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Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Fl, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Orrville, Ohio, Us

Led the development of a warehousing center of excellence composed of five direct and fifteen indirect reports tasked with supporting the distribution network of more than 42 sites. Directly reporting to the VP of Logistics our team was tasked with improving site operations and metrics through the implementation of systems, processes and reports as the company integrated several acquisitions and quadrupled in size.MAJOR PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS• Established the team responsible for processes, systems and support of the 3000+ logistics department as the company grew to 9B as a consumer-packaged goods company.o 1B in inventory: Raw Materials, Dry Human & Pet foods, Refrigerated and Frozen with 3pls (DHL, DSC, Americold, Lineage, Saddle Creek)• Led cross functional teams (IT, Operations, Logistics, Finance, etc.) through multiple acquisitions that are equivalent to 4+ billion in revenue.o Integrating multiple companies to our WMS (JDA/BY), TMS(JDA/BY), GTM (GT Nexus), OMS(IMI), EBS (Oracle)• Launched several continuous improvement projects resulting in multimillion-dollar savings.o Returns process improvements, warehouse EDI/ASN receiving, item spec integration, pack list/BOL standardization, customer penalty fee system, EDI inventory reconciliation, TMS to OMS automated date updates, companywide GS1 labeling, standardized recall/trace reporting, successful turnaround of 3PLs with service issues and over budget by up to 13M. • Project owner of the JDA WMS 2017 Implementation for the Smucker network (38+ sites)• Led the development of the warehousing center of excellence resulting in the creation of new standardized training materials, revised issue escalation path and tracking of all warehouse issues via HP service manager.

Orrville, Ohio, Us

Leader of the process and systems support team for the North America distribution network. I provided warehouses support on day to day process/systems issues, WMS/ERP training, and project management of new initiatives.Major Projects/Achievements● Startup of a new JIF Peanut Butter site (Carver) and the implementation of WMS for finished goods.● Responsible for the WMS raw materials rollout for the new Heritage plant (70+MM Plant Constructionproject).● Implemented WMS for the start-up of a new industrial tote line producing intermediate product.● Warehouse process leader for the 400+MM acquisition of the Sara Lee coffee business.● Start up and integration of several dry and refrigerated 3PL sites.

Toledo, Oh, Us

Responsible for leading all roofing and asphalt sites across the US – 14 roofing and 13 asphalt warehouses with over 300 employees and multiple 3PLs. I partnered with sites and helped them exceed their performance metrics through process improvements, waste reduction, and training leaders in new practices.MAJOR PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS• Led a team that worked on implementing a double count verification process at shipping that helped reduce shortages and returns by 25%.• Managed Lowe’s BlueLinx Master Service Agreement (MSA). o A 3PL with over 50 sites across the US delivering store shipments within 7 days of ordering. • Sponsored multiple Kaizen events throughout the network to improve warehouse systems and processes leading to improvements in carrier dwell time, picking/receipt accuracy, and cycle counting.

Toledo, Oh, Us

A rotational program that providing me the opportunity to lead various teams as a plant supervisor. The program rotates between three departments: Logistics and Distribution, Production, and Maintenance. These experiences provided me a diversified foundation which led me to manager level roles in the future.• My Production rotation was to independently manage a shift of over 30 union employees. This experience taught me to lead others in meeting production goals, scheduling shifts, driving safety, working through upset conditions, resolving employee conflicts, and most importantly listening my team.• My Maintenance rotation provided me further experience in working with specialized individuals. I learned to manage small projects to ensure maintenance of equipment while being time and resource constrained.• During my Warehouse rotation I was responsible for the day to day operation, inventory, and WMS system for a 430k sq. ft. warehouse. Worked as the site super user where I developed SOPs, trained others, maintained audit controls drove team to meet/or exceed key performance metrics.

Certificate In Project Leadership, Project Management

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Mba

Bs Industrial Engineering, Industrial And Management Engineering