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San Antonio, Texas Area

Taprite manufactures soft drink and beer dispensing equipment for small and large beverage distributors the world over.Led 6 to 16 employees in a project to consolidate 3 warehouses into a new facility while continuing support of a manufacturing operation.• Coordinated install of all infrastructure including pallet racks, battery chargers, data/phone lines, PC’s, workstations, furniture and completed project on time and under budget.• Maintained all warehouse receiving, stocking, picking work orders to support manufacturing and picking, packing and shipping customer orders during the warehouse consolidation.• Revitalized a forklift fleet and acquired a commercial truck to transport WIP inventory to manufacturing and return finished goods.

San Antonio, Texas Area

TowerJazz, formerly Maxim Integrated, the global specialty foundry leader, manufactures semiconductor wafers for integrated circuits including image sensors, power management, and non-volatile memory.Directly supervised 31 production employees on a compressed work week night shift in a class 1 cleanroom.• Attained daily productivity, cycle time, process yield, equipment utilization and quality goals.• Changed long standing practice from just making the numbers to loading the right product on the right tool at the right time.• Drove change to shorten lead times while improving on-time delivery, cost and process quality.

Cibolo, Texas 78108

Kalmar RT Center designs and assembles the RT240, the world’s only rough terrain container handler and the RT022 rough terrain forklift for the US military as well as 9-18 ton Kalmar medium forklift trucks.Managed twelve warehouse employees in support of a manufacturing assembly operation.• Rearranged warehouse to more than double storage capacity to 120% in only 3 days.• Implemented N’Ware Lisa Warehouse Management System with RF scanners and barcode printers to receive, store, move, pick, pack and ship inventory on a real time basis.• Implemented use of barcodes in warehouse to facilitate the use of new warehouse management system and improve inventory accuracy.

San Antonio, Texas

H-E-B is one of the largest privately owned food retailers in the nation with more than 315 stores and 75,000 employees. A daring innovator and smart competitor, H-E-B has led the way in the marketplace with creative new concepts and outstanding service.Managed 13 warehouse people in support of a 24/7 high volume bakery operation.• Maintained $1.5 million raw materials inventory and shipped over 5 million pounds of finished goods a month.• Reconfigured warehouse pallet racks to increase storage capacity and use of cubic space by 20%.• Improved safety, productivity and space utilization by standardizing vendor pallet deliveries.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Pearson, the global publishing leader in education and education technology, provides today’s students with effective and personalized learning. Comprehensive offerings provide targeted instruction for every student to succeed at all levels of education.Managed up to 200 people in a 450,000 square foot state-of-the-art distribution center.• Scheduled over 16 million pounds of outbound freight in 2010 for the Texas Book Depository resulting in the most profitable year in Pearson’s 288 year history.• Redesigned reverse logistics process to return test materials resulting in enhanced shipment security, a 99.5% resolution rate and winning the company team award for Customer Service.• Reduced distribution costs by 31% saving over $5.6 million by implementing the Optum MOVE Warehouse Management System resulting in winning the company team award for Innovation.• Designed and operated a new multi-million dollar distribution center from the ground up.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Managed 37 employees performing merchandise receipt, ticketing, picking, sorting, packing, shipping in a 60,000 square foot distribution center supporting 47 women’s clothing stores.• Redesigned distribution center to optimize product flow, throughput and capacity.• Installed conveyor, pallet racks, storage mezzanine, modular offices and employee break areas to reduce labor, increase storage capacity and improve physical security.• Introduced colored labels as a visual aid to simplify of sorting store totes.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Bausch & Lomb offers the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of eye health products and has one of the oldest, best known and most respected healthcare brands in the world. Rayban manufactured and distributed quality eyewear worldwide.Supervised up to 30 employees in receiving, warehousing and picking operations for an eyewear manufacturing and distribution center. Managed several major continuous improvement projects.• Wrote system requirement specifications, found equipment vendors, designed system, obtained bids, established project timelines, coordinated installation and trained end users.• Managed $1.2 million project to install conveyors, Pick-To-Light, Put-To-Light Sort and optimized pack and ship workstations in distribution center.• Architect of several medium scale distribution projects to improve picking, tagging, sorting and packing.

BE&SCO is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of food service equipment offering state of the art energy efficient machines that produce excellent quality food and are easy to use.• Managed all manufacturing operations including 5 managers and 29 workers in the Engineering, Manufacturing, Service & Electrical, Purchasing, Shipping/Receiving and Warehousing departments.• Dramatically redesigned product line to reduce manufacturing cost and improve style and function.• Scheduled manufacturing production to fill customer orders and service requirements.• Streamlined material movement through manufacturing to track WIP value.• Maintained documentation, production control, quality, R&D and UL/NSF/OSHA regulatory liaison.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

The Defense Systems Group of Texas Instruments manufactured avionics and electro-optics for military and civilian applications as well as precision missile guidance systems for use in military defense weapons.• Project manager coordinating with warehouse managers, industrial engineers, programmers and end users to develop, test, install, train and support 13 automated carousels in 6 locations in Texas and Colorado, RF bulk workstations and Superstock semi-automated material handling systems.• Supervised over 30 employees across 10 departments including receiving, warehousing, inventory control, sorting, kitting, and military standard pack and ship operations. Established new operations for the pack/ship department in McKinney, Texas and a government bonded warehouse at the Forest Lane location.

• Army Commendation Medal for exceptional service with First Oak Leaf Cluster• Battalion Supply Officer for over 800 personnel, Ft Hood, TX.• Maintenance Control Officer, Aschaffenburg, Germany.• Technical Supply Officer, Aschaffenburg, Germany.