Vestis Corporation

Senior Director of Supply Chain

Oakmont Supply Solutions

We help small to mid-size manufacturers increase margin and maximize revenue by building a solid supply chain that fuels 2X/3X digit growth.

As the leader of a small to mid-sized manufacturing business, are you challenged by:

-Creating a Sales & Operations planning process that drives real results in your business
-Supply Chain knowledge gaps within your leadership team?
-Fractional Director/VP/COO needs until you find the perfect candidate?
-Forecasting rapidly expanding product lines to avoid stock outs?
-Optimizing contract manufacturing/packaging partnerships?
-Identifying and pulling cost out levers to improve profit margin?
-Developing a supply chain strategy that customers/investors can clearly understand AND your team can execute?

We would love to partner with you!

Founder 

Gartner

Gartner Ambassador - Supply Chain

Mentor within the SKU CPG accelerator program providing guidance with emphasis on supply chain optimization, manufacturing strategy, cost reduction tactics, and transportation strategy. 

SKU is a leading consumer goods accelerator that surrounds stellar startups with mentor teams of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to accelerate smarter, faster growth.

Supply Chain & Operations Mentor/Investor

ASCM Atlanta

Board Member

Reliance Worldwide Corporation

Supported $700M in revenue with double digit growth figures by ensuring high retail fill rates through COVID-19 Pandemic.  Designed & implemented full executive S&OP routine.

Responsible for end-to-end supply chain operations including:
-Demand Planning
-Supply Planning (both manufacturing and procurement)
-International and Domestic Freight strategy
-Inventory planning
-Sales & Operations Planning
-Executive Strategy Development

Supported $700M in revenue with double digit growth figures by ensuring high retail fill rates through COVID-19 Pandemic. 

Worked endlessly to meet needs of internal and external stakeholders including vendors and clients, this role allowed me to work under pressure and implement creative problem-solving methods and professional expertise to support and grow the business. 

Key Skills: Sales & Operations Planning | Continuous Improvement | Business Process Design | Resource Management | Budget Administration | Strategic Decision-Making | Inventory Optimization | Revenue Growth | Cost-Saving | Demand Planning | Supply Planning | Transportation Strategy

Director Supply Chain Planning

Grew retail partnership from $0 to $150M account in 2 years, while maintaining consistent 98%+ fill rates.

Designed and implemented a comprehensive plan to launch 400+ products across Lowe’s stores nationwide to meet their enterprise goals. 

Awarded Lowe's Partner of the Year Award in 2018. 


Key Skills: Account Specialist | Strategic Planning | Project Coordination | Resource Administration | Process Optimization | Sales | Customer Service | Relationship Management | Product Development | Project Tracking

National Account Manager

HD Supply

Captured 10% savings ($4MM on a $40MM freight budget) by conducting a comprehensive international freight RFP.

Led HD Supply’s international logistics strategy and tactical management, budget administration, expenditure analysis, business process design, and feasibility analysis to meet and exceed profitability goals with given resources. 

Key Skills: Logistics Management | RFP Design | Budget Management | Strategic Decision-Making | Project Coordination | Resource Administration | Process Optimization | Stakeholder Management | Business Partnerships | Teamwork | Supplier Management

Senior Manager International Logistics

The Home Depot

Inventory Planning Manager

Manhattan Associates

I was responsible for supporting multiple internal and external teams on data analysis, warehouse management, and business growth projects. I also took charge of resource and inventory management and handled budget development, brand positioning, marketing, and client handling for the firm's largest client, Nike. 


Key Skills: Account Management | Budgeting | Strategic Planning | Project Coordination | Resource Administration | Business Process Optimization | Warehouse Management | Marketing | Documentation

Consultant - Warehouse Management (Open Systems)

Helping small to mid-sized manufacturers successfully grow into retail by building a solid supply chain fueling 2X/3X growth.

As the leader of a small to mid-sized manufacturing business, are you challenged by:

-Supply Chain knowledge gaps within your leadership team?
-Fractional or Interim Director/VP/COO needs until you find the perfect candidate?
-Creating a Sales & Operations planning process that drives real results in your business?
-Forecasting rapidly expanding product lines to avoid stock outs?
-Optimizing contract manufacturing/packaging partnerships?
-Identifying and pulling cost out levers to improve profit margin?
-Developing a supply chain strategy that customers/investors can clearly understand AND your team can execute?

