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Phoenix, Az, Us

Omaha, Ne

Lead all Supply Chain areas including Transportation, Distribution, Imports and Vendor Compliance. Accomplished significant improvements in cost, service and timeline across the network and built a collaborative governance process to drive further supply chain enhancements.- Executed greenfield start-up of 2nd DC and rationalized delivery network- Shortened timeline from vendor shipment to store delivery by 3.2 days- Reduced store delivery cost per unit by 22% and increased on-time delivery from 95% to 99%- Designed and executed retrofit project at legacy DC, raising capacity 35% and productivity 9%- Implemented deconsolidation process for imports which reduced costs and shortened timeline- Designed and implemented vendor compliance program

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Started up and led all aspects of 1.5 million sq. ft. distribution center shipping over 35 million cartons annually to 77 Target stores. Drove performance to one the top DCs in Target's network in productivity, quality, safety, service and team engagement.- Productivity 1st or 2nd in Target's network of 26 RDCs the last 3 years- Hourly turnover reduced from 67% to 11% and engagement survey score highest in group- Safest Target RDC 7 of the last 10 years- Developed and promoted dozens of leaders, including two current General Managers

Led strategic alliances, new capabilities development, new services implementation and customer relationship management for this major third-party logistics company. Grew new business with key customers that accounted for 80% of revenue growth and built special services to over 5% of total revenues.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Directed all aspects of $60 million region including business development, transportation, warehouse operations and customer relations. Full P&L responsibility for region with 9 sites, 3.2 million sq.ft., 100 accounts and 700 employees.

Dallas, Tx

Returned Texas operations to profitability by top-grading management team, improving processes and driving employee engagement. Planned and executed aggressive start-up for J&J Consumer Products that included 400,000 sq.ft. facility, transportation network and significant process/system enhancements.

Anaheim, Ca

Led all distribution services, including warehousing, transportation and inventory replenishment for 3 facilities totaling 1 million sq.ft. serving over 300 stores. Distributed high risk products including liquor, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals, including controlled drugs. Reduced expenses as a percent of shipments by 13%.

Dallas, Tx

Responsible for all buying, pricing, merchandising, advertising and warehousing for general merchandise categories exceeding $1 billion in annual sales. Managed a staff of 15 professional personnel, including six buyer/merchandisers. Implemented a merchandising space allocation and schematic process to optimize product mix, which increased general merchandise sales by 6 % and gross margin by 1.2%.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Management