EXPERIENCE

08/2011 – Current Distribution Consultant Confidential
Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• Successful implementation of the Red Prairie WMS system including labor standards
• Streamlined distribution operation to improve productivity and inventory accuracy

06/2010 – 07/2011 Warehouse Manager – Multi Site (1.2 million square feet) Confidential,
Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• Sun Products is a multi-billion dollar corporation
• Successfully implemented a warehouse management system into 4 distribution centers
• Reorganized work teams to increase productivity
• Changed process flow to significantly reduce travel time and increase productivity
• Responsible to manage 5 warehouses in Utah with of 1.2 million square feet in 24/7 operations
• Director reports include 9 Team Managers
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, and manage logistics team to achieve operational success
• Manage P&L/Budgeting/Forecasting for Utah operations
• Responsible for strategic planning
• Vendor selection & negotiations
• Responsible for Red Prairie implementation into Utah operations

10/2006 – 05/2010 Director – Utah Distribution Center Operations Confidential

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• EDS (Electronic Data Systems) is a multi-billion dollar corporation
• Responsible for managing West Hub BPO operations in Salt Lake as the Site Director
• Big-box distribution center with Pick-to-Light, RF, sorters, conveyors, etc.
• Logistics operations with parcel, LTL, & FTL
• Call center operation
• Successfully improved process flow to reduce headcount and improve productivity
• Developed team incentive program for increased productivity
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, and manage logistics team to achieve operational success
• Manage P&L/Budgeting/Forecasting for Utah operations
• Process improvement via LSS (Lean Six Sigma)
• Leadership - over 500 employees during peak season (280 warehouse and 225 call center)
• Responsible for strategic planning
• Vendor selection & negotiations

06/2004 – 09/2006 Materials Manager Confidential

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• Successfully implemented process improvements to significantly improve distribution center and transportation operations
• Instrumental in the implementation of a WMS package into several distribution centers
• Earned a Greenbelt certification in Six Sigma. Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing is the primary focus.
• Responsible for the management of materials (inbound & outbound)
• Oversee production schedule and raw materials warehouse
• Negotiate freight contracts and select carriers for FTL carriers
• Coordinate rail freight and rail unload operations
• Negotiate prices and purchase all raw materials and warehouse equipment
• Responsible for forecasting and managing budget for all logistics operations

06/2000 – 05/2004 Director of Distribution & Logistics Confidential

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• Orbit is a manufacturer and importer of residential sprinkling system products
• Orbit’s total revenue in 2003 was approximately 120 million
• Report directly to the Executive VP of Operations
• Oversee 2 distribution centers in the Utah with approximately 500,000 square feet
• Responsible for 3PL in Canada with approximately 200,000 square feet
• Prior to 2004, also responsible for 100,000 square foot warehouse in Florida (now closed)
• Supervised over 125 hourly employees in peak season (plus offsite warehouse personnel)
• Direct reports include 2 managers and 5 supervisors
• Manage budget for 2 Distribution Centers and have full P&L responsibility (6.5 Million budget)
• Manage the Transportation Department to include inbound raw materials from Asia and China and outbound throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries (mainly Chile and Argentina).
• Work closely with Purchasing, Sales, and Master Scheduling to meet fill rate and lead time goals.
• Manage Warehouse Management System (WMS) and recommend process improvements (enhancements) to achieve improved efficiency. Also, evaluate other WMS/ERP systems that will better meet the needs of the company based on the 15% growth rate.
• Successfully improved process flows of the distribution centers through Value Stream Mapping that increase productivity by 46%. Have also been certified in ZOOM training for process improvement.
• Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 (2K). Participated on Orbit’s ISO 9001 Implementation Team. Special award for leading company in procedure writing and audit conformance.
• Successfully enhanced WMS system and shipping system for improved efficiency.
• Organized Cross-Functional Teams to improve company-wide processes including reducing excess inventory and eliminating slow moving and discontinued product (lean manufacturing).
• Significantly increased proficiency per labor dollar spent. This included a 46% improvement in picking productivity and an overall annual distribution center labor cost reduction of 20%.

02/1995 – 05/2000 Distribution/Logistics Project Manager Confidential

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• American Stores is a multi-billion dollar corporation and includes Lucky Food Stores, Jewel Food Stores, Acme Markets, Savon Drug, Osco Drug, and others. Approximately 1,800 food and drug stores in the U.S.
• Co-leader of installation for an automated warehousing system (the Dallas System) into a national warehouse network including more than 35 distribution centers. This included managing implementation teams of over 25 employees including warehouse management staff, business analysts, and a technical staff.
• Made sure that all distribution centers had one common way of doing business by evaluating and proposing “best practices”.
• Played a key role in a corporate management decision to build two new distribution centers by leading dramatic operations improvements to the existing centers that economically justified the additional capital expense.
• Assisted in on-site planning and set-up of two distribution center facilities. This included setting up pallet racking, conveyor systems, flow modules, etc. It also included setting up safety program to meet local, state, and federal laws. Also, set up leases on all vehicles and equipment (turret trucks, order pickers, fork lifts, trucks, and other company vehicles). In addition, set up all maintenance agreements on material handling equipment.
• Responsible for all phases of project management including defining requirements/cost benefit, presenting proposals to senior management, organizing teams, performing GAP analysis, preparing and communicating enhancement requirements, ensuring commonality of processes, procedures, and enhancements across multiple divisions, motivate, guide, and problem solve with teams to reach desired completion date, communicating with programmers on readiness testing, etc.

01/1990 – 01/1995 Distribution & Logistics Manager Confidential

Responsibilities/Accomplishments:

• Smith’s is approximately a 2 billion dollar corporation. Approximately 250 stores and 4 distribution centers. Distribution centers are over 1 million square feet.
• Directly supervised approximately 300 employees (more during peak season). Implemented safety program and organized safety committee to ensure we met all local, state, and federal laws.
• Worked with transportation department to set up corporate fleet policies and procedures (delivery of trucks & trailers).
• Directed logistics management team that eliminated a $2 million warehouse inventory loss that had been occurring for a 200-store distribution network.
• Developed a performance incentive program and an inventory credit system that cut inventory losses 20% and reduced labor costs by $110,000 year.
• Reduced shipping costs 10% by installing an automated sampling procedure that issued credits based on an ability to calculate inventory delivered with 99% accuracy. Success of this procedure resulted in its implementation over the company\'s entire 200 store network.
• Managed six-figure departmental budget and assisted in planning of seven-figure budget for distribution center.

EDUCATION

Education: MBA (2006), B.S., Logistics Management (1991) and A.S. Transportation Management (1989), Confidential,University.