Distribution Manager - Triple T Trading - Marysville, WA
(2021-03)
Oversee end-to-end warehouse and distribution operations supporting large-scale footwear and apparel distribution. Partner cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, and sales to ensure timely fulfillment and compliance with standards.
- Strategically lead receiving, warehousing, and distribution functions to increase OTD of customer orders by 13% year over year.
- Control inventory accuracy through counts, reconciliation, and variance analysis from 81.6% in 2021 to a current 98.7% in 2025 which relates to a 4.27% increase in efficiency year over year.
- Develop and implement layout changes within the DC to maintain optimal pick n pack assortment that has gained a savings of 9% in labor hours spent.
- Achieve financial targets by budgeting, analyzing variances, and optimizing labor by planning up to 30 days ahead of forecasted shipments to reduce at once labor demands by 71% in three years.
- Improve reliability and documentation through process audits and system reporting gaining a 3.7% year over year increase to our on time in full goal of ship plus 3.
Shipping Manager - Smith Gardens, Inc. - Marysville, WA
(2014-12 - 2020-06)
Directed shipping operations at a high-volume horticultural facility managing up to 36,000 shipments daily.
- Led a 150-member team in receiving, loading, packaging, palletizing, and shipping.
- Designed warehouse layout using random slotting, increasing capacity by 33%.
- Implemented SAP/WMS and Kanban systems, improving accuracy and flow.
- Achieved 98.4% on-time delivery and $210K annual labor savings.
- Reduced accident rates by 10% through safety programs and risk analysis.
Distribution Supervisor - Precor - Everett, WA
(2005-10 - 2014-12)
Managed daily distribution, logistics, and warehouse operations in a high-performance manufacturing environment.
- Designed and implemented a new warehouse layout utilizing random slotting techniques which increased actual storage capacity by 33% for the facility and allowed for increased productivity.
- Leveraged the productivity increase to drive headcount reduction in the distribution group with a net labor savings of 210k annually.
- Facilitated the investigation of safety incidents including employee accidents, property damage, compliance deviations and near misses over the course of tenure.
- Conceived and implemented a unique weekly risk analysis mechanism that reduced accident rates by 10%.
- Led the implementation of the SAP WMS module to further enhance productivity gains as well as improve inventory accuracy and thru put with the use of batch picking, and bin level inventory management resulting in a 350k improvement in annual inventory adjustments.
- Implemented a min/max inventory system with overflow capacity on raw materials to improve space utilization as well as improve production planning.
- Improved on time delivery to 98.4% annually & maintained with less than a .5% deviation.
- Implemented visual management and 5S programs to improve quality control and assist in productivity improvements.
- Senior member of the TWI initiative for DC Everett, Mexico, Vancouver, Woodinville, Moscow, Greensboro, Saarbrucken, Altenmarkt & Belleville.
