Colbi Sirmons

Supervised over 60 employees in a start-up building who operated rolling stock equipment and/or automated equipment. Monitored daily shipping, handling, and receiving to promote smooth operations within the warehouse.

• Managed day-to-day logistics operations, monitoring incoming deliveries, and overseeing 4 inbound/outbound receiving clerks, 60 unloaders, 20 checkers, and 3 supervisors.
• Handled departmental scheduling to maintain proper staffing for shifts.
• Examined expenditures to develop plans and budgets for increasing profits or improving services.
• Monitored product import or export processes to verify compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.
• Restructured warehouse picking locations and reserved slots to achieve maximum employee productivity by conducting vendor capability and suitability assessments.
• Partnered with leadership team to resolve order management challenges, safety or regulatory issues.

Key Contributions:

• Demonstrated personal leadership, accountability, and organizational skills with a proven ability to operate independently by evaluating, and selecting vendors to meet internal business needs, managing sourcing processes,and completing necessary documentation including RFQs, RFIs, and RFPs.
• Conducted annual employee reviews and merit in increased evaluations from provided formal supervision to individual employees.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of standard supply chain practices across the organizational network, including WMS and YMS reporting, scope of responsibilities, and key work practices.

Managed supply chain operations for a global aerospace and defense government inventory valued at $50M+ by integrating supply chain strategies with sales, production, and other internal departments to maximize efficiency.

• Identified and rolled out both short- and long-term supply chain plans while optimizing procedures to decrease annual expenses.
• Implemented communication channels with customers and vendors by providing technical expertise and provisioning solutions for quality items that improved operational and material availability.
• Capitalized on opportunities to make significant cost savings to areas of supplies, services, and capital requirements when optimizing resource management for group purchasing organization (GPO) service line directors.
• Demonstrated on-time and under-budget project management on complex material handling, mail distribution, FIFO stock rotations, and inventory control issues for senior leadership to maximize profits.
• Reviewed existing company contracts, negotiated contract terms, and revisions with vendors.
• Developed KPI tracking to effectively measure, evaluate, and compare essential factors such as the cost and quality of different products.

Key Contributions:

• Delivered excellent customer service by working independently to research, craft, and standardize written responses to complex inquiries.
• Cutting overhead costs and contributing to the company meeting all set annual financial goals at $5M in sales, $700M in operational earnings, and $160M in cash earnings.
• Monitored complex ordering systems by implementing fast-tracking procurement systems decreasing supply turnaround time by 20%.

Directed, planned, coordinated, evaluated, and performed warehouse inventory management functions for the U.S. Army organization. Inspected government equipment stocks worth $7M. Scheduled, assigned tasks, and oversaw performance of eight Warehouse Specialists at Fort Hood, TX and six Warehouse Specialists at Fort Stewart, GA.

• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions, and meet deadlines.
• Identified supply chain metrics through forecast variance, total spending, and cost savings.
• Led strategic supply chain projects and programs that drove costs savings that supports network optimization.
• Tracked RFP performance and made recommendations to management for changes to products and policies.
• Handled procurement, logistics, and recordkeeping to facilitate and enhance company operations using Task Order Status Reporting (TOSRs) that provided information for total incurred hours by month, labor category, and charge codes.

Key Contributions:

• Achieved $900K in cost savings within two years by using data collection and survey reporting methods to monitor performance involving internal (CPS) & external suppliers.
• Single-handedly resolved 10+ property book discrepancies while maintaining 100% accountability for equipment worth $4.5M.
• Developed and managed Return Materials Authorization (RMA) processes by ensuring customer returns, exchanges, service, and repairs were completed efficiently and in a timely manner.

Led management of warehouse operations for inventory valued at $70M. Coordinated procedures for shipping, receiving, storing, and issuing supplies by communicating equipment dispatch schedules to stakeholders and supervisors.

• Verified ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to conform with governmental regulations using stock records and reports.
• Negotiated contracts with outside providers to minimize costs to company and customers.
• Explained proposed solutions to customers and management through oral presentations and written proposals.

Key Contributions:

• Achieved zero inventory discrepancies and 100% accurate inventories for 4K+ lines of equipment using a SAP-based ERP Global Combat Support System and expert knowledge of regulations and inventory operations valued at $20M.
• Improved logistics processes by supervised inventories logged 480+ hours of work to identify, prioritize, and rectify supply shortages, maintenance plans, and budget administration for warehouse operations.
• Cut inventory discrepancies by 50% by researching and determining the most effective process adjustments. Minimized shipment costs and issues, identified cost-effective shipment methods; rejected deliveries containing damaged items or shortages, and managed inventory records.