Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Strategic and performance driven Supply Chain and Operations professional, experienced in international and domestic logistics, warehousing, strategic sourcing and supply planning. Skilled in using a data-driven approach to identify and implement operational and cost savings measures. Brings a passion for identifying operational gaps and streamlining the supply chain inbound to warehouse and warehouse to end consumer. Seeking opportunities to grow my experience in process and program management and build upon a strong analytical and operational background, to implement strategy to develop and grow a new business Core Competencies: Proficient in all MS programs including MS Access, ERP, Process Excellence: Six Sigma and Lean trained, relationship management, analytics, contract management.
Owned end to end of global fulfillment from product introduction and availability to customs, duty and tax compliance and customer fulfillment. Introduced a SIOP process to focus on forecast accuracy and growth while leading a team of professionals through 55% YOY sales growth. Drove the alignment of operational SOX compliance of international acquisition and championed global operations expansion efforts to support under-served markets. Managed relationships with Contract Manufacturing partners.
Launch team member selected to drive sourcing and purchasing across all product lines including food, alcohol and guest packaging. Drove ERP configuration and customization representing the culinary and central operations teams. Identified and on-boarded core supply base. The business grew from 0 to 300+ vehicles and 0 to 30+ restaurants across 400k households during my time there.
Directed the Food and Logistics COGS forecasting process, developing models that drove time bound efficiencies linked to ERP implementation, food cost synergies and network optimization Partnered in the SIOP process to minimize waste, drive synergies and meet transportation and food cost goals. Project Lead for network optimization, focusing on reducing COGS and Operating Expenses and introduced new service levels to limit customer impacts resulting in a net positive savings to the business Led the Logistics function managing carrier selection, focusing on quality and cost of 35,000 weekly shipments across 6 carriers shipping from 7 facilities Acquisition implementation team lead, driving growth of product breadth sourced from parent company and supply base to 65% which increased quality, lowered cost and shortened lead times and other synergies Developed product quality review, partnering with suppliers and facilities and designed dashboards to identify top credit drivers that lead to a 30% reduction of credit dollar issuance
Executed a warehouse move including logistics, operations and IT systems integrations while combining and streamlining processes with a new brand acquisition, identifying and implementing best practices Managed a team responsible for e-commerce and retail order management, inventory control and furniture delivery Drove improvements to lower costs and ease inbound and outbound product flows through analysis
Lead a team of logistics associates, streamlining transportation and operations from dealers to clients worldwide Identified, vetted and onboarded international and domestic logistics service providers Served as leader for implementation of Salesforce Service Cloud, identifying user needs and facilitated team training Drove analytics for the operations team focusing on transportation and logistics partner performance