Christa Bognet
Santa Monica,CA
Summary
Results-driven Consultant and Industrial Engineer with comprehensive experience improving industrial & small business operations. Uniquely qualified to apply data driven solutions to achieve complex and ambitious objectives.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
Self Employed
Santa Monica, CA
10.2018 - Current
- Develop new methods for data collection and analysis techniques
- Created and implemented action plans to improve productivity and profitability
- Advised senior management on strategic planning, financial forecasting, budgeting, operations optimization, organizational design, process reengineering.
Industrial Engineering Manager
OnTrac Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
12.2014 - 05.2017
- Led all operations engineering initiatives for the Southern CA region (8 pickup and delivery facilities and 2 hub sort operations). Created and maintained operating plans.
- Spearheaded the successful launch of a major new hub sortation facility. Redesigned network-wide sortation and transportation of packages.
- Analyzed network performance, identified opportunities for improvement in efficiency, capacity utilization, and/or service, and partnered with other departments to implement changes.
- Managed cost reduction, service improvement, and technology implementation projects.
- Saved $50,000 per month in transportation costs and improved on-time dispatches from Southern California (~85% to 95%).
Senior Planner
Baxter BioScience
Glendale, CA
03.2012 - 12.2014
- Coordinated the production of intermediate products and finished goods for a complex product line while balancing the priorities of sales demand and customer service with multiple plant capacities, constraints, and schedules
- Acted as primary liaison between global supply chain, marketing, manufacturing, and quality departments
- Improved efficiency of shipping operations for annualized savings of $750k and improved demand fulfillment
Senior Consultant
MONTICELLO CONSULTING
New York, New York
06.2010 - 09.2010
- Consulted at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch for strategic middle office change management team
- Analyzed legacy commercial paper businesses for transitioning to target platform
- Delivered project documentation including business process flows and requirements for the transition of six legal entities from legacy systems to target systems
Hub Industrial Engineer
FEDEX GROUND
Hagerstown, MD
10.2006 - 07.2009
- Improved routing logistics, resulting in 99% on time dispatch and delivery in the five state region
- Managed process improvements and technology system rollouts/upgrades in a 500 person operation and identified best practices to apply throughout the network
- Trained and mentored 30 hub managers in engineering methods
- Successfully managed 200% growth in daily volume
- Built operations models and financial analyses
- Ensured that material handling projects, staffing increases, and technology upgrades were invested in at the right time to balance operations needs and financial constraints.
Industrial Engineer
Engineering
Pittsburgh, PA
02.2005 - 10.2006
- Managed regional operations support staff and front line managers to implement engineered operating plans in 250 satellite operations, achieving yearly productivity and quality improvement goals
- Analyzed network performance data, identified service and productivity problems and created improvement plans which were supported by executive management and implemented in the field
- Created and communicated operations forecasts and plans to allocate a preload budget of $10 million dollars.
Education
M.B.A. - Finance, Economics, Operations
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
06.2011
Bachelor of Science - Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
05.2004
Skills
- Cost Analysis
- Resource Allocation
- Business Planning
- Operations Analysis
- Performance Tracking
- Process Optimization
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Change Management
Timeline
Consultant
Self Employed
10.2018 - Current
Industrial Engineering Manager
OnTrac Southern California
12.2014 - 05.2017
Senior Planner
Baxter BioScience
03.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Consultant
MONTICELLO CONSULTING
06.2010 - 09.2010
Hub Industrial Engineer
FEDEX GROUND
10.2006 - 07.2009
Industrial Engineer
Engineering
02.2005 - 10.2006
M.B.A. - Finance, Economics, Operations
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Bachelor of Science - Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY