Senior Operations Manager Logistics & Supply Chain Expertise

Location:

Bayonne, NJ

Posted:

June 02, 2026

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VOLODYMYR SVYRYDA

Bayonne, NJ 203-***-**** *************@*****.*** LinkedIn

SUMMARY AND PROFILE

Supply chain executive with deep expertise in global strategy across procurement, logistics, distribution, and manufacturing operations. Skilled in ERP systems, analytics, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies to drive digital transformation and operational excellence. Led global teams managing $50 M annual spend and 250+ container imports, achieving 13% margin improvement and 25% revenue growth. Proven leader in risk management and sustainable sourcing.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

•Core Competencies: Global Supply Chain Strategy, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Logistics Optimization, Inventory Control, Demand Planning, P&L Ownership

•Digital & Analytics: ERP Systems (SAP, ERP), Zoho Analytics, Data-Driven Decision Making, KPIs Development & Monitoring, Material Resource Planning, Process Improvement (Six Sigma & Lean)

•Leadership & Change Management: Multi-Functional Team Leadership, Change Management, Vendor Relationship Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Project Leadership, Global Stakeholder Engagement

•Regulatory & Quality: Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), DOT, FMCSA & OSHA Regulations Knowledge, Global Trade Management, Risk Management, Freight Cost Mitigation Strategies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE

Sullivan Street Bakery Inc. Jan 2025 - Present

General Manager New York, NY

•Managing and overseeing organization's daily operations, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring overall business success

•Creating and implementing the strategy and setting goals for business growth

•Improving internal processes for better productivity, supervision, and control of business processes in all departments

•Evaluating and improving operations and financial performance, as well as developing key performance goals, while managing the performance of the staff

•Maintaining budgets and optimizing expenses

•Overseeing resource allocation while maintaining budgetary control

•Resolving internal and external conflicts through mediation

•Providing solutions to issues (e.g., profit decline, employee conflicts, loss of business to competitors)

•Forging deals with internal and external partners

•Managing the recruitment, hiring, and training processes

•Delegating roles and responsibilities to teams while ensuring that departments deliver quality offerings to customers

•Enforcing business policies, procedures, and processes

•Ensuring adherence to legal and administrative guidelines

•Overseeing large projects and interpreting performance reports

•Ensuring staff follow health and safety regulations

•Participating in the meetings with the Board of Directors

Culinary Collaborations LLC Oct 2022 - Oct 2024

Operations & Supply Chain Director Ridgefield, NJ

Devised and implemented supply chain strategies across all product categories for global business units with $50M in annual spending and 200+ vendors. Ensure minimal impact to service levels by ensuring product availability, avoiding supply shortages, and identifying alternate vendors. Maintain the effective import of 250 containers annually.

•Planned, developed, and implemented the overall supply chain strategy to support organizational growth, incorporating predictive analytics and AI-driven demand forecasting to improve service and reliability

•Collaborated with Sales, Finance, Purchasing, Operations, QA, and Customer support teams and determined the best vendors and distribution partners

•Developed and utilized key performance indicators (KPIs) and risk-management metrics to track supplier performance and ensure continuity of supply

•Identified process bottlenecks and implemented Six Sigma–based solutions to drive cost reduction and operational excellence

•Built and maintained relationships with 200+ international vendors, negotiating ocean, air, and ground logistics contracts to secure capacity and favorable rates

•Conducted research and managed ocean freight contracts, ensuring capacity met peak shipping requirements and minimizing lead-time variability

•Developed and implemented digital transformation initiatives, including IoT-based warehouse visibility tools and automated order tracking

•Created distribution capacity strategies and contingency plans to support fluctuating demand, reducing expedited shipping costs by

15%

•Partnered with Controller to manage and report all logistics costs, implementing cost-mitigation strategies and achieving a 10% reduction in freight spend

•Led ERP system enhancements to streamline procurement workflows and improve end-to-end supply chain efficiency

