Professional Summary
Supply chain leader with successful history of creating measurable
results and large-scale change in the retail, consumer packaged goods and 3PL industries. Expertise in all areas of
logistics as well as vendor compliance, forecasting, allocation and inventory planning. Repeated success in adapting
and implementing leading-edge supply chain business processes and technology.
Koncatenate 2012
to Present
CEO
and President
Consultant working with retail
and 3PL clients to identify savings opportunities, enhance business processes and improve partnership with supply chain partners.
Have partnered with Kurt Salmon and The Progress Group to deliver value to customers.
The Ohio State University
2012 to Present
Adjunct
Faculty Member - Fisher College of Business
Teach graduate and undergraduate
courses in Transportation Management.
Big
Lots Stores, Inc. 2004
to 2012
Vice
President, Transportation Services
Responsible for oversight and strategy development for $150 million
transportation spend for the $4.5 billion retailer. Scope included inbound and outbound transportation for 7 distribution
centers and 1450 U.S. stores and 90 Canadian stores, freight payment and vendor compliance. Implemented key supply chain
technology solutions to automate and enhance business processes.
- Continuous improvement in transportation implementing systems and processes yielding $15+ million
in annual savings
- Reduced dedicated fleet
and bid out to new providers resulting in $7.5 million annual savings
- Reduced per diem/detention by $7.7 million year 1
- Manage procurement events for over $10 million in annual savings
- Implemented vendor compliance program and system - $1.5 million annualized operational offset
- Improved inbound service from 95% on time to continuous 99%+ on
time
Consultant
2004 to 2005
12 month
engagement with Big Lots focused on cross-functional business process re-design, project management and technology enhancements,
including implementation of the G-log (Oracle Transportation Management) system, corporate scorecard and training.
Metatec
2002 to 2003
Columbus,
OH
Vice President,
Supply Chain and Technology Solutions 2002 to 2003
Accountable for consulting and solution design, information systems
and technology, program management, demand management, logistics, purchasing, customer service and operations. Achievements
included the following YTD results:
- Improved
logistics service level metrics from mid 90s to 99%+
- Implemented
forecasting and inventory management, materials requirements planning and transportation management processes and systems
as well as a program management office
- 28%
reduction in cost per order shipped
- 14% Information
technology budget savings
- 7% improvement
in cost per unit assembled
- 10% operations
budget savings ($1.8 million)
- Information
systems strategic plan and timeline - successfully outsourced data center management, telecom and help desk support
- Solution design (third party logistics/IT provider) methodology
and standard operating procedures
Limited Logistics Services
2001 to 2002
Columbus,
OH
Director,
Distribution Planning 2001
to 2002
Responsible for
implementing best-practice forecasting and planning methodologies across all 9 Limited Brands ($11 Billion). Actively
partnered with JDA and E3 software providers to integrate systems applications within Limited operating practices. Led
the integration of the Allocation and Planning functions for Express, defining, and standardizing all processes, systems,
metrics and scorecard, improving the use of Allocation system, which led to Store Planner productivity improvement of 20%.
Borden, Inc. 1993
to 2001
Columbus,
OH
Vice President, Demand
Chain 2000
to 2001
Led the Demand Chain
including Forecasting, Inventory Planning, Warehousing, Transportation, Customer Service, Customer Financial Services, New
Product Information Systems, EDI, VMI, and Customer Information Services. Responsible for a $43 million annual budget
for a $600 million corporation with a total staff of 40.
- Implemented Customer Focused Teams using Business Process Redesign (BPR) methodology.
- Managed the reengineering of advanced inventory and production
planning system in five production facilities across North America.
- Managed the reimplementation of the consensus forecasting process, including on-line integration
with Field Sales force.
Director,
Demand Management
1997 to 2000
Led the supply
chain ERP team to implement the PeopleSoft system (all modules) and reengineered all business processes across Borden Foods
in eleven months. Led BFC's development, integration, and use of i2 Demand Planner forecasting software. Prior to ERP
team, was responsible for managing forecasting for Borden businesses representing $1.0 billion annual gross sales, as well
as inventory planning and deployment for the U.S. Pasta business-$330 million.
Forecasting Manager
1995 to 1997
Sales
Forecast Analyst
1993 to 1995
The Limited, Inc.
1986 to 1993
Columbus, OH
Allocation analyst to Head
Assortment Planner - Tops Division
Shillito-Rikes
1984 to 1985
Cincinnati, OH
Associate Buyer and Store Merchandising Coordinator
L.S. Ayres
1983 to 1984
Indianapolis, IN
Assistant Buyer/ Department Manager
Professional Certifications/Awards and Memberships
NASSTRAC and Logistics Management 2006 Shipper of the Year
VICS - Chair of TPAC Committee(Trading Partner Alliance and Compliance)
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (2000 - 2005 presenter, 2002 Track Chair)
RILA (2008, 2009 and 2010 speaker) Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee member
Institute of Business Forecasting
(Frequent Keynote speaker and workshop presenter)
CTL,
Certified in Transportation and Logistics, The American Society of Transportation & Logistics
Finalist for Columbus TopCAT Outstanding Woman in Technology 2006 and 2007
Education
Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI
M.S.
in Logistics - 2004, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary
Miami
University, Oxford, OH
B.A. in Sociology
1983, Alpha Kappa Delta Honorary, Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Center for Creative Leadership Development Executive Course June 2000
