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Prince Omar Sanneh

Carrollton,TX

Summary

Experienced Operations Manager with 8+ years of leadership in manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, supply chain, and logistics. Proficient in driving operational excellence, enhancing team productivity, and ensuring safety compliance and delivering results. Equipped with a commendable track record of steering quantifiable results geared towards championing business culture. Team-player and mentor who can foster a conducive workspace by engaging with diverse teams and well-versed in aligning the resources and business needs for transformative change, quality assurance, high-level productivity, and efficiency impact. Forward-thinker who can thrive in a fast-paced environment using valuable leadership skills, attention to detail, and work ethic. Offers excellent communication and problem-solving capacity and leverages the ability to collaborate with teams such as engineering, loss prevention, human resources, and other organizational levels for strategic planning and implementation. Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Amazon
06.2021 - Current
  • Manage a team of 4 exempt managers, and 200 plus indirect reports to success through labor planning, cost analysis, productivity and process improvement, and standard work adherence
  • Directly manage employee performance, defining performance standardization, evaluating work performance, and providing training, and needs analysis to improve employee productivity and improve management skills
  • I facilitate training for my team to reach their full potential and partner with support teams to adopt training curriculums, instructional design, cross-training, and suggest improvements learning modules
  • I implement processes to improve both inbound and outbound flow of products in and out of the warehouse
  • Executed lean initiatives leading my teams to achieve highest standards in safety, quality, service levels
  • Drive continuous partnership with HR/Learning, to hire and successfully onboard associates delivering a 100% to plan for staffing, 100% on associate engagements and best overall team retention rate
  • Created performance objectives, KPIs, process standardization resulting in 15% week over week efficiency improvements, 25%+ in cost reduction, and over 100% to plan in pick rates, volume picked, and staffing
  • Helped launch two new Amazon Fulfilment Centers, since joining the company; led and collaborated with cross functional teams in Kaizen and Lean Six Sigma projects
  • Spearheaded a regional level project for four sites resulting in 25% planning and productivity improvements
  • Led process improvement initiatives/project team helping the site achieve 51% improvement in inventory record accuracy, a 25% reduction in defect injection, and a reduced spend in re-processing by 44%
  • Created and launched the site’s Area Organization Program, and currently serve as the SME for all things AO

Warehouse Operations Manager

Frit- Lay
01.2019 - 06.2021
  • Managed all aspects of 10MM warehouse operations, including budgeting, labor planning, equipment investment, inventory, shipping, partnership with Transportation, and Network Distribution Centers
  • Led a team of 300+ Warehouse Associates by providing training, performance feedback, and assigning duties, creating and implementing standard work to ensure efficient and effective day-to-day operation
  • Implemented operational improvements, such as optimizing shipment, order fulfilment, evaluating delivery lead times, verification processes, merchandise handling, issues with on-time deliveries, and inventory management
  • Built and implemented structured inventory reconciliation strategy resulting in sustained < 1% shrink and decreased inventory by 25%+ in 2 years through inventory level optimizations
  • Guard the plant inventory management programs such as inventory cycle counting and shelf-life reviews to intensify accuracy, turnover, and omit obsoletes and produce investigative support and actions to orders, claims, systems, and deliveries issues
  • Conducted physical inventory, cycle counts developed and mapped out strategic plans; achieved highest inventory accuracy rate for two consecutive years at over 98%first time in plant’s history
  • Lessened the inventory days by 25%+ in two years through inventory levels optimizations and comprehensive flow of goods
  • Achieved receiving efficiency of 95%+ and expedited 98%+ of put-away accuracy while reinforcing order precision by 10%., reduced raw materials loss by 30%, and alleviated operating costs by 25%+
  • Formulated quality dashboards, a scorecard system and key performance indicators to inspect performance
  • Formulated quality dashboards, a scorecard system, and two dozen KPIs for the key partners to inspect performance and credited for championing the warehouse changeover relocation project from 145K sq
  • Ft
  • To 250K sq
  • Ft
  • Built and maintained productive partnerships with other departments, including Finance, HR, Sales, and Continuous Improvement
  • Communicate with the on-site manufacturing team and diverse supply partners to optimize product availability at the lowest operating cost and work closely with the engineering group to examine the effective usage of warehouse assets and resources
  • Direct the warehouse operating budget, costs, shipping contracts, capital projects, warehouse improvements schemes while administering performance evaluation, coaching, activities, and succession planning synchronously
  • Carry out routine visits and meeting cadence with the supply chain partners to expand the operations, enhance the deliveries and customer service levels, and reach target goals while functioning as a main source of information for supply chain matters
  • Map out the key indicators and supply chain performance drivers for the warehousing operations to recognize bottlenecks and produce corrective actions and demonstrate best practices and procedures to further the supply chain performance
  • Launched a racking project at the off-site warehouse to enlarge space, created 1K+ of new pallet locations, and synchronized the warehouse and supply chain activities to step up the delivery lead times to DCs and alleviate operating cost by 25%+
  • Assembled a receiving inspection team, initiated supplier ASN programs, mitigated inbound dock-to-stock time by 25%+, and obtained 98%+ of inventory accuracy rate by enforcing structured cycle counts and systematizing mini-physical inventories
  • Established the direct to store delivery system, which served as a contingency shipment alternative during the COVID-19 period while partnering with the human resources to enact a staffing strategy and protect quality business operations for continuity
  • Standardized the key warehouse functions, restructured warehouse locations, and regulated visual management and 5s projects to lower variability while accentuating the frontline supervisors and leads floor presence towards active engagement
  • Finalized numerous improvement projects resulting in considerable improvement of on-time and damage-free shipments.

MFG. Supply Chain Leader

PepsiCo
01.2018 - 12.2018
  • Administered the food safety program, risk-based food safety preventative control projects, training, recall management and communication, inspections, complaints handling, food safety audits, FSMA compliance, and other HACCP and QSHA programs
  • Chaired the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans and site pre-requisites to ensure compliance with the standards
  • Supported the daily planning to ensure product availability and meet tight deadlines for shipments and guided the efforts of Sales, Marketing, Scheduling, Production, Logistics, Warehouse, Procurement, and Quality
  • Deliver accurate forecasting, identifying areas of growth, contraction, and business health
  • Partner with business leaders to define, create, implement and execute key business processes to Plan, Source, Manufacture, Deliver and/or Return goods or services
  • Utilized advanced planning techniques to anticipate the needs of the Business Units, which reduced logistics and procurement costs by 20% in the last year
  • Developed models, tools and processes to increase the overall supply chain reliability, responsiveness, costs efficiency and asset utilization
  • Reduced inventory discrepancies by 40% using a detailed root cause analysis to resolve inaccuracies
  • Identified new suppliers to ensure a capable supply base is available for new products, working closely with the Engineering & Quality Teams to deliver conforming products and maintenance of committed delivery schedules.

Production Manager

PepsiCo – North America Beverage
05.2015 - 12.2017
  • Collaborated with forty-five frontline associates to rack up production efficiencies and engaged with the leadership team to augment the production plan, track the key indicator and cost, and eliminate issues affecting the financial goals
  • Completed LSS Bottle Loss and other changeover projects with $50K+ of cost savings
  • Directed Operations Production activities, Develop a Team of motivated, flexible employees through supervision
  • Improved production efficiencies through tracking costs and eliminating issues affecting financial goals
  • Manage, train, provide performance feedback and assign duties of direct reports to develop management skills and improve productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness
  • Continuously improve operational procedures such as verifying incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and dispositioning merchandise, and maintaining warehouse inventory
  • Boosted employee engagement by 20% by reduced turnover rate by 15%+ and leading to cost savings of $50K+
  • Triumphantly maximized resources, lowered costings, and fulfilled operations in a safe and environmental-friendly manner
  • Rendered assistance in recruiting, training, developing, and retaining frontline operators through regular department meetings and team building for engagements and conducted weekly one-on-one sessions with members for coaching and feedback
  • Cooperated with the maintenance and continuous improvement teams to decrease labor time, amplify machine run times, and surpass target efficiency numbers and involved in the meetings to validate production runs and specify staffing and labor needs
  • Commended for boosting the employee engagement by 20%+ and reducing the turnover rate by 15%+
  • Led the production team to the highest productivity numbers and attained the 2nd ranking as the most efficient PepsiCo plant
  • Center-lined 75%+ of the machine centers, which substantially reduced the changeover times and led the plant through the phase 1 and 2 of Total Manufacturing Project (TPM), which resulted in 75%+ of reduction in machine center minor stops.

Education

Master of Science in Management, Strategy & Leadership -

Michigan State University
12.2019

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Operations Management -

The Ohio State University
05.2016

Skills

  • Integrated Supply Chain Management
  • Distribution Management
  • Transportation & Logistics
  • External & Internal Customers
  • Demand Management & Forecasting
  • Strategic Planning & Purchasing
  • Vendor & Inventory Management
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Variances & Data Analysis
  • MS Office (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft AcceLogistics Oversight
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Purchasing and procurement
  • Warehouse Operations
  • Cross-Functional Communication
  • Vendor Sourcing
  • Supply chain distribution
  • Contract Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Supply chain logistics

State

TX

Zip

75010

Certificates Training

  • Michigan State University – Executive Development Programs, Supply Chain Management Master Certificate, 07/2020
  • PepsiCo – Frito Lay – Advanced Food Safety Training Certification, 01/2018
  • PepsiCo – Frito Lay – Food Safety Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI), 01/2018

City

Carrollton

Timeline

Operations Manager

Amazon
06.2021 - Current

Warehouse Operations Manager

Frit- Lay
01.2019 - 06.2021

MFG. Supply Chain Leader

PepsiCo
01.2018 - 12.2018

Production Manager

PepsiCo – North America Beverage
05.2015 - 12.2017

Master of Science in Management, Strategy & Leadership -

Michigan State University

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Operations Management -

The Ohio State University

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