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Jeffrey Stone

Simpsonville

Summary

Energetic Warehouse Operations leader ready to increase distribution efficiency and decrease operational costs. Seasoned Manager with over 20 years of experience in end-to-end product fulfillment, distribution and inventory management. Promoted for leading warehouse team through multiple system changes, mergers, and product releases, recognized by leaders for execution prowess and delivery against financial targets.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager Global Logistics

NuVasive
01.2022 - Current
  • Leader of 5 locations around the country in high density markets
  • The 5 locations support over 300 million in revenue of the company’s 1.4 million overall and logistic support
  • The 5 locations move over 500 sets each a day to cover surgeries in our high-density markets
  • Leads a team of 6 direct reports with a total org of 42
  • The teams store, test and deliver durable medical equipment to hospitals to cover surgeries
  • We provide 24/7 sales support for emergency situations
  • Currently utilizing Lean Six Sigma Green Belt tools to standardize operations across all 5 locations
  • This will allow the company to stand up operation as we open new markets around the country
  • Worked closely with quality to ensure locations meet all FDA requirements and teams are trained and documented
  • Work closely with Commercial leadership to have correct equipment in locations and move low moving inventory back to the main distribution center in Memphis
  • Established budgets with finance for each location to help leaders manage their business.

Operations Manager

TTI Floorcare Division
06.2021 - 05.2022
  • Led the efforts to stand up a 1.4ml square foot Distribution center for the floorcare division of TTI industries
  • Consolidating three other facilities around the country into one
  • Responsible for 110 team members across 3 shifts
  • Led three shifts for all inbound and outbound operations
  • Working to standardize all processes across all shifts within the ERP system
  • Worked closely with the team to set up inbound to outbound cross docking for our largest customers
  • We increased our full truck loads out the door from 30 per day to 56 per day
  • Worked closely with our vendor to set up small parcel area shipping operations.

Senior Manager National Loaner Program

Stryker Orthopaedics
05.2015 - 05.2021
  • By controlling costs, the 2020-year budget the National Loaner team was favorable to budget by $700k
  • Instrumental in ensuring on time distribution and support of 30 million dollars of new sales in 2019 Managed overall shipment execution of over 12,000 surgeries per month: requiring 6000 surgical sets per month, with 24/7 communication supporting Stryker sales and ultimately surgeons and patients
  • Recognized by Branch Network as Best in Company Inventory Accuracy at both east and west locations 99.97% out of 120 locations
  • Leader of two geographically dispersed teams totaling 25 resources, on the East and West coast
  • Critical functions include receiving, storing, testing and shipping durable medical equipment products and materials, providing 24/7 support to Sales
  • Achieved operational excellence recognition for navigating through the relaunch of RFID technology
  • Key milestone was Running multiple tables within tight quarters
  • This enabled us to roll out to 120 locations
  • Utilized Lean Six Sigma Green Belt tools to streamline set storage capacity processes and eliminate waste which resulted in efficiency gains
  • Two Field Replenishment centers opened for end-of-life products in 2019 with E&O savings of $600k and no headcount increase
  • Top 10 rated Manager in the corporation in the yearly Gallup survey by my teams.

Senior Manager Distribution

NuVasive
05.2011 - 01.2015
  • Leader in ensuring on time distribution and support of 17 million dollars of new sales in 2014 Managed overall shipment execution of over 100 surgeries per month: requiring 450, surgical sets per month, with 24/7 communication supporting NuVasive sales and ultimately, surgeons and patients
  • Recognized by NJ Depot as Best in Company Inventory Accuracy at 99.97% Leads a team of 3 focused on receiving, storing, testing, and shipping of durable medical equipment products and materials, providing 24/7 support to Sales
  • Achieved operational excellence recognition for navigating through multiple obstacles related to system upgrade and resources, ensuring effective warehouse and distribution operations
  • Led project team in centralization of dispatch to Memphis and developed and implemented processes
  • Worked closely with corporate talent specialists and hiring managers to post open positions and interview candidates
  • Developed and implemented plans for facility modification including equipment purchases
  • Prepared and presented departmental budgets and managed to that budget
  • Coached Managers on written performance improvement plans, ensuring steps to be taken are relevant to the areas of improvement and attainability for the employee
  • Support managers in delivering improvement plans and other verbal and written warnings.

Distribution Manager

EBI/Biomet
04.2001 - 05.2011
  • Executed $300 million dollars of finished goods shipments and loaner shipments - Created a 'One piece throughput' process improvement - This increased the loader kit output from 15 kits a day to 39 kits per day - 50% increase to production and availability per month and allowed for deployment of personnel
  • Launched $29 million dollars’ worth of Spine and Trauma kits enabling field sales to meet customer demand
  • Managed and coached 3 supervisors and 27 warehouse personnel
  • Created and drove mailbox picking process which increased performance from 1.16 lines per minute to 1.41 lines per minute, improving productivity by 25%, yielding a $100K savings
  • Developed key performance indicators to measure both warehouse and individual performance levels
  • Provided day to day oversight of organizational effectiveness of the team including: promotions, hiring, termination and performance reviews of staff of 22
  • Responsible for $300 million of both field and internal inventory
  • Direct responsibility for field auditors, finished goods, loaner department, loaner auto group and the forecasting group
  • Coordinated staff wide effort to count field inventory in order to present full value to new owners by end of year deadline while managing competing priorities successfully
  • Re-created inventory reporting after major system conversion to allow the firm to get back on track with reporting
  • Managed team of 3 auditors
  • Improved system problem by application of loaner late fees to non-compliant sales representatives
  • Improved process by creating loaner order group to better track surgical trays
  • Established quotas for kits in the loaner area to improve production
  • Developed monthly reports for upper management with inventory results
  • Executed first time inventories for 120 territories within one year timeframe, as well as follow-up audits as required by Finance Department
  • Increased inventory accuracy from 85% to 95% by building strong relationships with sales force
  • Conducted 57 audits in field for account representative accuracy
  • Appointed to Team Lead as consulting liaison with Ernst and Young
  • Presented management reports containing processed inventory counts and published variances for executive summary information.

Education

High School Diploma -

Lenape Valley Regional High School
Stanhope, New Jersey

Interaction Management -

Biomet University
Parsippany, New Jersey

Skills

  • MS Office: Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Budget Oversight
  • Strategic Planning
  • Partnership Development
  • Reporting Oversight
  • Talent Development
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Property Storage Management
  • Logistics Operations Management
  • Operations Planning
  • Logistics Support Services
  • Warehousing Functions
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Change Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Team Leadership

Timeline

Senior Manager Global Logistics

NuVasive
01.2022 - Current

Operations Manager

TTI Floorcare Division
06.2021 - 05.2022

Senior Manager National Loaner Program

Stryker Orthopaedics
05.2015 - 05.2021

Senior Manager Distribution

NuVasive
05.2011 - 01.2015

Distribution Manager

EBI/Biomet
04.2001 - 05.2011

High School Diploma -

Lenape Valley Regional High School

Interaction Management -

Biomet University

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