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Hopkinton, RI, US

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Monitored & reported on a global network of warehouses' performance across 40+ key metrics and proposed actionable improvements to local leadership.
• Leveraged expertise in distribution center capacity planning to accelerate product delivery to meet customer requirements and milestones within budget.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Owned the framework for loading containers & vessels to balance space utilization with customer priorities.
• Led 10+ analysts and managers to achieve inventory & delivery targets with a proactive, data-driven approach.
• Optimized purchasing logic to bypass warehouse restrictions and structure larger orders for more immediate delivery.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Administered a $38M annual freight & inventory budget, redesigned the use of expedited shipping, and seized more cost-effective forms of transportation and implemented them 20X more frequently to recover $2.2M annually.
• Identified and adopted emerging automation technologies to eliminate repetitive & manual tasks; gained back 30h/weekly for teams to allocate elsewhere and replicated its success across the enterprise.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Steered a fundamental change in excess inventory management that increased the commercial viability of surplus stock and mitigated waste, enabling additional clearance sales valued at $3M YoY.
• Enhanced the pre-season production planning process alongside the sales & product operations teams to reduce expedited freight spend on key launches by $1.4M annually.
• Overhauled department business controls to drive efficiency and knowledge-sharing while combating the silo mentality.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

-Managed team (5 people) for 9 months while manager was on extended sick leave. Business Control, Coaching, Support.-Co-Led overhaul of department business control process, including drumbeat, reporting and team structure.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

-Worked in and made significant contributions to process improvement within a constantly changing environment-Co-Led execution of destination changes of 1.8m pieces to relieve over capacity in company’s central distribution centerKey Learning Objectives: Change Management, On-boarding Best Practices, Project Management

Hong Kong

-Monitored logistic partner performance, standardized documentation across multiple partners.-Streamlined time consuming reporting using advanced Excel/Access techniques-Data management and reporting.Key Learning Objectives - Data management, On-boarding Best Practices, Understanding of Logistics Processes

Qingdao, Shandong, China

Taught marketing in a program designed to simultaneously immerse Chinese students in English language and business practices. My class focused on how customer based knowledge needs to shape decisions across a business model (integrated marketing) and how technology can be used to reach and adapt to changing consumer demographics. Held position during.

Warwick, Rhode Island

-Immersed and participated in company's daily operations including: product sourcing, order placement, expediting orders, operating on SharePoint, writing corporate documents, improving regulatory form layouts. -Led research and made recommendations to management.-Daily and weekly reflections with multiple personnel.Key learning objectives.

Master'S Degree, Transnational Management, 4.0, 93/100

Master Thesis: "The Unintended Consequences of Existing Chinese Government Practices on the Development of the Domestic Solar Energy.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance, 3.0

Activities and Societies: Financial Engineering Club, Varsity Baseball Team Manager, Amateur Soccer Team Manager/PlayerFocus in French.

International Business, Pass

Activities and Societies: Dynam'Hit Student RadioStudy abroad at French university. Subjects include International Marketing, Trade.