If so, we would love to help. 

With 25+ years of combined experience, we have helped companies like Kraft-Heinz, Aramark, Tarkett, Electrolux, Nest, Tip Top Cocktails, Reliance Worldwide Corporation, Whirlpool and dozens of others build their supply chains and expand retail presence at Target, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's, HEB, Kroger as well as national distributors.  

Our specialty is building supply chain processes that increase profitability.  We have done this by improving forecast accuracy by 20%, increasing inventory turnover by 37% and saving millions of dollars in transportation costs. All while maintaining consistent retail fill rates of 98%+ using our proven process.

Want to discuss your situation? Reach out to lindsey.walker@oakmontsupplysolutions.com.

Lindsey Walker

AutoScheduler.AI

Your campus is an orchestra, AutoScheduler is the conductor. AutoScheduler accelerates existing WMS capabilities with Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration. By seamlessly integrating with existing WMS and ERP systems, AutoScheduler’s powerful yet intuitive platform helps streamline operations across your warehouse and campus facilities by providing dynamic dock scheduling, managing inventory shelf-life and reducing shortages, automating transfer shipments and facilitating cross docking, eliminating redundant/inefficient workforce allocation, and more. To learn more, visit www.autoscheduler.ai.

Chief Executive Officer

ProvisionAI

www.provisionai.com

ProvisionAI creates SaaS supply-chain solutions that smooth the flow of product from day to day on each lane while respecting network and warehouse constraints. ProvisionAI blends established supply chain technologies like linear programming with new innovations in reinforcement learning to create an optimal network deployment strategy that has not been possible until now.

Founder

SparkCognition

Work with a team of data scientists and engineers to develop the product strategy and approach to market for SparkCognition's advanced artificial intelligence platform. This role involves management of key product personnel, product roadmap planning, and client delivery management for both the IoT and Cybersecurity spaces.

The role also involves working closely with leadership teams at numerous Fortune 500 companies to drive thought leadership on how machine learning, AI, and cognitive computing can be used to solve growing problems within industry.

Director of Product Management

Product manager working with a dedicated team of developers and data scientists to create world changing algorithms and apply them to the fields of asset monitoring, financial modeling, and cyber security.  This role includes product roadmap development for both prognostics (SparkPredict) and cyber security (SparkSecure) product lines.  On a day-to-day basis, this means working closely with leadership teams at numerous Fortune 50 companies to take Big Data and solve growing problems within industry.    

From a technology standpoint, the position involves complex algorithm development with a data science team, security infrastructure integration with SIEM systems, sensor-based pattern detection, and natural language processing with the help of IBM Watson.  These are all manifested in two unique to industry product lines that are changing the face of data science and how companies can get the most out of their data.

Senior Product Manager

SoccerLords LLC

Responsible for design, web development, and all marketing activities. The site is currently under renovation, but expect an update soon!

Co-Founder

National Instruments

Responsible for the growth and development of the data acquisition product lines.  This involves hardware and software product strategy, product line management, and forecasting amongst other responsibilities.

Data Acquisition Product Marketing Manager

The purpose of the program is to create company leaders who will one day be fit for management.  In doing this, it is necessary to develop innovative solutions to software and hardware instrumentation and automation problems while creatively assessing the needs of the engineering industry.

Applications Engineer

Developed Angry Eagles demonstration for global showcase
Used LabView software to call in third party physics engine
Worked in customer service doing phone support

Intern

Shaker LaunchHouse

Helped to develop the fifteen businesses that were undertaking the seed-funding program.  At the end of the internship, helped to host an investor showcase in an attempt to raise $4 million in angel investment and venture capital funding.

Intern Associate

Goldstein Caldwell & Associates

All-Stain of Tennessee

Assistant

CEO AutoScheduler.AI | Supply Chain Technologist

Product strategist interested in impacting the world through innovation.

Focused on bringing machine learning to the supply chain, in both network optimization and warehouse orchestration.

Past director of product management at Austin's A-List startup SparkCognition, where I helped raise over $150M in venture capital, scale the company from 10 employees to over 200, and go to market with products focused in the Oil & Gas, Semiconductor, Mil-Aero, Test & Measurement, Retail, and Finance industries.

Experienced technical product manager with both hardware and software experience.  Previously a solutions developer and seed-funding small business evangelist.

Passionate about the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Data Science, Cyber Security, and bringing better technology to the world.

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