MATTHEW LAY
C&C HALL CONTRACTOR AT FEDEX GROUND
Anniston,Alabama
10
years of professional experience
Strategic Operations & Logistics Leader with 25 years of experience in transportation, distribution, warehousing, and supply chain management. Led teams of up to 40 across 35 delivery routes, ensuring P&L accountability and driving performance enhancements. Achieved significant productivity gains and cost reductions through automation and process improvements. Expertise in ERP, WMS, TMS, route optimization, and operational execution in complex logistics environments.
Work History
Business Contact
2 Years 2 Months- Led operations focusing on FedEx's Safety Above All Culture
- Planned, organized, staffed, directed and controlled all aspects of day-to-day operations.
- Analyzed operational performance through direct observation, digital dashboards, and collaborating with others.
Logistics Manager
1 Year 8 Months- Directed logistics operations across warehousing, inventory management, staging, and final-mile delivery, ensuring efficient supply chain processes.
- Directed operations across 3 onsite warehouses and 1 external facility, ensuring consistent service delivery, inventory integrity, process standardization, and compliance.
- Led warehouse optimization initiatives, including facility layout redesign and enhanced staging strategies, improving throughput, reducing onsite wait times, and maximizing space utilization.
- Managed fleet readiness and asset reliability for 14 lift trucks and 3 sweepers through proactive maintenance scheduling.
- Established monthly operational planning and performance reviews to align resources and initiatives with corporate objectives, enhancing strategic focus.
- Established monthly operational planning and performance reviews, aligning resources, initiatives, and KPIs with corporate objectives.
- Led a 40-person organization, including 8 direct and 32 indirect reports, with responsibility for workforce planning, recruiting, training, performance management, leadership development, and succession planning.
- Partnered with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to identify and implement process improvements, enhancing overall logistics performance.
Logistics/Warehouse Manager
7 Months- Directed warehouse and transportation operations across 2 facilities, managing a 20-member workforce to ensure efficient logistics.
- Directed transportation planning and truck scheduling to maximize cube utilization, improve on-time delivery, reduce cycle times, and minimize costly expedites.
- Developed workload plans, production schedules, operational priorities, and resource strategies to optimize labor, equipment, materials, and facility capacity.
- Redesigned warehouse layouts and material flow to improve shipping efficiency, space utilization, workflow, and throughput.
- Oversaw receiving, inspection, disposition, and storage of returned merchandise while maintaining inventory integrity.
- Strengthened inventory controls by systematically verifying physical inventory against stock requisition documentation, enhancing accuracy and accountability.
- Utilized AS400, Frontier, and Descartes TMS for shipping, receiving, transportation planning, and logistics execution, streamlining processes.
- Leveraged AS400, Frontier, and Descartes TMS for shipping, receiving, transportation planning, and logistics execution.
- Partnered with IT and cross-functional teams to identify systemic issues, improve data integrity, and implement process improvements.
Director of Operations
5 Years 2 Months- Directed a complex, multi-location delivery operation encompassing 35 routes and 40 employees, including 5 direct reports.
- Maintained direct P&L ownership, managing labor, fleet, maintenance, equipment, and operating expenses to align financial performance with service objectives.
- Increased operational productivity 28% through implementation of automated routing technology, optimizing route planning, labor utilization, delivery capacity, and dispatch execution.
- Reduced operating costs 13% through implementation of a digital safety program that improved employee accountability and safety KPI performance.
- Reduced fleet maintenance expenses 18% through strategic mobile-service partnerships, preventive maintenance improvements, vendor management, and asset lifecycle planning.
- Used demand forecasts and peak-volume projections to align staffing, fleet capacity, technology, and operational resources with business requirements.
- Directed transportation strategy and nightly route optimization to maximize cube utilization, improve on-time delivery, and minimize expedites.
- Utilized real-time operational dashboards to identify performance exceptions, deploy corrective actions, and protect customer service commitments.
- Partnered with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business objectives into actionable strategies and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
CORE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES: Automated Routing Technology
Change Management
Cost Reduction
Data-Driven Decision Making
Digital Operations Dashboards
ERP / WMS / TMS
Final-Mile Delivery
Fleet & Asset Management
Fleet & Asset Management Systems
KPI & Performance Management
Multi-Site Operations
Operations Strategy & Transformation
Perpetual Inventory Systems
P&L Management
Process Improvement
Safety & Regulatory Compliance
SOP Development
Talent Development & Succession Planning
Transportation & Distribution
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
Warehouse Operations
Workforce Strategy
Personal Information
Title: Logistics/Warehouse Manager
Timeline
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