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Vice President Operations @ Get Fresh Produce Executive Leader of an industry leading, family operated food distribution company. Working alongside over 450 tremendously talented team members to deliver amazing service and the best quality products available in the Midwest.Duties include overseeing the strategic and daily operations in distribution, transportation, logistics, production and safety for three divisions. Bartlett, IllinoisDirector, Continuous Improvement @ Acklands-Grainger Reported to President, Canada, with P & L responsibility for productivity & cost control of $285M annualized operational expense budget within Canadian operations for over 150 branch locations and 5 distribution centers.Improved contribution margin by 400bps by leading one of the company’s top growth and productivity initiatives through developing a new go to market strategy, installing new technology, changing organizational structure, and defining customer centric performance measures to drive results in cost and service.Led an internationally based senior management team (7) in developing and executing national strategy for supply chain and distribution operational processes improvement.Increased productivity by $20 million documented savings through process improvement methods for domestic and international businesses. (Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, A3 Workshops)Developed and managed corporate wide implementation processes for deploying process and services to service and sales operations. From September 2012 to June 2015 (2 years 10 months) Richmond Hill, ON, CASenior Continuous Improvement Manager @ Grainger Reported to the Vice President, Continuous Improvement, with responsibility for development, deployment and sustainability of 5 national processes for supply chain and operations to over 400 locations that contributed to over $40M in hard cost savings.Facilitated corporate strategy development and operating reviews with Executive Leadership team to define and operate the 1 and 5 year range forecasts Coached company board and executive leaders on execution of Continuous Improvement methods and leadership competencies.Awarded twice the Grainger National Support Team Member Award for accomplishments in improving customer service within Grainger. From January 2008 to September 2012 (4 years 9 months) Regional Continuous Improvement Manager @ Grainger Manage planning and implementation of lean standardized work processes to 85 facilities.Led National Branch Business Excellence team to develop new strategy to assess branch operational processes and mitigate compliance risk. Reduced assessment time required by 80% ($253K) and reduced Travel and Expense Requirement by 50% ($65K)Coach and train regional leadership lean methodologies and tools, including A3 Project Management From October 2007 to 2008 (1 year) Business Systems Analyst @ Grainger Reported to the Vice President, Operations, with Project Leader responsibility for development and implementing process change leading to 40% increase in sales leads generation network wide leading to $120 mil incremental sales in 2007Agile Scrum and Change management communications for system process improvements and break fix activitiesCoordinate with Business Operations Leaders to develop, document and implement process improvementsProject Leader responsible for training development and implementing process change leading to 40% increase in sales leads generation network wide leading to $120 mil incremental sales in 2007Change management communications for system process improvements and break fix activities From January 2006 to October 2007 (1 year 10 months) Customer Service Manager @ Grainger Reported to the District Branch Services Manger, with P & L responsibility for $22M in Wholesale B2B four wall operationsDistrict Leader for implementation and operation of SAP WMS module to 17 branch locations throughout Chicago.Managed daily operations for over 28 team members for responsibilities that encompassed wholesale counter sales, customer service phone center, inventory accuracy/maintenance, customer service levels, and day to day operations for $22 mil in annual sales facility.Developed and promoted internally 3 direct reports to Customer Service Manager for other Grainger branches. From 2003 to August 2006 (3 years) SAP Trainer @ Grainger Authored and developed course concepts and objectives for network SAP implementation.Worked as liaison between operations and ERP process team to develop business processes and policies. From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) National Account Manager @ Waste Management, Inc. Sales and Marketing growth responsibilities for over $2.5 million in annual sales.Responsible for establishing marketing strategies and managing execution of planned objectives.Coordinate and mentor inside/outside sales representatives and customer service associates in daily functions.Responsible for managing customer service and sales operations for centralized waste disposal.Clients included Wal Mart, Kmart, Penske, Food Lion, and Blockbuster From August 1997 to August 1999 (2 years 1 month)