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RUSS WOOTEN

HUGHSON,CA

Summary

Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing, and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 12 years of experience in leading organizational business units.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Supply Chain Program Manager

Cheetah Technologies
11.2022 - 06.2024
  • A skilled supply chain and people professional that specializes in business transformation
  • Skilled at developing a team of supply chain professionals; teaching, coaching, mentoring, modifying and changing business culture and morale, while training the trainers, implementing world-class processes, and developing training materials and standard work to green up the scorecard (KPIs)
  • Utilizing business intelligence / data analysis and visualization tools, interpret statistical data to see the entire picture to develop and create countermeasures and plans to accomplish organizational goals in concert with advanced analytics such as Power BI, Periscope, and AI
  • Utilizing LEAN, Kaizen, A3, and analytics applications, Power BI, Periscope, AI, and statistical analysis, implemented labor planning tools that increased FC Rates-of-Flow (RoF) from ~6.0 to ~18.0 over 16 months
  • Reduced FC headcount from 59 to 32 with annual savings of $2.1MM
  • Ontime departures increased from 40% to >99%
  • Reduced overtime for delivery team by 80% to
  • Completed time studies and overhauled pick processes
  • Increased pick RoF from 30 to 60+, reducing pick headcount from 18 to $400k
  • Within the Blue Yonder environment, implemented discrete pick-with-audit, scan-to-receive, scan-to-pick processes that reduced quality order errors from ~25% to ~1.5% and decreased cases PPM from ~12,000 to ~550PPM, decreased Out-of-Stock rates from ~5% to ~0.1% over a 15-month period
  • Led and mentored a team of skilled programmers and analysts to implement real-time, advanced analytics, Periscope reporting tools to deliver actionable information and real time KPIs to the floor Managers, maximizing picking rates, labor hours, rates of flow, productivity, time-on-task, inventory accuracy, etc
  • Led team that developed quality recording / reporting software application, allowing CS to input error data, while app scoured multiple SQL tables to deliver actionable pareto charts, graphs, and AI insight to potential causes and potential actions for error proof poke yoke, while recording historic data to allow trending and logical 80/20 approach for best-use-resources
  • A highly effective approach contributed to overall quality and PPM rates, netting multiple zero-error days in 2024
  • Utilizing WMS JDA/Blue Yonder, engineered racking locations, elevations, location setup, and cube for optimized put away and pick, allowing for 90% reduction in replenishments and 75% reductions in put away overrides
  • Utilizing WMS JDA/Blue Yonder, engineered pick and put away paths to reduce MHE traffic, aisle contention, and increase efficiency of flow in the warehouse
  • Instrumental to increasing pick RoF from 30 to >60
  • Coached, developed, and mentored young leaders utilizing tools from John C
  • Maxwell
  • Designed and executed full day leadership development class for all operational Managers, Supervisors, and Leads
  • Created Cheetah University and taught classes in safety, management, productivity, and leadership, bolstering the bench for next generation of leaders at Cheetah
  • Teamed with UDEMY to create leadership / development curriculum for self-paced, operational leaders, developing them to be the leaders of the future, while giving them the necessary tools required to operate a world-class warehouse operation
  • Drove transformational change by putting forth a safety, quality, productivity culture that makes data-driven-decisions and setting the stage for the next evolution of the startup – Change Agent
  • Managed small annual budget for training and personnel development.

