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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Develop operational design, workflows and layouts for large-scale, complex supply chain operations.Employ engineering analysis, innovation and experience within the target market to provide differentiating solutions.• Perform modeling and simulation analysis utilizing MS Excel and simulation tools in support of the recommended solution design.• Performs strategic, financial analysis to drive optimal business processes and take advantage of program/customer synergies and growth… Show more • Develop operational design, workflows and layouts for large-scale, complex supply chain operations.Employ engineering analysis, innovation and experience within the target market to provide differentiating solutions.• Perform modeling and simulation analysis utilizing MS Excel and simulation tools in support of the recommended solution design.• Performs strategic, financial analysis to drive optimal business processes and take advantage of program/customer synergies and growth potentials.• Creates and maintains cost/price analysis models to improve productivity and drive program profitability, especially for the new programs.• Analyzes financial and operational performance, provides concise, relevant explanations, observations and/or recommendations to leadership and executive management.• Understand the use of optimization/decision support tools to perform global supply chain studies, routing optimization and operating cost analyses.• Populate cost models with all required data to support the complete and accurate costing and pricing of solutions.• Present pricing models to internal customers including solutions and senior management teams.Support and present solutions, data, and models to external customers including Procurement, Operational Managers and senior leadership teams.• Interface as required with customers and various internal cross functional groups.• Support the analyses of a potential Customers’ facilities, operations, supply chain and associated data as part of the new business development process.• Liaise with internal departments (IT, QA, Purchasing, Operations, Sales, Inventory Control, Finance, Human Resources, Project Management, Engineering, and Maintenance) as required on opportunities. Show less

Memphis, Tennessee

•Analyzed, planned, and implemented a new slotting strategy and pick path that focused on minimizing vertical travel for picking and put-away efficiency which then led to a 40.7% picking productivity improvement going from roughly 7K lines/hr to 9.9K lines/hr and a savings of ~$590K in a Fiscal Year.•Improved on time shipment (91% to 99.6%) and order accuracy (88% to 99.4%) by leading QATs (Quality Action Teams) focused on identifying opportunities through QDM Principles and the ABLE… Show more •Analyzed, planned, and implemented a new slotting strategy and pick path that focused on minimizing vertical travel for picking and put-away efficiency which then led to a 40.7% picking productivity improvement going from roughly 7K lines/hr to 9.9K lines/hr and a savings of ~$590K in a Fiscal Year.•Improved on time shipment (91% to 99.6%) and order accuracy (88% to 99.4%) by leading QATs (Quality Action Teams) focused on identifying opportunities through QDM Principles and the ABLE process.• Created and managed a manual replenishment process from end to end for the facility that encompassed 143 different materials that represented 23% of daily volume.•Planned and executed ad-hoc training for picking associates with opportunity for improvement thus raising accuracy and throughput of the outbound team.•Improved inbound throughput by conducting a bottle-neck analysis and executing the implementation of a new strategy involving staging locations (PNDs), equipment usage, department layout and labor allocation which led to a 27% increases in throughput going from receiving roughly 15 trailers/day to 19 trailers/day.•Completed an analysis of our bin usage throughout the facility recognizing a utilization constraint and oversaw the racking reconfiguration of bay profiles that didn't support the current product profile of the business.•Assisted in the rollout of new business and increased throughput for the facility by overseeing the erection of new racking, wire guidance system, equipment acquisitions and process implementation. Show less

Memphis, Tennessee

• Tested and assisted in the implementation of the Manhattan 2012/2017 Labor Management System and COGNOS Labor Management Reporting in the largest distribution center in North America (2.8 Million sq ft)• Planned and provided training to operation partners in the use of the Manhattan Labor Management System and COGNOS Labor Management Reporting• Assisted in the standardization of operation floor work, which included analyzing current processes, identifying opportunities… Show more • Tested and assisted in the implementation of the Manhattan 2012/2017 Labor Management System and COGNOS Labor Management Reporting in the largest distribution center in North America (2.8 Million sq ft)• Planned and provided training to operation partners in the use of the Manhattan Labor Management System and COGNOS Labor Management Reporting• Assisted in the standardization of operation floor work, which included analyzing current processes, identifying opportunities, validating suggested improvements, implementing improvements and time studying the new process to be in compliance with the labor management system• Assisted in the maintenance, validation and updating of Work Instruction/SOPs that were approved by Operations and communicated across shifts• Maintained a role that led and provided support in creating the desired labor management reports Operations desired with the collaboration with Manhattan, 3rd Party COGNOS report developers, Training department and Nike IT• Played pivotal role in supplying solutions to many gaps that were encountered when providing Operations and the facility with reporting and moving departments to accountability in regards to performance and utilization Show less

Garysburg, North Carolina

•Assisted in revalidation efforts of all job process in the building; performing time studies totaling over 150 hours, creating/updating process maps and creating/updating best methods in the distribution center•Facilitated conferences and assumed role of liaison for the facility with various stakeholders regarding creating/updating necessary resources for revalidating scheduled job processes•Utilized Red Prairie in conjunction with MS Access for Performance Management… Show more •Assisted in revalidation efforts of all job process in the building; performing time studies totaling over 150 hours, creating/updating process maps and creating/updating best methods in the distribution center•Facilitated conferences and assumed role of liaison for the facility with various stakeholders regarding creating/updating necessary resources for revalidating scheduled job processes•Utilized Red Prairie in conjunction with MS Access for Performance Management correction assuring accurate reporting for team member’s and the building’s metrics•Prepared and hosted network wide teleconference involving the IE network of 15 Regional Distribution Centers, Engineering Manager and VP of Engineering where chosen IEs presented their findings from newly completed building projects •Trained 12 shift operation supervisors on the use of RedPrairie, SecureNetTerm and explained how KVI and Performance standards are created and tie back into the business Show less

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Daily interaction with customers utilizing dynamic communication skills to land sale and achieve attach rates• Acting campus liaison with University of Florida student organizations in marketing and employment • Experienced real world work experiences involving team leadership and cooperation

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Led 5 member team that improved company culture and productivity amongst employees by implementing 5S Methodology• Introduced a standardized process and skill specific training which optimized current methods and increased productivity• Utilized Values Stream Mapping and Assembly Line Balancing to increase efficiency from 65% to 95%

University Of Florida

Recent Graduate and Former student leader with B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering