Over 20 years experience in direct to consumer Supply Chain Management and order fulfillment. Deep experience in project management, including system development and start up implementation of new highly automated distribution center for direc to consumer fulfillment, implementation of ASRS and high speed shipping sorter and shipment management systems

President and Principal Consultant at Monarch Supply Chain Management - Management Consulting industry

May 2008 – Present ( 10 months)

Provide Program/Project management services to ensure successful Supply Chain business initiatives! Provide the management services and skills to schedule and coordinate all of the moving parts and disparate stakeholders, both internal and vendors, involved in your Supply Chain initiatives. Provide unbiased oversight to our clients to ensure the success of their initiatives.

Director IT Supply Chain at The Home Depot - Public Company ; 10,001 or more employees ; Retail industry

June 2007 – April 2008 ( 11 months)

Responsible for services supporting Supply Chain systems, including infrastructure, EAI/ETL, release management and transportation systems implementation

Director IT Order Management and Warehouse management at The Home Depot
April 2006 – June 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Director Distribution Systems at QVC - Public Company ; 5001-10,000 employees ; Retail industry

April 2002 – November 2005 (3 years 8 months)

• Implemented procedures to prioritize and schedule client requests. Consisted of monthly meetings with key stakeholders to prioritize requests based on benefits to the business. Improved communications with the key stakeholders by opening the process and fairly prioritizing client requests.
• Managed outsourcing teams and requirements developing Enterprise Applications
• Develop departmental budgets ($6 - $8 million annually) for manpower, hardware and software requirements.
• Developed recruiting and training plans for staff.
• Provide oversight to all distribution development projects, including vendor relationships and contract management.

Director Distribution Systems at Spiegel - Public Company ; 5001-10,000 employees ; Retail industry

1985 – 2001 (16 years)

• Managed development project to support a new direct-to-consumer distribution center. This resulted in improved throughput and reductions in the cost to fill customer orders.
o Team size ranged up to 65 during development and testing.
• Improved systems reliability and reduced total number of problems by greater than 20% each year. Reduction in support effort allowed team to focus more time on new development.
• Manage multiple simultaneous development and support projects, including vendor relationships, to ensure business requirements achieved on schedule and within budget.
• Develop departmental budgets ($13 - $18 million annually) for manpower, hardware, software and training requirements.
• Developed recruiting and training plans for staff.
• Deliver presentations of requirements and objectives to top management, including CEO.