaging development, demand planning, production planning, inventory control, manufacturing, logistics and quality assurance. Also responsible for facilities and real estate.Recruited to build out the Operations function necessary to support the rapid scale up of the Beautycounter business. Expanded the team from a base of 5 team members to a high potential organization of 22 team members.Optimized outbound shipping costs through implementation of new parcel carriers at each weight and zone combination driving down average shipment costs by an average of 34% per package.Supported on-time launches of new products that tripled our SKU count over 3 years through strategic partnerships with key contract manufacturers.Executed a four-phase redesign of all skincare packaging to improve gross margins, packaging sustainability and consistency of design cues across the product line. Led the team through an ERP implementation of SAP that brought critical new capabilities in the areas of forecasting, production planning, inventory control and quality assurance. Introduced an annual Partner Summit gathering of all suppliers to share Beautycounter values and reinforce their commitment to helping us achieve our mission objectives.

Carson, Ca, Us

Responsible for the performance of the entire Dermalogica supply chain including: procurement, inventory planning, manufacturing and distribution. Responsibilities also include: information technology, customer service, corporate fleet and travel. Developed an organizational strategy plan and upgraded the bench strength by recruiting new talent for Purchasing, Inventory Control, Planning and Information Technology. Operations team consisted of 130 employees and budgetary responsibility was in excess of $90M annually. Supported customers in 82 countries. Developed new stocking strategies for raw material components and finished goods to reduce inventory and improve fill rates. Reduced overall finished goods inventory levels by 45% and component packaging inventory levels by 34%.Optimized the configuration of the MRP system to implement these strategies and address numerous issues with safety stock, periods of supply, bills of materials and item and branch plant master data. Reduced backorders that approached 20% of sales each month to near negligible levels. Negotiated a 21% reduction in parcel freight rates saving Dermalogica in excess of $300k annually

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Lead all aspects of the Red Bull supply chain including: procurement, inventory planning, logistics, US Customs compliance and quality/regulatory affairs. Other Operations related responsibilities included: risk management, consumer affairs, corporate fleet, real estate and travel.Recruited to build and lead a high potential team to support the hyper growth projections for the Red Bull brand in the US. Led the team during 500% sales growth over five years expanding the team from 5 to 20 staff.Outsourced warehousing, transportation and US customs clearance to a team composed of a 3PL and a customs broker with multi-million dollars savings over the previous supply chain model. Responsible for 42,000 import TEU's, 25,000 truckload shipments and 900K sqft of warehouse space at seven sites in 2007.Completed a logistics network optimization study of the East Coast highlighting need to add a new warehouse in Chambersburg, PA. Worked with 3PL to add this location to our network in May of 2007. Performed a benchmark study of truckload rates and negotiated a two-phase, multi-million dollar rate reduction to take advantage of changes in market rates.Shifted production of high value and labor intensive POP refrigeration production to China saving 20% on annual spend. Established co-packer network to convert 2M cases of product annually into 12-pack configurations.Managed construction of a 100K sqft headquarters building in Santa Monica, CA which included a recording studio for Red Bull Records.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the management of a team of ten consultants based in the US and Europe focused on supply chain strategy and logistics network optimization.Led the team to implement $61M of supply chain improvements during first two years as manager. Expanded the customer base through focused internal marketing of team accomplishments to hardware and service parts executive teams.Managed a multi-national project to redesign service parts distribution in the Asia Pacific region. Performed a distribution study of IBM's southern China network to assess the merits of moving our primary exporting warehouse from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, China. Developed total landed cost model to evaluate the benefits of transferring PC production from North America to Asia.

Responsible for the development and implementation of distribution strategy plan for a major baby products manufacturer. Led project to outsource distribution to a 3PL chosen by the client and managed installation of a high speed package sortation system, narrow aisle fork lifts, and an integrated WMS system.

Purchase, New York, Us

Warehouse Operations Manager responsible for the nightly shipment of 1+ million pounds of dry, frozen and refrigerated product to Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut stores in a 5 state area. Also held position as Transportation Operations Manager responsible for management of 75 drivers and 55 tractors used for store deliveries.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Manufacturing engineer supporting defense electronics production and repair with tooling, assembly instructions and issue resolution.

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