Project Management
Resume:
DON L. COOPER
***** ******** *** ******* ****
P207
Murrieta, CA 92563
**********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Analytical, hands-on leader with over 20 years working with Fortune 500
companies. Proven ability to lead complex strategic and tactical projects.
Successfully established Project Management Offices responsible for
creating tools and processes that increased organizational effectiveness
and profitability both domestically and internationally. Particular
strengths include:
Project and Change Management Facilitating Cross Functional Teams
Profit and Loss Accountability Process Improvement
Contract Negotiations Strategic and Tactical Planning
Vendor Management Supply Chain Management
Notable Achievements
. Delivered more than $30 million in synergistic savings implementing
merger of DHL and Exel businesses
. Achieved annual savings of $3.1 million through leading the migration
of all operations and financial systems to a new operating platform
. Improved profitability 23% network-wide through leading a network
redesign and optimization
. Replaced the traditional working-in-silos approach with tools,
structure, and visibility, resulting in $1.2 million savings
WORK EXPERIENCE
IDS Group, Chino, CA 2007-2011
General Manager, West Coast Operations
P&L responsibility (revenues of $54 million) for California operations as
the logistics arm of Li & Fung, Hong Kong's largest export company.
Specific accomplishments include:
. Improved overall labor-to-sales ratio by 13% in 2010 by implementing a
standards based labor forecasting and labor management system
. Led the integration of over 1.5 million square feet in 4 mid-sized
facilities and more than 20 new customers, resulting in a 4 building
campus in Chino, California
. Led a capital project of $2.2 million to install 70,000 rack
positions increasing storage capacity by 35%. This enabled a
reduction in building cost of 19% and a pay back in just over 2
years
. Implemented a semi-automated picking and packing system, enabling same
day shipping of over 12,000 orders per day
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DHL Global Forwarding, Plantation, FL 2005-2006
Senior Director, Project Management
Led the project management office for this North America international
freight forwarding and logistics company including identifying and
structuring critical change management projects in North American. Specific
accomplishments include:
. Delivered more than $30 million in synergistic savings implementing
merger of DHL and Exel businesses and cultures into a single
organization of 5200 people and $2.1 billion in revenue (all in 11
months).
. Created a business project plan and roadmap for the first of three
regions which was recognized as best in class (adopted by 2 other
regions)
. Directed the international integration of Canada's merging of Exel and
DHL. This time-compressed project included physical relocations,
operations system migration, and financial systems conversion.
Exel Inc., Westerville, OH 1991-
2005
Senior Director, Project Management (2004-2005)
Executed new business implementations, key internal initiatives, complex
strategic projects, and directed the Project Management Office for this
leading provider of supply chain, freight forwarding, and logistics
services. Specific accomplishments include:
. Achieved annual savings of $3.1 million through leading the migration
of all operations and financial systems to a new operating platform
for North America's freight management business. This project was
completed one month ahead of schedule with an 11% higher-than- planned
revenue retention.
. Improved profitability 23% network-wide through leading the network
redesign and optimization (project Apollo) of the domestic forwarding
business, combining some stations, closing others.
Director, Project Management (2000-2004)
Managed a team of project managers responsible for all key internal and
external customer projects while reporting to the President of the
Technology Sector. Specific accomplishments include:
. Established a Freight Forwarding Division Project Management Office
that, within the first 10 months, replaced the traditional working-in-
silos approach with tools, structure, and visibility resulting in $1.2
million savings.
. Organized and led the integration team to merge Exel and the Ocean
Group combining the cultures of two different organizations into a
unified company with one identity and one brand.
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. Led one of several teams to establish a project methodology that has
since been trademarked and implemented globally (DePICTTM)
. Managed a highly complex logistics solution implementation for the
start-up of Sun Microsystems. (Exel's largest-to-date logistics
contract in Fremont, California)
Director, Projects (1993-2000)
. Led project team to implement a logistics solution for Compaq (Exel's
first large high tech customer). Worked with Compaq staff to overcome
initial challenges, and form a highly successful long term business
relationship.
. Launched the start up of Exel's first logistics facility in Southern
California Successfully implemented program for Johnson & Johnson (new
customer) in a condensed timeframe.
. Increased annual profit by $660,000 on revenues of $7.5 million after
completing a facilities analysis and rationalization project in
Houston and implementing corrective actions
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Colorado State University - Engineering
Fullerton College - Business course work
Quality Improvement Process Management College- Phillip Crosby
Logistical Management- Michigan State University
Effective Negotiating- Karrass
Situational Leadership- Leadership Studies
Labor Management- Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz
Project Management (4 modules) - Project Management Institute
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