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Rehovot, Il

Leading a warehouse and transportation team focused on fulfilling and delivering equipment and supplies for our customers in the Twin Cities market. Focused on building a culture of collaboration, accountability, and engagement while hiring and training new leaders and associates.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Head of operations leadership role for $30M fulfillment center, responsible for a $1.6M annual labor budget, facility, safety, culture, operations, and delivery execution. Accountable for an 8-member managerial team, 300 associates, and partnerships with remotely staffed security, medical, HR, theft, retail, and IT support teams.• Created a positive corporate culture and influenced ownership decisions, drove the fulfillment center to the top 20% in its peer category in all performance metrics • Developed several effective initiatives to improve benchmarking, best practices and sourcing of future innovations, contributing to a 200% increase in productivity in two years•Drove numerous network improvements, including the redesign of Inbound/Outbound processes adopted across the network, resulting in $2M savings from increased productivity • Identified need for and developed a labor staffing model strategy and process changes leading to a 40% decrease in attrition, reducing the hiring and training costs of new employees •Directed operation through two remodels (2017, 2019) including a transformation of 75% of site to support increased inventory quantities, with zero impact to productivity, performance, and safety• Guided onboarding of ~600 associates in 2019, including 300 new associates in one week, to deliver the site’s successful Fresh business launch, achieving aggressive quality and productivity goals • Selected as one of three manager training sites (out of 40+ site in the country) due to proven track record of associate engagement scores and performance, with the site in the top 20% of network• Trained ~25 executives per year on leading teams and managing the business for sustained success

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Directed third-party logistics (3PL) companies on warehousing, consolidation, cross-docking, and shipping of $6M in non-merchandise cartons per year with a $35M annual budget. Collaborated with partners on modeling, process, and technology solutions to align with the new store’s long-term strategy and daily execution at the store and remodel and replenishment shipments. • Guided development of a logistics solutions with a $1B+ store investment initiative, delivering completion under tight timelines with ambiguous volume and requirement information• Saved $400K in transportation increases and maintained on-time performance through process change, mitigating the impact of adverse changes to the transportation market • Influenced approval of $600K in capital expenditure to improve the technology portfolio by detailing the benefits of increased supply chain capabilities• Indirectly led a 4-member team through multiple leadership departures, coinciding with fundamental business changes, including an increase in consolidation complexity and large-scale projects requiring capacity and solutions

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed a broad array of reverse logistics, businesses, and initiatives with direct responsibility for the performance of Target Central Return Center, processing $1B of the store and Target.com items. Identified numerous opportunities to monetize supply chain waste, and developed reporting solutions, championing implementation and training users across the operation. • Project Manager for the integration of the Target.com and store returns operations into one facility, delivering the project under budget by 20%• Developed the business case and managed a plan to invest $800K to upgrade the warehouse management system, delivering cost savings of $500K annually • Identified process, training, reporting and accountability improvements achieving a 30% increase in annual transportation savings across multiple businesses • Increased inventory turnover at return center, decreasing capital equipment expense by 20%

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led high performing teams and continuous improvements on operations, safety, performance, and capacity planning within a 1.1M sq. ft. facility that processed 30M cartons per year. Responsible for hiring, training, and coaching exempt and non-exempt members. • Directed teams of 120+ through cultural and process changes to improve safety, performance and regulatory goals • Developed improved training and mentoring programs to remove barriers to workforce success and improve overall team performance by 12%• Selected as one of four executive trainers for the site, with additional responsibilities for identifying and mentoring safety, capacity and planning captains• Elected to fill the role of 2nd shift building production controller, driving accountability for performance and allocation of labor across the entire building

Norfolk, Va, Us

Commissioned as an officer in US Navy and attached to the Naval Merchant Marine Reserve upon graduation.

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Joined SimonDelivers.com with the goal of supporting this exciting and transformative company grow and expand nationally. While online grocery ordering and delivery was a tremendous service for its customers it was clearly ahead of its time 20 years ago.• The company was purchased by Coburn's Inc. where the economies of scale of a large brink and mortar grocer could be leveraged with the delivery model

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• 3rd Assistant Engineer onboard a Great Lakes merchant ship traveling between Two Harbors, MN and Gary, IN• 3rd Engineer onboard the Grand Victoria Casino Boat in Elgin, IL

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Engineering