Erez Levy: Regional Transportation Manager in Chino Hills, CA

Member of the Transportation Operations center, support six fulfillments centers in California on inbound and warehouse transfers. Assist transportations issues with the local carriers and vendors. Coordinate between transportation and fulfillment centers. Develop and implement new projects that reduce cost and improve efficiency. Local support for IT with software implementations. Gained the trust of FC management teams by focusing on their goals. • Lead a project on loading intermodal containers which is going to reduce safety risks, damages during unloading, and projected to reduce CPU by an estimate 7%. • Introduced a new compliance program to improve the outbound loads from fulfillment centers to Sort Centers. Program reduce damages and efficiency at the sort centers. • Launched yard management system in three fulfillment centers. Trained dock associates and security officers on how to use a new software. • Contributed to the overall improvement of trailer utilization at ONT8 (Moreno Valley). Utilization improved from 25.24% in January to 41.62% in April.

Direct outbound logistics for Precor manufactured equipment and inbound/outbound logistics of finished goods sourced from Asia. Negotiate pricing with carriers, develop routes and services. Coordinate between customers, sales representatives and installers to ensure timely and safe installations at customer locations. Develop and manage logistics and related capital budget; hire, train and develop team members. • Led project on development of new packaging solution which is projected to save $1.25M in export freight over five years and increase container revenue from average of $40K to ~$80K per container. • Improved year-over-year on-time order completion and shipping, achieving 94.1% in 2013; reduced damages +85% by introducing “white glove services;” reduced lead time from six weeks to four weeks. • Led three Kaizen events as Lean Trainer, reducing costs while improving processes; introduced 5S daily program in department that was adopted across other departments. • Established a safe working environment achieving zero incidents since 2009.

Oversaw all inbound and outbound merchandise, facility and equipment maintenance, budget administration, and employee hiring and training. Held oversight for annual physical inventory. Negotiated contracts with trucking and parcel companies. Reported to Vice President Operations; managed team of 40+. • Elevated team morale by infusing a culture of “ownership,” reducing turnover form 25% to 5%. • Instituted process that slashed overtime 70% and improved productivity 27%; achieved zero safety incidents in 2006; attained 98% on customer satisfaction survey. • Reversed four years of costs exceeding budget to 2.75% under budget in first year with second year projected to achieve record savings. • Orchestrated company’s most successful physical inventory; reduced from two days to one with 23% less shrinkage than prior year by implementing cycle count program.