Nick Vyas Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Created, planned and organized the curriculum and program within one year to successfully launch the first global cohorts• Promotes the growing industry of supply chain management and works diligently to bridge the talent gap in the industry through educating future business leaders• Will lead a group of 40 students on 2 experiential business models to Singapore and Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Created & co-founded the initiative for USC's Global Supply Chain Management Program• Serves as thought leader in the supply chain industry by organizing, hosting, & speaking at leading industry conferences • Generates lasting connections among USC Marshall’s Center for Global Supply Chain Management & multinational companies • Oversees an advisory board of approximately 25 industry leaders to provide guidance to the Global Supply Chain Center & its members

Westlake Village, California, Us

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Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Director of Operations May 2006 - Jun 2009• Managed twelve distribution centers across USA with over nine million sq. ft of distribution space➘ Consistently delivered financial results each year while overcoming 160,000 man hour shortfall in first two quarter of FY 2006➘ Delivered 8% productivity returns and 11.5% total cost reductions against a volume increase of 7% for FY 2007➘ Record lowest safety incident rate (per 100,000 hours worked) in the history of TRU network creating savings of over $1.2 million dollars➘ Successfully applied and received $350k CA-State grant to create state of the art employee training program • Managed private fleet transportation from store delivery to back haul programs delivering balanced cost and service to stores within 50 states➘ Increased back haul revenue by $1.6 million with profitable routing and cost benefit model➘ Created balance scorecard focusing on sub haul and private fleet network routing model which allowed us to absorb increased fuel cost while maintaining % to sales➘ Created monthly focus group for drivers and implemented various communication programs resulting in 13% lower turn over ➘ The recommendation allowed holistic approach to stabilize deliveries to stores by 32% resulting in $900k cost reduction for stores while improving in-stock for key items➘ Recognized by Sr. VP to bridge various groups and for team execution of company mission• Managed closing two distribution centers and outsourcing apparel product network to 3PL creating lower total cost and increasing speed to market by six days reducing inventory carrying cost by $60 million dollar➘ Working with 3PL distribution center to establish SOP/Best practices as well as new WMS interface to reduce learning curve while closing two TRU apparel buildings gracefully.• Identified Lean Sigma (KAIZEN) training as well as creating DC specific process improvement opportunities to get the goal of reducing operating expense by 9%

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Sears Logistics Services Inc.General Manager Jun 1998 - May 2006(Fashion Center, Consolidator, Flow through Center, Import Center)• Managed four distribution facilities with 45 managers/supervisors and 500 employees with the operatingbudget of $78 million and processing inventory of $1.6 billion• Managed largest import center (78% Asia, 12% Latin America, 10% other) with seamless coordination and execution of supply chain flow.• Conceptualized, analyzed with executive board sign off on first ever Multi Purpose Logistics Center (MPLC) by breaking down product silo and creating largest ship point for Sears Holding processing over 175 outbound loads exceeding cost, service and quality goals for four years • Created first of its kind Multi Purpose Logistic Center to overcome channel (product) barriers• Managed fast paced, high volume centers while implementing higher productivity standards within highly restrictive budgets• Monitored and maintained productivity, and implemented changes and new processes using information technology based tools to achieve competitive advantage• Oversight of customer service of 156 Sears Stores and 12 regional distribution center and improved throughput capacity by 36% with process mapping, as well as enhancement training

• Managed 9 U.S. locations ranging from Chicago to Hawaii and 5 Asian sites from Japan to Hong Kong with the budget of $78 million• Design and implementation of database which helped reduce losses of $1.5 million• Design and implementation of various reports to perform trend analysis and timely asset monitoring• Created Standard Operating (SOP) for global implementation resulting in savings of $400k in U.S.• Prepared and allocated 1800 process improvement tasks and 600 continuous improvement sub tasks to more than 132 people and managed 13 managers Task manager for Pro-active Material Handling for Receiving Model”• Executive lead for Ground Based Management System (GBMS) worth $4 million to create perpetual Inventory for 60 locations worldwide which reduced inventory loss and increased product sales while reducing shortages

New York City, Us

• Designed and developed Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) model to achieve the corporate goal of 100% EDI working with six departments in timely manner. Managed 105 associates in various departments with a budget of $160 million.• Task Manager for system conversion and various facilities projects after the merger acquisition with Federated Stores Inc.• Increased Advance Ship Notification (ASN) utilization efficiency from 38% to 70%• Increased ASN vendors from 46 to 180 with a goal of 300+ by end of the year for Quick Response System• Created vendor and carrier violation database to capture and analyze areas to reduce trouble, rework and non-value added work• Designed and developed vendor dispute database to identify root causes by department to monitor compliance, service time and to reduce future shortages• Increased vendor violation revenue by 100% in six months

Consultant Boston, MA Sept 1987 – Jan 1992• Provided strategic and tactical turn around guidance for major companies• Value stream analysis and process documentation to lead companies through Lean Sigma and ISO certification

Doctor Of Habil., Supply Chain/Operations Management

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Doctor - Global Executive Education.

Mba, Finance/Operations Research

Bs, Industrial And Systems Engineering