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Colby Meyer

Cortland,OR

Summary

Co-founder and VP of Logistics and Supply Chain Operations at Xpres Solutions, the largest medical device final mile supply chain logistic company in the Pacific Northwest. Led the development and implementation of logistics and supply chain solutions that helped Xpres Solutions become the largest medical device final mile supply chain logistic company in the Pacific Northwest. Led and built supply chain teams for global Fortune 100 companies that have led to billions of dollars in medical device sales. Brought to market two of the very first SaaS TMS E-Commerce small parcel shipping platforms that help small businesses reduce their shipping costs. Expert in supply chain innovation and route optimization, with a proven track record of developing and implementing successful projects. Developed a process of how to efficiently optimize the network mapping for companies and streamlined their logistics to become more efficient and created cost savings. Currently am the project manager that has created and have started implementing a global optimized network map for all supply chain and logistic needs for a Fortune 100 company and will create over 10 million dollars in savings annually.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Global Freight & Logistic Specialist

Stryker Corp
01.2022 - Current
  • I currently help manage all of the international air and ocean freight for Stryker Corp.
  • I developed and put in place new processes that streamline our supply chain while cutting cost.
  • Creating mind maps and SOPs for different groups.
  • Support and create KPIs for the business using Excel, tableau and other platforms.

Spine Logistics Supply Chain Manager

Stryker Corp
01.2001 - 07.2022
  • Manage all the supply chain processes for Stryker in their Oregon Spine division
  • I handled all day-to-day operations for this division and handled the day-to-day logistics of getting supplies to the hospital for surgeries to be performed.

General Manager

American Medical Concepts
04.2019 - 12.2021
  • Was one of the largest medical device distributorships in the US
  • Of Supply Chain Operations
  • I managed more than 40 people throughout our warehouse and head office for a 200-million-dollar medical device supply chain company
  • We are constantly trying to be innovative and improve our processes and teaching our employees new skills with technologies while showing each other where we can improve, to become as efficient as possible.

Xpres Solutions
05.2010 - 04.2019
  • Was the largest medical device final mile supply chain logistic company in the pacific northwest
  • VP of Logistics and Supply Chain Operations and Co-founder
  • Helped start the largest medical device logistic company in Oregon and Washington, I created the routing systems and deployed procedures and processes to deliver medical supplies to over 150,000 successful surgeries
  • I oversaw and managed all operations making them run as efficiently as possible, I learned multiple management tools to manage my staff and was able to streamline many daily, weekly tasks
  • I was the main point of contact for all our drivers on the road, day, or night
  • Trouble shooting any issues that may arise on the road, within the vehicle, scheduling, etc
  • I was the contact person for the entire company, clients, employees, upper management.

Education

Course work in Business Administration -

Clackamas Community College
Clackamas, OR
2011

Business Administration - undefined

Pearl River Community College
Hattiesburg, MS
2010

High School Diploma -

Newton County High School
Decatur, MS
2008

Skills

    • Expert with Microsoft Excel Blockchain software technologies
    • Project management SQL
    • Software engineering Supply chain management
    • Global logistics Data analytics
    • Final mile logistics Purchasing B2B
    • TMS Systems Product Management
      • Logistic & supply chain consulting Inventory control
      • Expert at problem-solving in ambiguous situations Freight logistics
      • Microsoft Office Business development
      • Ai Prompt Engineering Leadership
      • Budget Planning and Analysis
      • Fleet Dispatching

Accomplishments

  • Successfully started the largest final mile logistic company in the pacific northwest that made over 200,000 successful deliveries for surgeries that generated over two billion dollars
  • Was the project manager to help come up with a process and implement new technologies to streamline the supply chain processes for one of the largest medical device distributors in the US
  • Started and helped develop two of the first SaaS TMS E-Commerce small parcel shipping platforms that help small businesses reduce their shipping costs and provides solutions to their supply chain needs.

Timeline

Global Freight & Logistic Specialist

Stryker Corp
01.2022 - Current

General Manager

American Medical Concepts
04.2019 - 12.2021

Xpres Solutions
05.2010 - 04.2019

Spine Logistics Supply Chain Manager

Stryker Corp
01.2001 - 07.2022

Course work in Business Administration -

Clackamas Community College

Business Administration - undefined

Pearl River Community College

High School Diploma -

Newton County High School
Colby Meyer