Experience

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  Würth Timberline Fasteners

  • Regional Operations Manager

    • Oct 2019 - Present

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  Wurth Service Supply

  • United States
  • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Operations/ SAP Project Manager

    • Apr 2016 - Present

  • Operations Project Lead

    • Jan 2015 - Present

    • Responsible for coordinating and completing projects to improve company operations and logistics, as well as reduce costs t• Work with Regional Operations and Business Managers to identify opportunities for efficiency gains in our 15 regional facilities• Meet with project launch and implementation teams during new customer launches from DC to identify gaps in processes provide solutions• Develop, track, document, and lead detailed project plans with action items and responsible individuals/departments through all stages • Coordinate meetings and follow up to drive projects to completions across all necessary departments• Work with Regional Operations and DC on enhancements to better service our customers • Develop current state/future state plan for 140,000 sq foot DC with milestones• Hold weekly CIR’s at DC to review all processes both physically and systematically to ensure maximum productivity• SAP Logistics implementation project lead• Define logistics processes for how company will operate in SAP• Part of branch audit team to identify areas of improvements for existing branches by though entire business review and analysis of P/L statement • Working directly with operations team to optimize our supply chain through restructuring of current DC and branch network • Improving warehouse processes that lead to 30% increase in productivity

  • Freight/Logistics Analyst

    • Mar 2013 - Present

    • Directly oversee logistics for both international and domestic freight• Work directly with freight forwarders for international and domestic freight to consolidate shipments• Invited to present future vision and goals at North American Logistics Conference for the Würth Group• Develop innovative and creative ways to consolidate inbound and outbound freight• Organize all inbound and outbound freight for 5.5 million dollar distribution center and 15 branches• Implementing multi-dimensional freight consolidation project for both international and domestic shipments leading to over 1 million dollars in cost savings• Focus on increasing lead time and visibility to purchasing and customer service departments on all shipments• Established weekly and monthly schedules of truckload lanes for a 30% cost reduction• Created an internet based inbound shipping portal and standard packaging guidelines to promote vendor compliance with company policies• Negotiated domestic and international rates with UPS and FedEx• Directly oversee air/sea international shipments of 3 million dollars annually and domestic shipments of 5.5 million dollars annually• Involved in monitoring all modes of freight transportation – road/sea/air/intermodal• Achieved six month goal of negotiating 500,000 dollars in cost savings• Developed SOP’s for expedite shipments and standard shipments• Teamed with the purchasing department to develop a process to reduce the need for expedite shipments• Run weekly and monthly freight reports to track cost savings and progress

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  Wurth Logistics USA Inc.

  • Greenwood, Indiana

  • Project Manager

    • Mar 2018 - Oct 2019
    • Greenwood, Indiana

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  Wurth Industry North America

  • Indianapolis, Indiana Area

  • Warehouse Supervisor

    • Apr 2011 - Feb 2013
    • Indianapolis, Indiana Area

    • Trained in Germany in order to implement SAP in USA• Oversaw Implementation of SAP WM Module for CDC• First Implementation of SAP in USA for Würth• Integral part of team selected to set up and reconfigure Richfield, WI warehouse (70,000 sq ft plus)• Design processes and procedures for shipping, receiving, picking, stock management, inventory (cycle counts) and return policies--both physically and systematically• Created emergency plan for two external warehouses when space was maxed out in main warehouse• Oversaw main warehouse and satellite warehouses• Shipping averaged 1 million per month, over five million in inventory• Oversaw receipt of 350 containers in 2012• 800 SKUs plus special items• Directly involved in import process from Asia and Germany• Oversaw move and consolidation of three warehouses from Richfield to Indianapolis, managed both Richfield and Indianapolis warehouses for 9 months during move.• Set up all aspects of new Indianapolis warehouse and coordinated full move from Richfield to Indianapolis• Inter-company distribution center for 60 branches of Würth in U.S.• Warehouse Supervisor Duties--Supply Management, Forklift, Facility Maintenance• Directly involved in set up of original business model for CDC--mission statement, vision statement, goals/milestones• Directly involved in hiring process for all warehouse employees• Provide training for all warehouse employees• Track and report warehouse statistics• Work directly with customer service, accounting and purchasing departments.

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  Wurth Adams

  • Inventory Manager

    • Jun 2010 - Apr 2011

    • Managed fastener inventory levels for six major accounts, • Traveled to individual accounts daily to take orders, restock inventory and address any other issues

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  Regina USA

  • Shipping and Receiving Lead

    • Oct 2008 - May 2010

    • Facilitated the relocation of a two-million dollar warehouse inventory move from Maryland to Wisconsin while maintaining customer satisfaction by providing on time shipments while in transition• Managed the shipping department in Wisconsin that averages two-million dollars in monthly outbound shipments.• Increased on time shipments from 70 percent to 98 percent over the course of two months and decreased damage to customer products by co-instituting new packaging requirements.• Orchestrated vendor negotiations that have led to a five percent decrease in shipping expenses.• Contributed to inventory accuracy by constant monitoring, database management, cycle counting and maintenance of products.• Aided in the oversight and handling of product inventory for all phases of production• Assisted in various aspects of warehousing including production and quality control