WILLIAM FELDER

Oversees a workforce of 205 and daily operations of multi-million-dollar wine and spirits beverage organization. Governs building facilities maintenance and management, as well as the Maintenance Department equipment and material handling. Displays strong analytical capabilities when managing system improvements, project upgrades, building, systems, and technology capital expenses. Administers union contracts and negotiations of 2 buildings.

• Streamlined operations by merging 3 facilities into 1, improving productivity, reducing headcount, and saving revenue for years.
• Exercised innovation to spearhead a management development program, which included writing a 45-page document outlining program plans and goals in addition to mentoring two program graduates who later became leaders within the organization.
• Optimized work functions by developing KPIs, dashboards, and adding new systems producing various saving efforts for multiple warehouses across the organization.
• Saved between $100K to $500K through management of resources, budgets, and milestones. Contributions increased performance and enabled better attribution control.
• Served as a subject matter expert supporting multiple implementations of SAP and ERP systems across 6 organizations.
• Played a lead role in the Maryland facility going from bottom ranking to top-ranking facility, which led to receiving Most Improved & Successful Facility Award (scored best variants in inventory, picking, packing, and breakage).

Orchestrated talents of 2 direct reports while designing new facility and ensuring all direct reports were up to speed before transitioning to new facility location. Helped Corporate Management Team while serving as technical and functional liaison to deliver corporate support. Organized, developed, tested, and launched system lifecycle methodology to produce high-quality systems to meet and surpass expectations.

• Served as Project Manager for change of software system on the warehouse management side of operations.
• Focused on results to boost performance while condensing staffing and operational costs by 25%.
• Achieved lasting results by leveraging leadership to reform operations and teams to maximize performance and remove non-value-added redundancies.
• Team member of Company Corporate Diversity Council “DISC” Diversity Inclusion Steering Committee.

• Project managed, designed corporate reporting and dashboards using business intelligence software and other applications demonstrating measurable cost saving efforts for multiple warehouse leaders to controls shrinkage and waste
• Corporate WM enterprise support SME providing technical and functional solution
• Project team implementing SAP Business Objects, SAP Business Objects Explorer, HANA implementation and dashboard design
• Carpedia college sustainability manager continuous improvements supporting, auditing of operational goals and systems
• Performance Management warehouse and distribution
• GreenRoads safety system application analysis

• Managed production based activities with volumes of 5 million cases of premium wine & spirit brands, in 520,000 sq. ft. new state of art facility
• Facilitated start-up operations and cross dock expansions
• Partnered with distribution and warehouse management teams controlling operating expenses
• Corporate diversity council

• Managed production 800K case of premium wine & spirit volumes, in 120,000 sq. ft.
• Managed core business and operational development functions (e.g Distribution, operations, human resources, customer service, budgeting, purchasing and information technology)
• Supervised 70+ Union employees, 3 direct and 9 indirect reports
• Enhanced quality assurance, while maintaining budget goals
• Capital projects, outside storage and building consolidation
• Managed large/small operating budgets, capital expenditures and projects

• Maintained Fleet and DOT requirements
• Encouraged supervisors to develop skills, examined work processes, created solutions, and measured improvements
• Facilitated numerous training and development programs on new systems, and reporting methods
• Provided technical SAP WM support during new system start ups, implementations and training
• Led teams through change management principles

• SAP Warehouse Management system integration
• Wave management systems peripherals, waved generated sortation, and automation systems
• Enhanced Roadnet USPS routing system and logistics 98% generating increased revenue by improving planned vs. actual delivery time windows
• System maintenance hardware, material handling and automation systems
• Administered GPS (ISR Fleet Track) installed and converted GPS satellite tracking system
• Redesigned pick flow using "voice to pick" software installation generating 100% pick productivity