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Certificate
Transportation And Marketing
Director of Logistics Services
Managed cross functional supply chain teams focused on developing logistics processes supporting new globally sourced product lines; and improving current logistics network efficiency and service performance.
- Designed and implemented processes that improved on-time ship performance from 84% to 99% within four months. Put into service a 48 hour order-to-delivery process on new product lines.
- Managed the international logistics team for importing and exporting 5000 containers on an annual basis. Generated a savings of $1.4M in the cost of transportation.
- Led cross functional supply chain teams focused on developing logistical processes for new imported product lines from the Asia Pacific and European Countries.
- Streamlined the Warehouse Fulfillment Center network reducing operations costs by $800K annually.
- Reconfigured the warehouse layouts to handle additional products and opened 3 PL warehousing to expand market reach.
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Master of Arts
Director of Logistics
Oversaw all logistics for 108 plants in the U.S. and Canada, transporting printed products for customers such as Wal-Mart, Kohl's, L.L. Bean, Fortune, Time, Money, and Cosmopolitan. Directed staff of 60, including 4 Department Managers, a Plant Relationship Supervisor, and Logistics Coordinators in 4 departments: Intermodal, Brokerage Operations, and Contracts. Managed $190M logistics budget for freight spend, salaries, and expenses.
- Cut approximately $3M in contract dedicated guarantees and other waste; eliminated 4 contracts and re-negotiated 1; reduced contract dedicated fleet from 165 to 75.
- Championed several Six Sigma projects with run rate savings of $1.4 million in 2007 and 2008.
- Introduced Static Carrier program that grew to handle 30% of all TL shipments, resulting in 5% savings in transportation spend in 2007 over 2006.
- Reorganized department and better aligned people with their skills. Promoted 4 staff to Supervisor roles during the latter half of 2006 creating continuity within the group.
- Developed strategy that resulted in the successful pay out of $20m in pre petition payments to carrier partners during first 90 days of Chapter 11 filing in 2008. This success was documented by leadership as being a key to our ability to successfully service our customers and carrier partners.
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Economics And Industrial Relations
Director of Logistics
Successfully relocated the primary North American distribution center to a newly constructed US headquarters without negative impact to customer service levels.
- Consolidated four local warehouses into one main DC through improved S&OP process.
- Implemented new ERP, WMS and TMS systems simultaneously - Microsoft AX - then set a new single month shipping record 30 days later.
- Reduced customer deductions for compliance from $194K per month in 2012 to $48K per month in 2013.
- Improved perfect order shipping from 55% to 90% in twelve months.
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Business Management
Public Relations
Director of Logistics
Manage successful freight brokerage agency with 1.2 Million Revenue 1st year.
- Created and researched own lead sources to find potential customers, and close and deliver sales, on pipeline based sales cycle.
- Solely managed full Operation from sales to service for 30+ Customer, and over 1,500 transportation carriers.
- Lead, engineered, and trained sales staff to grow agency by 200% first year.
- Accepted offer to be acquired as a partner, implement merger of three businesses into one Sole company for owner.
- Successfully brought on new employees to strengthen companies presence, restructured employee job roles, company polices, upgraded technology and communication systems to ensure longevity of the companies new model going forward.
- Accepted offer for employment to manage all aspects of the new operation, and continue to do the duties listed above.
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Accounting
Director of Logistics
Comprehensive leadership of logistics operation encompassing routing, warehousing, inventory and merchandising for the Mid-Atlantic Division, including five states and the District of Columbia (Havre de Grace, MD to Cape Fear, NC)
- Key member of senior leadership team, reporting directly to the Vice-President/General Manager.
- Established key logistics strategies and initiatives and communicated objectives and procedures via quarterly presentations to 14 regional sales centers for the Mid-Atlantic Division.
- Developed annual division budget accounting for 85% of operating expenses (~$60MM)
- Oversaw a $2.5MM annual budget for capital deployment
- Managed seven direct reports with responsibility for route planning, dispatching, and demand management
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Business Administration / Management
Master of Business Administration
Director of Logistics, North America
Recruited by vice president of supply chain operations to render leadership in the distribution center operations of $800 million North American Bath & Kitchen Plumbing Manufacturing Division.
- Managed 11 management-level direct reports and 750 indirect reports at 4 distribution centers - 2 in the US, 1 in Canada, and 1 in Mexico - totaling 2.7 million square feet of warehouse space.
- Monitored profit and loss and exercised signatory authority over a $120MM budget.
- Saved 20% per year by consolidating two costly warehouses in close proximity to one another; closed each facility and designed and established a new, modernized, 1 million-square-foot distribution center on time and under budget.
- Worked with software consultants to design, develop, and implement a customized SAP warehouse management system (WMS) for North American use.
- Reduced outbound transportation spending by $8 million by negotiating new carrier contracts and reworking transportation strategies.
- Oversaw the global sourcing, distribution and Manufacturing of finished products (over 28,000 SKUs averaging over 1000 containers per month) from the Far East, Central America, and South America.
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Behavioral Studies
Psychology
Director of Logistics
Made significant improvements in operational efficiencies for full service utility company (14th largest in the U.S.)
- Instituted a short haul division saving the company over $1M.
- Consolidated the dispatch and customer service departments from 20 offices into two thriving centralized hubs.
- Established company-wide SOP for each department. Streamlined processes/eliminated
- Developed and maintained operational and corporate staff budgets simultaneously.
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