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0-5 years of experience
Responsible for all facets of inbound and outbound activities for west-coast operations, comprised of 2 facilities and 40 employees. Set departmental objectives and implement policies and procedures that maximize performance, profitability, customer satisfaction, safety, and accountability. Administer annual operating budget in excess of $5 million. Coordinate logistics projects through partnering with cross-functional teams across the organization. Project Manager for global logistics initiative, aligning with finance, sales, and marketing departments with objective to gain more market share from key customers. WMS “Superuser” with thorough knowledge of system structure and heavy involvement in testing, training, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Increased fulfillment productivity 46% through conveyor and racking redesign and re-slotting of high-velocity SKU’s.
- $456K departmental savings in 2014 through numerous continuous improvement and “JDI” projects, utilizing lean methodologies and value stream mapping activities.
- Key member managing 466K sq. ft. east coast site relocation; including construction, design, testing, employee training, and ongoing improvements. Accomplished in 10 months, on-time and under budget.
- Spearheaded standards engineering project, providing training to management staff on process standardization, data collection through time studies and grade factoring, and program sustainability.
- Achieved safety facility record of 1,252 days with zero incidents.
0-5 years of experience
Manage two distribution facilities and all warehouse operations for a multi-channel running shoe company. Hire, develop and evaluate all warehouse managers and employees (10 departments, 90-150 personnel with 6 direct reports). Create policies and procedures to ensure a continuous improvement environment measured by key performance indicators including labor and productivity metrics. Drive cost savings for fulfillment division each year by streamlining processes and negotiating vendor contracts. Write annual budget for both facilities based on strategic sales plan and company business objectives. Directly responsible for over $200M in inventory annually, containing over 10K skus.
- Supported 25 retail stores, global web channel and shipped over 900K packages annually direct to consumer.
- Decreased total spend by 10% while production increased 10-15% yearly.
- % to net revenue dropped from 3.76 to 2.70 in 2 years for a savings of over $1.5M.
- Created and managed annual budget for both facilities of $4M.
- Combined building shrink of less than .01 with annual losses under $10K.
- Reduced shipping costs by $1M annually on $9M gross spend by negotiating contract with Fed Ex and UPS.
10+ years of experience
Managed simultaneously a 45,000 square foot distribution facility and a 15,000 warehouse facility with 3 supervisors and 45 personnel, shipping $50 millions in medical device products including $4 millions in export sales a year.
- Implemented productivity, cost and performance management programs to meet on-time delivery requirements increasing service levels.
- Developed and implemented a new barcode system including shipping, receiving, and cycle count transactions reducing indirect labor and produced operational improvements, organizational change, increased customer satisfaction and enhanced profitability.
- Provided ongoing operational process analysis, communicated project status and identified and resolved operational issues and constrains.
- Designed and implemented an Audit Locations Programs reducing inventory discrepancy in less than 1% and capable of eliminating annual physical inventory
- Designed and implemented a Management of Hazardous Materials Programs recognized and accepted by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
- Effectively developed and implemented a Loss Prevention Program.
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for all logistics functions in the production center as well as management of 3rd party warehouses in Birmingham, Tampa, and Jacksonville. Also responsible for all production and MRP functions with dotted line authority for production and material planning supervisors
- Designed and implemented a new warehouse layout utilizing random slotting techniques which increased actual storage capacity by 33% for the facility and allowed for increased productivity
- Leveraged the productivity increase to drive headcount reduction in the distribution group with a net labor savings of 140k annually
- Led the implementation of the SAP WMS module to further enhance productivity gains as well as improve inventory accuracy and thru put with the use of batch picking, and bin level inventory management resulting in a 350k improvement in annual inventory adjustments
- Implemented a min\max inventory system with overflow capacity on raw materials to improve space utilization as well as improve production planning
- Improved on time delivery to 98.4 % annually
- Implemented visual management and 5S programs to improve quality control and assist in productivity improvements
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for sales and team across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Nevada including staffing of 30+ employees and 700 national branded location
- Organize regional projects for new agent partner launches working with numerous additional [company name] teams ensuring completion at preset service levels and deadlines.
