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New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Initiated contact with third party logistics companies to find distribution and inventory storage solutions that aligned with the company's logistical requirements.Quoted and negotiated terms and conditions and service contract with the third party logistics in order to support the companies logistics operations and budgetary needs.Managed the warehouse to warehouse transfer and documentation of approximately 150,000 units ranging from furniture, housewares and apparel.Aided in the IT communicate setup between the currently operating business platform and the third party's warehousing management system.

Greater New York City Area

Conduct data and process analysis in support of a unique warehousing management system and robust logistics and supply chain processes.Developed standard warehousing operating procedures to optimize process efficiency leading to a 61% increase in efficiency YOY.Provide reporting on warehouse personnel productivity and quality of work to facilitate informed staffing decisions.Manage operation and reporting of customer returns in compliance with stringent customer service standards.Determine ways to increase efficiency and productivity by monitoring key processes, analyzing various data sources, and rapidly implementing improvements.Implemented a flash audit process to decrease quality errors by one third within four months.

Stratford, Connecticut

Analyzed costs of raw materials, purchased parts, equipment, and other items required to manufacture helicopter, aircraft and aerospace products. Built and maintained budget based schedules of aircraft production projects and engineering development projects.Employed Earned Values principles to active project schedules which produced progress reports and budget overviews for a multidisciplinary team of engineering, finance, and program management.Provided finance team with data regarding aircraft allocations to government and foreign customers for monthly progress billing.

Arranged and accelerated flow of materials and parts according to scheduled priorities. Verified schedules and related information and conferred with purchasing team to determine requirements, identify overdue materials, and trace parts.Provided support to purchasing group assigned to a Heavy Lift Aircraft development program.Managed delivery commitments for twenty five key suppliers in support of this significant development program.Supported the helicopter transmission purchasing group by creating monthly spare part requirement plans in accordance to the Military spare part demands.Reconciled purchased part schedules servicing the demands of the Military Customer base.Proactively addressed issues that impacted performance to committed ship date, lead-time, response time, and inventory goals.