Industrial Engineering Manager

DHL Supply Chain
06.2020 - 11.2022
  • Led a team of six Industrial Engineers over four locations
  • Direct reports responsible for all facets of warehouse technology, engineering, and processing of the warehouse operations - engineering of inbound, receiving, put away, pick, processing, shipping, racking, and layout in a 3PL environment
  • A skilled analyst that utilizes data to make tactical and operational decisions
  • Utilize Continuous Improvement tools such as 5-Why, Fishbone, A3, charts, time studies, and graphs to optimize floor operations in a team environment to minimize waste and maximize profitability
  • Drive a 3PL team of high performing analysts that in turn drive the operations through data, reports, charts, graphs, and digital VIEWS that are SQL driven that send real time data to the operations floor
  • Collect data daily and maintain large databases that feed Power BI applications
  • These applications are used to present data to Site Leadership to make informed decisions to benefit the business
  • Create metrics for all facets of operations utilizing historical data collected, measured and maintained in Power BI databases
  • Create operations and labor planners utilizing tools and data collected and presented through Power BI
  • These planners are integral to the operations and profitability of the company
  • Teamed with corporate IEs and solutions design members to collect, analyze, present site automation solutions to improve performance and profitability
  • Teamed with Operations Leadership and personnel to improve throughput and quality of production
  • Teamed with Operations Manager to develop high-performance leaders to drive the operations.

Quality Manager

DHL Supply Chain
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a Quality Assurance team to drive continuous improvement and PPM reduction over the site
  • Create, communicate, and maintain quality control policies and standard work procedures to Area Managers and hourly associates proactively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives using LEAN tools
  • Utilizing scientific and statistical methodology, drives the team to target areas of opportunity to drive PPM to historical lows
  • Engineering – Responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a team of four individuals in Engineering and Analyst projects to drive excellence and continuous improvement over the site
  • This includes a high level of Operations tools, accessible to Operations in real time on the operations floor for Managers and Supervisors to make knowledgeable decisions in real time to meet Operations and production objectives throughout the shift
  • Custom Service – Responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a team of nine individuals to offer 24/7 premier customer service, resolving 100% of customer issues
  • Inventory Control – Responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a team of six individuals to ensure inventory accuracy to include special projects, purge actions, inventory, and inventory reconciliation
  • Act as primary information source for the team, maintaining compliance and consistency, and taking corrective action when needed
  • Evaluate performance objectives and metrics to determine productivity requirements to achieve customer time, accuracy, and quality expectations
  • Drove team of analysts accomplished in SQL to create tactical and strategic VIEW screens to deliver information to the site leaders, Operations Managers, and Shift Supervisors to make informed tactical decisions
  • Analyzed data and compiled charts and graphs daily to present to site leadership
  • Made recommendations from data, charts, and graphs to the site leadership
  • Accomplished at creating a narrative given in-depth data and presenting that data and narrative to site Leadership, Directors, VPs.

Operations Manager

Amazon Inc.
06.2018 - 12.2019
  • Responsible for leading, developing, and engaging a team of Area Managers and >100 hourly direct and indirect associates
  • Responsible for motivating, mentoring, and coaching my Operations team to become the best leaders they can be to lead their area teams to delivery results
  • Support all safety programs and OSHA compliance to ensure a safe work environment for all managers and associates
  • Act as primary information source for the team, maintaining compliance and consistency, and taking corrective action when needed
  • Create, communicate, and maintain quality control policies and standard work procedures to Area Managers and hourly associates proactively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives using LEAN tools
  • Build and deliver productivity plans by reviewing work forecasts, determining productivity requirements, and partnering with other Operations Managers to balance labor
  • Evaluate performance objectives and metrics to determine outbound productivity requirements to achieve customer time, accuracy, and quality expectations.

Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Commodity Manager

Parker Hannifin, Racor Division
08.2008 - 06.2018
  • Responsible for assigned suppliers of aluminum castings, machining, metal stampings, and injection molded plastics for the division
  • Successfully negotiated terms, pricing, lead times, testing, quality levels, packaging, delivery, inventory levels of dozens of plastic, die cast, and metal parts in an automotive ISO 16949 environment
  • Identified, developed, and delivered long term sourcing strategies while partnering with cross-functional teams to collaborate and determine best supplier / best fit for product line
  • Developed inventory strategies for high-volume, off-shore suppliers utilizing on-shore locations and kan-ban strategies to shorten lead time and replenishment window
  • Successfully moved multiple suppliers from net30 to net90 days payable without induced stress on business health
  • Road-mapped process and plan which suppliers gratefully accepted and participated
  • Identified new business / supplier opportunities, qualified suppliers through in-depth, on-site company reviews and score cards
  • Developed new business proposals and lead competitive bidding
  • Selected new suppliers that fulfilled company needs
  • Mitigated company risk through multiple supply partners, and successfully negotiated with existing suppliers through win/win strategies
  • Successful member of a team of SDE’s to rationalize casting spend by leveraging the supply base, and creatively reducing material cost by >$1.3MM for FY 16
  • Successful member of a cross functional team to author and implement a very successful casting strategy for the division focused on improving quality, cost, and delivery for the division
  • Successful member of SDE team to improve casting and plastics supplier performance for the division, reducing scrap by >$400K (FY14) and improving delivery for key suppliers to >96%
  • Responsible for managing supply-side Supply Chain during plant closure/move
  • Driving multi-faceted, cross-functional team project to move and re-certify over 300 die cast and injection molded components to new suppliers while maintaining current customer demands
  • Responsible for the qualification and on-boarding of new casting and injection molding suppliers
  • Successfully reduced supplier count to consolidate purchasing power while reducing spend, netting more business for our key suppliers, while increasing quality and profitability
  • Partnered with suppliers on several occasions for Kaizen / CI events, eliminating waste and splitting the savings between the two companies
  • Even though this is the last bullet, I found it the most effective way to cut costs from supply chain and suppliers were more than happy to indulge us on this initiative
  • Most successful partner Kaizen lasted 5 days, eliminating $180k annually from production, allowing both companies to enjoy an $90k savings
  • Teamed with internal and external Quality, Mechanical, and Design Engineers, managing new product launch budgets, utilizing design and troubleshooting tools such as PPAP/APQP/FMEA/PFMEA/GR&R
  • Extensive background in plastics and die cast process, part, and mold design, coupled with extensive supply chain experience, made me a desired member of product launch teams
  • Tooling team member
  • Utilizing extensive plastics process engineer experience and tooling and molding experience, assisted in engineering best cost, best practice, best solution for design and process of all plastic injection molding and die cast tooling.

First Sergeant

United States Air Force
01.2013 - 01.2021
  • Deployed 2016-2017, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait
  • Led 150+/- Defenders in defense of base encompassing 2,000 US and Coalition forces and $6B+ in equipment along with 30+ Fly Away Security Team members with multiple daily in-theater missions – troop, equipment, ammunition movements
  • Many outside-the-wire missions leading troop movements, one combat mission in theater on Fly Away Security Team, Baghdad / Q-West, Iraq
  • 2016 – Attended and led 270 Air Force Security Forces personnel to Desert Defender Combat Prep Training, Fort Bliss, TX
  • Upon returning from the middle east, teamed with Wing Command Chief to rebuild the Wing First Sergeant Council
  • Acting First Sergeant in multiple squadrons while driving recruiting efforts to bolster the Wing First Sergeant corp
  • Successfully recruited, coached, mentored, and developed eight First Sergeants for the Wing, successfully filling all slots to 100% manned with effective First Sergeants
  • Responsible for advising the commander on health, morale, esprit de corps, discipline, mentoring, professional development, and recognition of all assigned enlisted personnel
  • Assist the commander in preparation and execution of unit training and mission duties
  • President of the First Sergeant Council
  • Counseled members on mission, responsibility, supervising, mentoring, training, leadership, and discipline
  • Extensive public speaking on all subjects pertaining to Air Force, mission, and readiness
  • Mentor Airmen, Jr
  • Non-Commissioned Officers, and Sr
  • Non-Commissioned Officers
  • Fulfilled critical First Sergeant role in multiple squadrons; 79th Air Refueling Squadron, 347th Civil Engineer Squadron, 940th Security Forces Squadron, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, 940th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and 940th Aerospace Medical Squadron
  • Airman and Family Readiness Technician (8B000)
  • Responsible for the development and readiness of entire Wing of 1000+ personnel and their families
  • Aircraft Maintenance (2A675)
  • Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of aircraft hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, flight controls, and landing gear F-4E, F-16A/B, C-141, C-130.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Human Resource Management