- Developed strategy and created regional policy/procedures for contingent worker program aligning with multiple different workgroups and companies.
- Served as point of contact for new national partner with including training, market research, leadership communications and design of communication.
- Tasked with working as project manager on multiple regional programs budgeted annually over $1 million dollars.
- Hired and trained staff of 30+ employees across the region including program development, team communication, and coaching accountability for all regional markets.
- Achieved above 100% to quota levels each month in role with current national partners, Cox Communications, Century link, Family Dollar and Dollar General; generating $2.5M projected annual sale.
0-5 years of experience
o Develop distribution plan, forecast quarterly distribution expectations, train and implement new policies and maintain excellence in compliance standards.
- Currently overseeing 5 full time Territory Managers along with up to 30 additional full time employees and temporary employees in Northern California at 15 event locations.
- Developed and implemented distribution model that resulted in cost per unit distribution declining from $90.00 per unit to under $14.00 per unit during first half of 2015.
- New distribution startegy has resulted in 200% increase in monthly production when comparing December 2014 to May 2015 (4,000+ units distributed in December compared to 13,000+ in May).
- Have guided teams to 105% to forecasted distribution goal in 2015
6-10 years of experience
Managed, trained and developed highly cohesive team of supervisory and non-supervisory personnel (permanent and temporary) while overseeing inventory and procedures NY, CA and China.
- Sourced and negotiated purchase of shipping equipment and supplies: negotiated truck and small parcel rates.
- Effectively interfaced with customer buying, distribution and sales personnel to resolve chargeback and shipping issues.
- Supported company growth while reducing operating budget while improving both quality and service.
- Reorganized warehouse and increased productivity by more than 50%.
- Managed seamless integration of SAP (Warehouse Management System) in NY, CA and China.
- Consolidated previously separate billing from carriers to central accounts thus improving negation ability for larger discounts.
- Self insured small parcel shipments while charging customers small parcel rates as a new source of revenue.
0-5 years of experience
Managed day to day operations, led and managed 3 Supervisors and 65 hourly associates for Revlon’s domestic and international distribution center. Provided operating budget accountability for operations
- Managed customer relations and ensured customer satisfaction at all times. Managed quality and safety compliance, as well as company policies and procedures
- Developed various reports related to production, quality, safety, timeliness, staffing, maintenance, and discrepancies.
- Reduced labor hours over 13% within four months.
- Achieving a 99.9% shipping accuracy through audit process and performance management.
- Completed initial Kaizen training for lean manufacturing and managing for daily improvements.
0-5 years of experience
Conducted and managed all day to day operations for the location including customer service, warehouse and inventory control associates.
- Monitored monthly budgets and weekly forecasts to ensure that the cost-to serve goals were achieved.
- Managed the transportation department for the location including a team of private fleet delivery specialists that serviced the Salt Lake City area, three 3rd party carriers covering Utah and Idaho and two line haul services to Idaho.
- Monitored the activity calendar to ensure tasks were completed on time by our location.
- Served as the Safety Committee Chairperson to ensure that the location was in compliance of all safety program elements and held weekly safety committee meetings.
- Composed and delivered all warehouse and office performance reviews and corrective action documentation.
- Handled all associate relations concerns and issues in a fair and timely manner.
- Collaborated with Loss Prevention in order to ensure that all assets and building were safe and secure.
10+ years of experience
Responsible for all order fulfillment to national retailers Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, United Stationers, and hundreds of small wholesale distributors. Up to 1,000 internet orders shipped daily during peak season.
- Member of management team that designed a new picking layout that resulted in reduction of labor from five minutes to two minutes per line picked.
- Promoted to Distribution Manager of the Waynesboro Pa. facility to organize operations as the hub of United States operations.
- Part of management team that reduced Staples fulfillment fines from $500,000 dollars in 2013 to $23,550 through September 2014.
- Implementation of daily cycle counts which resulted in a variance of .02% on $7.5 million dollars of inventory.
