Lion Energy

Fulfillment Warehouse Manager

Keystone Automotive Operations

• Provided operational leadership to 20+ associates to include hourly associates executing daily tasks and activities to include as driver deliveries, loading/unloading trailers, and customer service to all internal and external clients. 
• Created processes for the eCommerce Team that led to decreased quarterly labor cost by 31% and decreased monthly chargebacks MoM FY2022.
• Led staff to ensure customer requirements are achieved while setting operational goals and objectives. A vital member of the hiring team and customer status meetings.
• Responsible for making corrective action and disciplinary decisions up to termination.

Warehouse Shipping Supervisor (3PL)

Ryder System, Inc.

•	Orchestrated the ground-floor development of a startup site while supervising 35+ employees and actualizing strategies to generate new revenues, drive picking, loading, inventory, safety, planning, and order management.
•	Conducted trainings for company employees on safety initiatives to comply with OSHA regulations, spearheading safety meetings with key members of organization to ascertain methods to improve overall safety for employees; achieved 0 incident reports in 2 years.
•	Directed day-to-day operations by spearheading implementation of lean guiding principles and PDCA methods, conducting pre-shift team briefings to communicate important updates, daily assignments, upcoming refresher training, review KPIs, and introduce new workflow optimization processes; increased productivity by 31% and decreased labor cost by 27%.
•	Hand-picked by leadership to add a weekend shift to the distribution center due to increased demand, developing initiatives for process improvement and reviewing and assessing ongoing operations; increased monthly inventory turn by 35% in 6 months.
•	Established a Quality Feedback Program to ensure Supervisors provided feedback to improve operations, facilitating ongoing evaluations to determine effectiveness of programs and make recommendations for necessary modifications.

Operations Supervisor

EmployBridge

•	Established departmental performance goals and set timeline targets for sales team while supervising 50+ Forklift Operators in support of a dedicated clients, collaborating daily with the Staffing Manager and Account Manager to fulfill daily personnel requests for Ryder with extremely tight deadlines.
•	Revamped Employbridge's outdated recruiting process by implementing an in-depth forklift validation program, allowing the client to validate the candidate's experience and secure top talent, resulting in an increase in hired certified Operators and Employbridge resulting in an exclusive contract with Ryder Systems Inc.
•	Coordinated with cross-functional project team leadership for R&D, Supply Chain, Quality and Engineering to devise process improvements resulting in 25% increased capacity, 32% reduction in cost and significant boosts in productivity.
•	Mentored, trained and coached all PIT Operators for various clients, orchestrating meetings to convey essential safety-related information, address occupational safety inquiries, issues or concerns and promote continuity of training initiatives; resulted in 0 reported PIT incidents and Employbridge being awarded top talent staffing agency in 2019.

Performance Manager 

XPO Logistics, Inc.

•	Led team of Engineers, Analysts, Managers, and Specialists in identifying and implementing lean and continuous improvement actions to enhance production volume and efficiency, designing an event dashboard to provide visibility to the Site Manager on areas of improvement for viable production planning and executive status reports.
•	Streamlined operations, supervising and upgrading inventory cycle counting processes while verifying inventory and production goals, identifying discrepancies and communicating delays to reduce process gaps; improved inventory accuracy by 11% (from 88% to 99.5%), adding an additional $350K in monthly sales revenue.
•	Conceptualized, developed, and implemented a company-wide continuous improvement program serving as the site Kaizen Events Champion, coordinating quality measures and process evaluation with senior leadership to identify problem areas in workflow and production; decreased waste by 25% by employing lean manufacturing principles.
•	Trained and mentored project leaders and discipline managers to drive culture change toward total quality mindset across production continuum.

Inventory Specialist

MillEx

•	Promoted multiple times within increasing leadership responsibility in less than 12 months. Managed over 25 employees, leading staff hiring, training, development, and performance management. Tracked key department metrics, including sourcing, value analysis, inventory, and market trends.
•	Created a one-piece flow system in the Granite department that increased deliveries by 50% and decreased subcontracting expenses by 25%.
•	Implemented a Kanban inventory system while managing installation projects for the client and owner.

Purchasing Manager 

Packaging & Crating Foreman 

Granite Department Lead 

Warehouse Associate 

Bonded Filter Company, LLC

•	Supervised 15 field employees, across five teams, as part of one of the largest preventive maintenance service providers for commercials HVAC systems in the U.S.
•	Earned commendation from senior leadership for consistently leading the team in achieving 100% compliance on monthly internal and external audits 3x the company standard.

Field Service Supervisor

Experienced Operations Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation/trucking/manufacturing industry. Skilled in Lean Six Sigma, SOP Development, Continuous Improvement, Training & Development, Business Operations, Distribution Center Operations, and High-Performance Talent Recruiting. Strong operations professional in pursuit of Bachelors Degree in Operations Management emphasis in Project Management at Southern New Hampshire University.

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