Health & Fitness

Director – Operations & Distribution

Marketing & Sales

A highly accomplished Supply Chain Leader with a uniquely diverse career spanning manufacturing, supply chain, finance, sales operations, and corporate strategy; with a consistent track record of superior performance within highly competitive consumer packaged goods organizations. A distinguished, innovative, analytical leader with a strong bias for action, delivering exceptional organizational talent development, supreme service and quality, and delivering bottom line growth.

The 9th largest and fastest growing US wine provider selling 8.5M cases of wine with gross revenue of approximately $350M annually (high mix, medium velocity)

Direct oversight of fulfillment, distribution/warehousing, transportation, logistics, and packaging (finished goods & special services), inclusive of all inventory controls, assemble to order production scheduling, and customer fulfillment for US, Canada, and export; supporting a multiple site network throughput of 8.5M cases 

?	Improved customer lead time performance by 22% by removing order process waste
?	Led CI/Lean transformation across supply chain to improve work processes and team engagement
?	Developed packaging and logistics operation strategies and 5 year roadmap to align capital investment with capability improvements for service, quality, flexibility, and profitability ($3.5M savings)
?	Vertically integrated made to order packaging solutions, leading to cost avoidance of $200k and creation of profit center providing services to other wineries
?	Improved product segmentation balance through effective S&OP processes 
?	Saved $400k vs. $7M budget across distribution, transportation, and freight spend
?	Developed transportation strategy for plant manufacturing to distribution center flow, leading to cost avoidance $3M and improved production lead time
?	Successfully launched comprehensive inventory control program for all direct and most indirect materials.  Delivered 99.998% inventory accuracy across warehouse network (approx. 700k sq/ft & 2.5M cases)

Start-up international premium bottled water company, based in Iceland and distributed world-wide, selling 900k cases and gross revenue of approximately $10M annually

Led Sales Operations and Finance for Americas, inclusive of managing partnerships with 3PL and co-packer entities.  Very hands on, start-up, entrepreneurial, environment.

?	Implemented end to end supply chain improvements, strengthening demand forecast (error reduction of 6%), and reducing inventory to 49 day supply (from 58) through development of S&OP cycle.  
?	Led strategic deployment of new packaging launch, developing timeline with execution plan, targeting specific markets and channels in line with retail shelf reset timing  
?	Built annual operating and strategic planning processes to capture accurate spend through accounting system and bring visibility to gross to net revenue gaps
?	Developed and executed pricing strategy for national chain and on-premise channels, reducing slotting fees, rebates, and providing more consistent margin across all skus.
?	Led strong cost improvements through contract negotiations with import, 3PL, and carrier partners ($0.65 logistics cost per case improvement)
?	Collaborated closely with 3PL partner to improve order readiness and decrease inventory out of stocks.

Director – Operations & Finance

World’s largest event rental company with 36 domestic operating units and gross revenue of approximately $350M

Director – Operations & Procurement
Leader of Sales Operations, inventory management and procurement for two Northern CA operating unit with combined gross revenue of $9M and approximately 130 non-union team members
?	Implemented weekly transportation and materials sharing initiative for Northern CA region (4 operating units), improving asset utilization by 28% and reducing out of stock performance by 25%
?	Headed Lean pilot for production resulting in improved inventory readiness lead time, inventory accuracy, built in quality processes, and strengthened culture
?	Created strategy for organizational infrastructure and team member development leading to training modules and career progression paths
?	Developed long term strategy and tactical materials plan, through purchasing or manufacturing, developing standard work for materials set up with multi-level BOMs and life cycle management
?	Directed labor improvement of $200k through crewing model implementation and manager development.
?	Turned around safety performance from 9 injuries in first year to nearly 500 days injury free

Director – Operations & Procurement

Fortune 50 consumer snack foods giant with gross revenue of approximately $11.5B and 50k employees

Sales Operations & Distribution/Fulfillment Manager (2005 - 2008)
Directed distribution and inventory control for flagship operations (100 team members, union & non-union), providing DSD order fulfillment to Northern CA region retail markets, delivering 1M cases annually (big box, large, and small format)
?	Successfully directed company’s first West Division direct to consumer initiative (Snacks2U/e-commerce) using Fed-Ex Web Service Portal
?	Directed cross dock, single unit (bag) go to market initiative (pre-pick) for greater Merced, CA retail market from Manteca, CA distribution center.  Largest and most complex single source geographic coverage in CA, servicing approximately 6,500 retail locations
?	Consistently led region in shipment accuracy, delivery conformance, cost management, labor efficiency, employee retention, and safety performance
?	Developed region’s first Sales Operations Level 3 high performing team; awarded “DC of the Year”

Labor & Organizational Development Manager (2006-2008)
Managed region’s team development program which involved training leaders communication and facilitation skills, identify and address training gaps, institutionalizing best practices, and implementing new technology
?	Led re-slotting and inventory placement to drive productivity, increased turns and reduce waste
?	Trained over 200 team members problem solving skills, value stream mapping, and Lean/CI culture
?	Successfully implemented voice pick technology in 12 distribution and manufacturing centers
?	Led 4.6% labor efficiency improvement ($500k savings to budget) through Lean/CI culture development and applying best practices and increasing employee engagement
?	Created first of a kind Northern CA CI Leader Summit where leaders from varying levels of organization were brought together to develop regional strategies and share best practices

HR Recruitment & Retention Management (2004 - 2005)
Led retention and recruitment efforts for 11 regional distribution centers with focus on retaining talent and prevention of union organization activity
?	Devised new employee orientation, training, mentorship, and team building systems
?	Contributed to job leveling initiative, improving compensation process, and implementing high performance team culture
?	Directed forum for management group to identify cultural improvements
?	Led retention improvement 25% in 2004 through referral and mentorship program development.  

Supply Chain Strategy & DSD Project Management (2000-2004)
Project Management role leading new DSD implementations across western division manufacturing and distribution facilities (30+ facilities).  
?	Headed WMS implementations for Oracle and SAP enterprise systems
?	Directed pick by lights and voice pick implementation for western division distribution centers
?	Project Manager for 11 DCs, included RF implementation, racking and space planning, employee welfare, new production lines and tenant improvements
?	Devised and managed capital budget for Northern CA

Plant Manufacturing (various roles) (1997 – 2000)

Sales Operations & Distribution/Fulfillment Manager

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Michael Maya: Director – Operations & Distribution in San Diego, CA

Michael Maya