Ted Lewandowski Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Fiscal development and management of capital for $56MM Distribution budget• Manage Industrial Engineer's projects.• Oversee inventory accuracy of all systems including the third party warehouse management systems, CAMBAR WMS, SAP and other related systems• Document and manage the effective implementation of all operating and systems procedures, including responsibility for all operational / tactical functions in the CAMBAR and SAP WM Systems.• Develop standard metrics and measurement process for managing distribution processes, QBR’s and related action plan activities. • Coordinate monthly and quarterly warehouse reviews covering goal progress • Develop and implement action plans for continuous improvement for plant DCs and all Third Party DCs• Standardize warehous processes among all vendors• Define, develop and coordinate projects with other senior members of Operations, MIS, Engineering and the Supply Chain to build functionality necessary to ensure the warehousing business achieves and sustains best-in-class status.• Serve as the liaison between warehouses and internal process improvement / development teams where necessary for system and data integration.• Partner with plants, D.C.'s and third party manufactures to optimize order processing, pick up times and minimize time-in-transit.• Develop formal process to review problem areas from a warehousing perspective and develop corrective action plans in collaboration with inter-related areas of the Division.• Support areas of the Supply Chain and Sales in resolving all customer warehouse and delivery issues

• Managed 90+ warehouse expansion or relocation projects, paving way for 7 year growth in sales from $350M to $1.3B in FY 2014, each with 100% on time completion rate.• Developed and presented annual budgets for entire warehouse organization ($90M), ensuring corporate cost management objectives were met.• Developed self-directed new expansion team, achieving challenging expansion / growth plan.• Collaborated with Real Estate, Division Managers, GMs, and Warehouse Managers, developing blueprints for new Supercenters.• Introduced new products and building designs, reducing warehouse breakage by 30% and achieving $5.2M savings over 5 year period.• Assisted in design of future Warehouse Management System (WMS) with estimated future annual savings of no less than $5M.• Developed and trained personnel towards Supervisor and Manager positions critical to success of accelerated expansion initiatives plan.• Partnered with field operations to develop and pilot buyout tracking program for use by local market and corporate call centers to reduce phone transactions, thus reducing labor requirements.• Rolled out warehouse systems upgrades across all operations, securing standardization of inventory management.• Recycled more than $1M in racking assets used in new projects. • Recruited, trained, and developed warehouse managers and supervisors.• Developed forecasting program for warehouse staffing, enabling business to consistently meet or beat fiscal payroll budget.• Created numerous tools, assisting field leaders in daily management of inventory variances.• Analyzed markets and provided recommendations to underperforming markets, achieving budgeted targets.• Designed weekly reports that displayed performance to budget.• Created Access databases on company network to record every warehouse delivery route, forming basis for development of workforce management project.

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• Held various positions in the manufacturing and distribution of automotive replacements glass. Each position progressed with an increase in responsibility and professional development. Supervised union associates in the fabrication of automotive windshields. Responsible for 30+ associates on three production lines. Supervised 40+ DC associates responsibility for Inbound, Outbound, Stocking, and Pick/Pack operations. • Assisted in the design and rollout of a new WMS resulting in the following: elimination of paper orders, elimination of manual data entry to create packing slips, elimination of annual physical inventories, 30% increase in productivity. Annual savings totaled $1.2 million.