Freehold, New Jersey, United States
Supply Chain Operations Executive, in Third Party Logistics, Contract Operations, Distribution and Contract Packaging for a multitude of products. Pool Consolidation, Temperature Control and Ambient facilities within a public or contractual model. Maintained excellent relations with strategic customers aligning the business growth to the Corporate Operating Plan. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: • Third Party Logistics • Supply Chain Management • WMS Systems Design and Implementation, Synapse, AS400, Mass 200. • Pick-To-Light/Small Package, E-Commerce, • Multiple Facility Management • Value Added Services • KPI Management • Inventory Control, • Import / Export Global Supply Chain • Teamsters Union Liaison • 80 million P&L Responsibility • Customer Service
Peers, worked together with the team to devise a corporate operating plan that spans over the next three years that includes growth of not only the corporation but our employees while holding all the stake holders accountable. As a member of Sr. Management Team, the development and formation of long and short-term planning; then rallied the team of 175+ to create a project plan to complete and measure the deliverables. Successfully standardized process and procedures through all warehouse locations, which resulted in improved efficiency and personnel sharing. Revamped the customer service department which resulted in a state of the art team with a Customer Centric focus while decreasing the total headcount from 32 to 25 saving the company $340,000.00 annually. Worked diligently and was successful at improving the company’s relationship with the Union representatives; which resulted in a decrease in grievances, a more reasonable working environment Decreased cost by fully utilizing newly implemented WMS system and by identifying sq. footage utilization opportunities. Corporate Training created a corporate training department to further develop our employees and prepare them for future growth.
Third Party Logistics/Manufacturing/Distribution/Warehousing/Contract Packaging/Value Added Services • Implemented EDI and RF WMS to increase productivity and reduce costs. Redesigned warehouse layout to increase our pallet positions from 2,880 to 4,828. This kept our costs competitive by decreasing our price per pallet by 45%. • Proposed and managed new business objectives in services increasing revenue by 4 million dollars with profit of 1.7 million dollars. • Decreased cost of assembly by doing it in house verses outsourcing. This saved our company 30 % of the cost and gave us the flexibility to produce on demand. This also saved on the trucking from one facility to the other and back • Launched the “Katy Perry” & “Selena Gomez” Fragrance nationally. I am overseeing the entire project including but not limited to production, manufacturing, distribution to all of the major supply chains, EDI, and project management. This project grossed $40,000,000.00 in sales with $22,000,000.00 of net profit.
Third Party Logistics Generated $750,000 in revenue as a result of Pick-Pack Contract Packaging expertise: Educated the company on a new business for them, pick-pack, permitting the acquisition of a new customer, one of the largest retailers in the state. Coordinated all the in and out bound for this customer from the beginning. Decreased turnaround time for 6,000 inbound containers to 24 hours: Added a night shift to allow the receipt of 20 containers a day versus 6. Moving receiving to nights also helped the timing of outbound shipping and a reduction in transportation costs. Reduced overtime expense, improved accuracy from 91% to 99% and reduced backlog from 10 days to 2: Employees were working 16 hours per day making numerous errors. Analyzed the situation, recommended a 2nd shift, the hiring of additional staff and re-assignment of functions. Recovered compensation for additional services customers required: Documented the additional services customers were requiring outside their additional quote and applied costs to each so sales executive's could recover labor and supply costs thus improving the bottom line. Outsourced seasonal volume: A large appliance customer had peak needs 4 months per year. Recommended outsourcing to another local facility negotiated a contract and coordinated the flow from the customer to the new warehouse provider eliminating adding year-round space. Provided the leadership to build a team culture get things done and better serve customers: Provided the training, communication, processes and procedures to create a pleasant work environment. Redefined the duties of each employee, maximizing their strengths and led by example.