PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Experienced supply chain and logistics professional with expertise in supply chain design and implementation, transportation rate negotiation, inventory control, vendor supply chain audits. Additional experience includes inbound/outbound transportation arrangements, management of shipping/receiving operations, warehouse supervision, material flow analysis, and materials purchasing.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts
Master of Business Administration

EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2011 Warehouse Manager
Confidential,SC
Manufacturer of Kevlar and carbon fabrics, chemicals and products for the screen printing and medical industries.
Responsibilities include project lead for relocation of warehouse and manufacturing operations to South Carolina from domestic and foreign locations, supply chain design, set-up, and management, inventory control processes and procedures, vendor supply chain audits, inbound/outbound transportation arrangements, quality assurance processes and procedures .

• Supervised warehouse and logistics personnel.
• Designed supply chain process flows and implemented/managed logistics requirements, for warehouse and manufacturing operations.
• Implemented and managed supply chain quality assurance program. Included were inbound/outbound materials inspection, process/procedure audits, vendor performance audits, and quality control materials sampling.
• Managed warehouse facility including order fulfillment, shipping/receiving, transportation and inventory control
• Established supply chain metrics and KPIs.
• Created transportation matrices that provided access to rates, routes and transit times.

2008 – 2010 Inventory Systems Manager
Confidential,Greenville, SC
Designer, manufacturer and installer of custom grocery store interiors.
Inventory Systems Manager
Responsibilities included project management, inventory management, supply chain process improvement, vendor onsite audits, material resource planning, order fulfillment, inventory systems design and implementation, warehouse layouts, return goods disposition management.

• Project manager for designing, implementing and managing an automated warehouse management system. Improved inventory accuracy, reduced damages, and improved warehouse efficiency.
• Project lead for logistics department and vendor on time delivery improvements. Goals achieved to better track manufacturing work flow, improve vendor performance standards, and capture more accurate warehouse inventory and raw materials consumption for logistics and procurement.
• Performed cost analysis on raw material inventory flow, manufacturing raw material consumption, and finished goods inventory. Data were used to assist purchasing and manufacturing departments.
• Reorganized finished goods warehouse operations. Assigned inventory locations, wrote warehouse processes and procedures, made shipping/receiving operations more efficient.
• Implemented cycle counts. Information gathered improved inventory accuracy and provided

production planning with more accurate information.

• Responsible for implementing and managing vendor KPI tracking system. Data

collected provided management with updated and accurate information regarding vendor
performance, service level agreements, on time delivery, cargo claim tracking, root cause
analysis and corrective actions

2001 – 2008 Senior Operations Manager
Confidential,Greer, SC
Third Party Logistics Provider for the automotive manufacturing industry.
Senior Operations Supervisor
Responsibilities included inbound/outbound shipping, import/export operations, production planning,
material putaway/picking operations, warehouse operations, inventory management, quality assurance, warehouse Inventory, vendor relations, transportation rate and job costing negotiations.

• Wrote procedures for and implemented vendor quality inspection processes.
• Project team lead in China with TNT Logistics and Shanghai Automotive Group. Responsible for supply chain design, set-.up and initial operation, development of a new logistics center and production line side parts delivery system.
• Developed inventory management system to including First In First Out and aging inventory

tracking. Inventory accuracy improved to 98%.

• Reviewed warehouse space utilization requirements with logistics and manufacturing to ensure maximum capacity levels were maintained
• Worked with suppliers to improve supply chain efficiency. Established KPIs and performance

standards. Performed on site audits at vendor facilities.

• Implemented shipping/receiving dock metrics for Just In Time deliveries. Improved accuracy,

productivity and reduced damages.

• Researched vendor line side delivery performance issues, performed root cause analysis to

determine reason for the problem. Presented findings to customer for resolution. Wrote
corrective actions when necessary.

• Presented long and short term business evaluation and recommendations for improvement of

supply chain and logistics support.

• Reviewed material flow parameters such as order quantity, lot size, cycle frequency, replenishment interval, and recommended appropriate levels to support the business/customer requirements.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS:
SAP, MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio and Project, Witron Warehouse Management System (WMS)