- Member of safety committee that introduced on going safety training that has resulted in no lost time accidents in the past 13 months.
0-5 years of experience
Working in a 250,000 sq. ft. distribution center, I interfaced and coordinated operations with Senior Management, Sales, Purchasing, Planning, Shipping, and Receiving.
- Trained and developed a staff of associates in receiving, QA, order fulfillment and shipping product to fortune 100 companies. Staff varied in size from 15 to 50 due to seasonal operations.
- Developed and implemented operational procedures that improved efficiencies and allowed operations budgets to come in below forecasts.
- Managed and oversaw customer returns as well as returns back to manufactures.
- Monitored inventory levels to assist in identifying potential problem areas. While interfacing with purchasing and sales.
- Company Inventory Control Manager responsible for 40 million dollars worth of inventory. Conducted regular cycle counts. Maintained a 98% accurate level of efficiency.
0-5 years of experience
Sole, responsibility for startup of new regional pet supply distribution center.
- Coordinating contractors for the build out of distribution facility, while meeting corporate goals and state and local code requirements.
- Developed and implemented next day delivery model to service the entire state of Florida (including the Keys).
- Recruited and placed CDL certified drivers to service delivery model.
- Recruited, staffed and trained qualified distribution team members in all aspects of operations processes such as inbound, outbound, inventory control, returns, and quality control.
- Established local vendors to provide services such as equipment and building maintenance.
- Daily responsibilities included management of 10 to 12 associates engaged in receipt, shipment, and warehousing of over 12,000 pet supply skus.
0-5 years of experience
Managed order allocation, picking and sortation for domestic and international distribution of Estee Lauder product brand. Net shipments of $800 million per year and 1.3 million cartons. Coordinate new product launches between customer service, planning and distribution.
- Restored the internal reputation of distribution dept. by improving communication and follow up.
- Reduced cycle time on launch and basic orders from 5 days to 4.
- Developed and implemented a process guaranteeing timely shipments of rush orders.
- Increased productivity by providing feedback; counseling on performance; cross-trained staff in different areas adding flexibility to work force.
0-5 years of experience
- Directed and trained 40 personnel conducting distribution, transportation and maintenance operations
- Analyzed logistical problems, developed new solutions and improved Quality Control/ Quality Assurance, 98% rating for QA/QC Program
- Strictly enforced Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and OSHA regulations
- Managed vehicle maintenance program ensuring 100% operability of all vehicles; provided 100% accountability for $3.5M worth of vehicles and equipment
- Recognized by the director of the National Training Center for providing expertise in logistics and distribution
0-5 years of experience
Managed dispatch, warehouse, yard, and shipping/receiving personnel of 35+ employees. Responsible for payroll, and PTO for all employees under my supervision to include verifying and submitting hourly and commission time sheets.
- Hired, trained, conducted performance evaluations and terminated employees as needed. Responsible for addressing any customer related issues requesting management assistance.
- Completed weekly inventory reports for upper management. Worked closely with sales ensuring that products were delivered timely and accounting regarding customer returns and the issuing of credits.
- Procured all shop supplies to maintain warehouse operations.
- Selected to work as Plant Manager for Tire Division.
- Directed operations, human resources, accounting and budgeting.
0-5 years of experience
Manage warehouse distribution operations of 80,000 cases of beer, wine and spirits on a weekly basis.
- Improved overall levels of inventory.
- Decreased credit ratio, break and shrink percentages.
- Trained/maintained safety (OSHA) and security procedures for all personnel, equipment and facilities.
- Created employee work schedules for day and night shift operations, managed and mentored a staff of 50+ employees to include management, union and temporary staff.
- Improved union relationship by maintaining an open line of communication.
6-10 years of experience
Oversaw efforts of 7 Distribution Generalist, Supervisors, and 110 independent contractors.
- Assisted human resource functions including hiring, interviewing, termination and performance evaluations.
- Directed inbound and outbound call activities.
- Participated in writing training manual to enhance the skills, quality and consistency of service.
- Facilitated training of independent contractors.
- Analyzed and improved department operations and procedures resulting in increased productivity.
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