Community College of The Air Force
2015

Bachelor of Science - Professional Aeronautics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2011

Associate of Applied Science - Social Services

Community College of The Air Force
2008

Associate of Applied Science - Professional Aeronautics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2007

Associate of Applied Science - Aircraft Maintenance Technology

Community College of The Air Force
2006

Skills

  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Procurement expertise
  • Supply Chain Optimization
  • Warehouse Management
  • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • Lean manufacturing principles

Militaryexperience

2013, 2021, United States Air Force, First Sergeant (8F000), Deployed 2016-2017, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait. Led 150+/- Defenders in defense of base encompassing 2,000 US and Coalition forces and $6B+ in equipment along with 30+ Fly Away Security Team members with multiple daily in-theater missions – troop, equipment, ammunition movements. Many outside-the-wire missions leading troop movements, one combat mission in theater on Fly Away Security Team, Baghdad / Q-West, Iraq. 2016 – Attended and led 270 Air Force Security Forces personnel to Desert Defender Combat Prep Training, Fort Bliss, TX. Upon returning from the middle east, teamed with Wing Command Chief to rebuild the Wing First Sergeant Council. Acting First Sergeant in multiple squadrons while driving recruiting efforts to bolster the Wing First Sergeant corp. Successfully recruited, coached, mentored, and developed eight First Sergeants for the Wing, successfully filling all slots to 100% manned with effective First Sergeants. Responsible for advising the commander on health, morale, esprit de corps, discipline, mentoring, professional development, and recognition of all assigned enlisted personnel. Assist the commander in preparation and execution of unit training and mission duties. President of the First Sergeant Council. Counseled members on mission, responsibility, supervising, mentoring, training, leadership, and discipline. Extensive public speaking on all subjects pertaining to Air Force, mission, and readiness. Mentor Airmen, Jr. Non-Commissioned Officers, and Sr. Non-Commissioned Officers. Fulfilled critical First Sergeant role in multiple squadrons; 79th Air Refueling Squadron, 347th Civil Engineer Squadron, 940th Security Forces Squadron, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, 940th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and 940th Aerospace Medical Squadron. Airman and Family Readiness Technician (8B000) Responsible for the development and readiness of entire Wing of 1000+ personnel and their families. Aircraft Maintenance (2A675) Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of aircraft hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, flight controls, and landing gear F-4E, F-16A/B, C-141, C-130

Professional Highlights

An injection/blow molding manufacturing and supply chain professional with a proven record of success in vertical integration, supplier management in both 3PL and non-3PL environments. An acknowledged servant leader of quality production, utilizing LEAN, 6S, and Kaizen methodologies in the operations, manufacturing, injection molding, die casting, supply chain, and warehousing arena to eliminate waste and improve processes. A skilled analyst in the latest visualization tools such as Power BI and Periscope. Highly effective in a creative and analytical environment. Committed to safety awareness and a professional working environment. A retired military First Sergeant, matured leader with years of military experience and team building skills who excels at achieving desired goals. Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Volunteer Experience

  • Turlock Youth Performing Arts; Theater set design / build / paint, load-in, tear down.
  • Davis Park Homeless Ministry (Food, clothing, and showers)

Timeline

Supply Chain Program Manager

Cheetah Technologies
11.2022 - 06.2024

Industrial Engineering Manager

DHL Supply Chain
06.2020 - 11.2022

Quality Manager

DHL Supply Chain
01.2019 - 01.2020

Operations Manager

Amazon Inc.
06.2018 - 12.2019

First Sergeant

United States Air Force
01.2013 - 01.2021

Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Commodity Manager

Parker Hannifin, Racor Division
08.2008 - 06.2018

Associate of Applied Science - Human Resource Management

Community College of The Air Force

Bachelor of Science - Professional Aeronautics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Associate of Applied Science - Social Services

Community College of The Air Force

Associate of Applied Science - Professional Aeronautics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Associate of Applied Science - Aircraft Maintenance Technology

Community College of The Air Force

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