Lee Burris
Castle Rock,CO
Summary
Highly motivated Operations / Distribution Center Manager with 40+ years experience managing personnel. Extensive experience managing all levels of multiple projects including budgeting, administration, transportation, logistics, inventory control, staff training and development.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
Work History
Distribution Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
11.2015 - Current
- Responsible for all daily operations of Central Supply, Receiving and Delivery Departments
- Operations to include Warehousing, Inventory Mgt, Order Fulfillment, Delivery, Customer Service, Inventory Control, Scheduling, Training, Recalls and Team Management.
Interim Director of Supply Chain
Children's Hospital Colorado
04.2020 - 05.2021
- Director left at the beginning of Covid. I was asked to step in and direct the department through all the new Covid protocols until new Director was hired.
- Directed team for 15 months.
Distribution Supervisor
Children's Hospital Colorado
01.2013 - 11.2015
- Responsible for all daily operations of Central Supply Department
- Effectively managing all Central Supply operations to include Warehousing, Inventory, Order Fulfillment, Delivery, Customer Service, Inventory Control, Scheduling, Training, Recalls and Team Management.
- Manage approximately 100 emails per day from internal customers.
President / Owner
Stat Delivery
12.1998 - 01.2013
- Opened and operated same day courier service
- Grew business from start-up to $500K annually.
- Established a culture of accountability by setting clear expectations and holding individuals responsible for results.
Operations Manager
United Delivery
11.2001 - 11.2011
- Responsible for daily operations as well as the direct line of communications to all customers ensuring their complete satisfaction of next day deliveries.
- Scheduling of overflow freight, training of new drivers, set-up and installation of capital equipment.
- Improved operational efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
Distribution Center Manager
McKesson Medical Surgical
12.1996 - 12.1998
- Responsibilities include: Effectively managing all distribution center operations including warehousing, delivery, inventory, management, customer service and asset security with annual sales of $94m
- Left to start my business.
Operations Manager
Owens & Minor
09.1979 - 12.1996
Education
High School Diploma -
Whitmore Lake High School
Whitmore Lake, MI06.1978
Skills
- Hospital Supply Operations / Supply Chain Management
- Operational Excellence
- Background in medical supply distribution
- Budget development, allocation and monitoring
- Staff development, training and scheduling
- Cost reduction and expense control
- Effective leadership skills
- Successful implementation of strategic objectives
- Strong team building values
- Operations start-up
- Distribution center management
- Project Management
- Logistics Coordination
- Inventory Control
- Process Improvement
Professional Accomplishments
- Improved physical inventory from +/- 21% to +/- 5%.
- Started, developed, owned and operated a successful same day courier service.
- Relocated facility from a 16K SQ FT warehouse with $35m in annual sales to a new 90K SQ FT facility. Increased sales from $35m to $94m annually 60 days after the move, representing a 168% increase.
- Improved division from an annual loss of 2m to a profitable level in 16 months. Increased productivity by training and development, and reducing staff from 211 to 84 in same time frame while maintaining business base.
- Reduced the error rate on all shipments to less than ½ of 1%.
Timeline
Interim Director of Supply Chain
Children's Hospital Colorado
04.2020 - 05.2021
Distribution Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
11.2015 - Current
Distribution Supervisor
Children's Hospital Colorado
01.2013 - 11.2015
Operations Manager
United Delivery
11.2001 - 11.2011
President / Owner
Stat Delivery
12.1998 - 01.2013
Distribution Center Manager
McKesson Medical Surgical
12.1996 - 12.1998
Operations Manager
Owens & Minor
09.1979 - 12.1996
High School Diploma -
Whitmore Lake High School