Jason Lu
Clark,NJ
Summary
Logistics & Supply Chain Executive with 15+ years of experience owning end-to-end transportation, fulfillment, and P&L across Amazon, HelloFresh, and Bloomberg. Delivered 20% freight cost reductions, $6M+ in savings, and scaled networks to 450K+ weekly shipments through technology-enabled transformation and disciplined execution.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cofounder
1031 Consulting
Philadelphia, PA
05.2024 - 11.2025
- Advised on strategic roadmap and carrier negotiations, enhancing logistics for large events.
- Optimized network operations to lower costs while preserving customer experience.
- Formulated import and export strategies ensuring compliance, minimizing legal and tax risks.
- Created strategic consulting frameworks to boost client operational efficiency.
Head of Americas Logistics
Bloomberg LP
New York, NY
05.2019 - 02.2024
- Transformed global logistics into a world-class supply chain through strategic initiatives, emphasizing customer-centric processes and technology adoption.
- Developed and executed comprehensive vision and strategic roadmap, optimizing staffing, resource allocation, processes, and technology (SAP, TMS, WMS) to enhance operational efficiency.
- Standardized and optimized global shipping policies, reducing freight costs by 20% while ensuring compliance.
- Consolidated vendor requirements and renegotiated contracts to align network capabilities with global logistics strategies.
- Evaluated WMS and SAP solutions, implementing a roadmap that established visibility through control tower solution for improved decision-making.
Director of Logistics
HelloFresh
New York, NY
07.2016 - 02.2019
- Led logistics strategy development for HelloFresh USA, overseeing transportation operations across multiple facilities and driving international parity.
- Scaled supply chain network to handle significant growth, increasing shipments from 40,000 to 450,000 per week.
- Spearheaded carrier accountability using scorecards, reducing errors by 1500 basis points and securing $400k in refunds for service fees and cost of goods coverage.
- Created omnichannel reefer linehaul program, saving $6 MM in costs while providing flexibility and mitigating risk.
- Renegotiated commercial contracts with 3PL final mile providers to reduce costs 1800 basis points.
- Developed control tower for real-time visibility and proactive exception management, enhancing customer experience.
- Strategically prioritized and collaborated projects and initiatives to enhance processes and technology to scale capability and enhance the customer experience.
Senior Instock Manager, Myhabit
Amazon
New York, NY
04.2014 - 07.2016
- Led end-to-end operations to support various vendors, internal stakeholders, and a new business vertical, achieving revenue growth from zero to $350 million.
- Spearheaded fulfillment footprint expansion, collaborating with Vendor Manager teams to identify product categories and develop cubic and product plans, increasing merchandise assortment by 24%.
- Reduced variable costs by 45% and inventory risk, scaling sales to $6 million within the first year through development of Amazon's zero inventory program, stockblock.
- Enhanced fulfillment process, generating $27 million in drop shipment revenue over 2 years by streamlining vendor dropship onboarding, reducing average onboarding time from 57 to 17 days.
- Delivered scalable solutions for new business, enhancing Amazon's ecommerce capabilities.
- Improved vendor shipping compliance by inputting vendor documentation, weekly vendor calls, and self-service case process which reduced vendor shipping lead-time by 2 days and increased ASN compliance 2800 basis points.
- Developed and implemented a Vendor Compliance Program, improving operational metrics and vendor scores by 900 basis points.
Instock/Merchandise Manager, Myhabit
Amazon
New York, NY
07.2011 - 05.2014
- Evolved S&OP planning process to manage multiple category expansions, reducing inventory turns and lead time from purchase order creation to inventory availability.
- Managed project transitioning business from free shipping to $3.99 for orders under $99, generating $2.3 million in shipping revenue and increasing average order size from 1.6 to 2.4.
Area Manager
Amazon
New York, NY
04.2010 - 07.2011
- Built peer relationships and set departmental expectations to enhance efficiency and reduce bottlenecks, achieving 99.9% fulfillment of customer promise and facilitating 2% shipment upgrades.
- Increased overall team productivity by an average of 800 basis points across all managed teams.
Regional Transportation Supervisor
Target
01.2009 - 04.2010
- Implemented cost-saving initiatives, achieving $1M savings through backhaul of inbound freight.
- Managed trailer assets and carrier performance, enhancing on-time delivery by 150 basis points to 99.8%.
- Oversaw compliance with transportation regulations and safety standards.
- Analyzed data to identify trends and improve operational performance.
Warehouse Group Leader
Target
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
04.2007 - 01.2009
- Developed customer supplier relationships and strategic planning for building as shift's production controller, enhancing productivity for entire shift by 550 basis points
- Coached team members in implementing six sigma methodologies for 5S and rework projects, improving operational standards
- Oversaw capacity planning for inventory management at distribution center and inventory management of 1.4 million sq. foot DC
- Assessed individual skills and provided feedback to over 40 team members.
Production Controller
Target
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
12.2004 - 04.2007
- Coordinated production schedules for 1.4M sq ft warehouse with 600 workers to optimize workflow and meet deadlines.
- Implemented procedures to streamline workflow and eliminate bottlenecks, enhancing productivity by 480 basis points.
- Collaborated with managers to plan staffing levels and develop budgets aligned with production goals.
Store Assistant Manager
Walmart
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
09.2003 - 06.2004
- Merchandised, scheduled, and evaluated 25 associates to enhance store performance.
- Ensured the daily operations of a metro store averaging over 40,000 customers a week runs smoothly and $68 million in annual sales
- Developed and directed department managers to improve operational effectiveness.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management Science and Information Systems
Penn State University
Skills
- Negotiation skills
- Project management
- Supplier relationship management
- Business collaboration
- Supply chain planning
- Inventory management
- Process improvement
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Risk assessment
- Logistics coordination
Certification
- Scrum and Agile for Leaders Certificate, Scrum Inc
- Project Management Masters Certificate & Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, Villanova University
Software Competencies
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
- SAP
Strategic Accomplishments
- Led multiple commercial RFIs/RFPs with several DTC global and regional suppliers for transportation and Warehouse/POD RFI/RFP that resulted in a 20% cost reduction in rates from the previous agreement with the incumbent supplier. Negotiated a more robust agreement including extended payment terms from 30 to 60 days and with more rigorous KPIs.
- Implemented scrum and agile methodologies, leveraging JIRA to enhance project prioritization and accelerate delivery with 3x more initiatives competed over comparative year while driving record equipment on time delivery and replacement rates.
- Delivered customer delivery success through proactive exceptions management to drive communication to customers and root cause analysis to improve on time performance delivery from 95.0% to 97.1%.
Timeline
Cofounder
1031 Consulting
05.2024 - 11.2025
Head of Americas Logistics
Bloomberg LP
05.2019 - 02.2024
Director of Logistics
HelloFresh
07.2016 - 02.2019
Senior Instock Manager, Myhabit
Amazon
04.2014 - 07.2016
Instock/Merchandise Manager, Myhabit
Amazon
07.2011 - 05.2014
Area Manager
Amazon
04.2010 - 07.2011
Regional Transportation Supervisor
Target
01.2009 - 04.2010
Warehouse Group Leader
Target
04.2007 - 01.2009
Production Controller
Target
12.2004 - 04.2007
Store Assistant Manager
Walmart
09.2003 - 06.2004
Bachelor of Science - Management Science and Information Systems
Penn State University