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Sacramento, California, United States

Busy as a bee transforming Truth Enterprises into a lean mean cannabis machine. Lead transformation to the use of automation resulting in productivity improvements in excess of 400% with limited capital investment. Identified process improvements in back office processing to streamline critical METRC reporting and maintaining compliance with regulations. Developed pricing strategies to ensure gross margins would support overall enterprise. Reimagined financial reporting to gain visibility to all critical operating costs and cost to serve.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for proposing on and leading transformative Supply Chain Strategy engagements in the areas of warehouse design and operations, inventory management, transportation and business strategy.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for Strategic Sourcing and general procurement activities in excess of $1.5B in spend, field logistics (1,500 trailer loads/day), and fleet management (1,200+ vehicles).Managed in excess of 1,500 tractor loads per day of sand and water (over $200M annually) to support drilling operation of over 400 wells/yr. Developed and implemented third party carrier oversight strategy. Key cornerstones including vendor rationalization, adoption of GPS in all 3rd party carriers to improve safety and facilitate electronic settlements, Two tier vendor structure with corresponding pricing commensurate with utilization rates, elimination of empty miles through increased proactive planning. Identification/selection/Implementation of continuous move planning tools to optimize miles. Increased trailer capacity utilization in excess of 40%. Savings captured in excess of $40MM annually. Developed and implemented comprehensive carrier scorecard to monitor overall safety and performance resulting in reduced incident rate in excess of 50% annuallyLed effort to vertically integrate and establish a pressure pumping division for SWN. Sourced $75MM in equipment, tendered and managed bid process, qualified equipment, assembled lease schedules for RBS, developed should cost models to support financial decision to move forwardEstablished centralized replenishment group to procure field materials. Developed and implemented standards for min/max triggers, safety stock and fill rate levels, review cycles. In addition designed inventory segmentation strategy tied directly to disparate drivers of demand including drilling, field maintenance, production, and completions activities. Resulted in 25% improvement in overall inventory turnsEstablished bid calendar for Strategic Sourcing to monitor annual progress of refreshing spend and oversight of vendor agreements capturing 70% of spend under managementWinner of 2014 Presidents award for highest impact savings initiatives

Designed a 200 acre supply yard for a major oil and gas exploration and production company. Forecasted inventory requirements to support a 1,000 well development plan. Extrapolated space requirements as well as designed new material handling procedures to make more efficient use of space. Established FIFO rules for issuance of materials. Increased utilization of existing 40,000 bldg by 75% through improved racking and storage methodsDeveloped ABC costing model for use by a company who manages data farms to effectively bid on potential outsourcing opportunities. Performed end-to-end review of all internal processes, material flows, associated labor, volumes and transportation costs. Base lined all service offerings into a single menu for prospective clients to choose from in order to meet their requirementsIdentified key systemic functional requirements for a distributor of mobile phones to pursue selection of new ERP platform. Key activities included current state value stream mapping of existing handset processing including post mortem discussion of key value added steps as well as process shortfalls. Led future state value stream mapping discussion to streamline processes and cut cycle times by 75%

Hartford, Ct