•Championed sustainability initiatives by integrating ethical sourcing standards and supplier audits, reducing carbon footprint by 8%

Smiles Fashion Corp. Aug 2019 - Oct 2022

Operations Manager Secaucus, NJ

Key collaborator across executive teams for a national and international transportation network, leading the development and advance- ment of strategic plans to implement optimized supply chain operations. Align functions across warehouse, production, and administrative teams to maintain smooth operational workflows, target improvement methods, and cost reducing activities. Identify and respond to customer supply chain management issues of variable complexities and routine scope. Utilize 3PL to provide sea, air, and ground shipment transportation of products. Lead strategies that meet KPI and budget requirements across supply chain and logistics operations, and drive demonstrated improvement along multiple KPIs through process improvements, best in class initiatives, personnel changes, and software changes. Optimize operational resources while executing cost reduction and inventory controls. Standardize processes for new product sourcing, using a research-based approach to identify all global supply options, interacting directly to vet potential suppliers, and providing recommendations of best supply options that drive long term success.

•Cultivated strategic relationships with supply chain stakeholders, including 3PLs, custom brokers, and freight forwarders, to expedite import and export and shipment activities.

•Orchestrated daily logistics and warehousing activities between internal staff and external service companies, and collaborated manufacturing operations with stake holders that optimized the full scope of functions while ensuring maximum client satisfaction remained a paramount priority.

•Developed and implemented KPIs to better monitor department efficiency, tracking systems to manage delivery status, and implemented ABC, SWOT, PESTEL analyses.

Ocean Transport Leasing, Inc. Jan 2017 - Aug 2019

Logistics and Operations Manager Kearny, NJ

Maximized supply chain and sea/land transportation logistic capabilities through evaluation, simulation, and execution of action plans that met both short- and long-range capacity forecasts. Directed a warehousing team, including developing operational policies and advanced best practice through process and technology. Coordinated import and domestic deliveries, leading truck fleet activities and coordinating with 3PL Brokers. Established key performance benchmarks across group logistics planning and forecasting. Developed innovative solutions to complex support problems across outside product support functions, customers, and suppliers. Designed logistics plans that included supplier contracts, routing guidelines, problem resolution and cost containment initiatives. Managed all customs clearance documentation and HAZMAT regulations.

•Delivered multi-functional cross-departmental leadership that offered teams a full scope understanding of operations and resolved chronic distribution and storage issues.

•Led assessments of facility P&L and logistic costs to target areas of overspend and savings opportunities; designed and deployed more cost-effective solutions across supply chain operations.

•Identified and implemented strategies that optimized warehouse space, championed ongoing team efficiency, and streamlined ware- house operations.

Avangard, LLC Aug 2012 - Sep 2016

Logistics and Operations Director Kiev, Ukraine

Directed and streamlined the capabilities of a complex national regular and cold supply chain operation through evaluation and execution of strategic initiatives to meet capacity forecasts. Directed operations across 31 manufacturing facilities, organizing a fleet of 1.1K

units, and aligned 780 Logistics, Warehouse, Mechanical, and Driving professionals. Headed MRP, FTL, LTL, logistics, warehousing, and distribution operations, advancing optimal and streamlined manufacturing functions. Led inventory and warehouse operations and identified key performance indicators; implemented plans that ensured profitability and minimized inventory loss. Audited P&L and budgets and designed initiatives that cut transportation costs; leveraged strong negotiation skills and relationships with customers and 3PLs to secure new transportation rates. Established key business partnerships with reputable and reliable vendors and suppliers; developed an overall vendor base that created and sustained a competitive advantage utilizing market exploitation to meet organizational goals. Coordinated the merchandising of millions of dollars' worth of poultry and eggs, the delivery of mixed fodder to poultry farms, and the transportation of raw packaging materials to manufacturing facilities, across multiple distribution centers.

•Executed research and procured $10M in trucks, agricultural equipment, and spare parts from leading manufacturers.

Vassermann PE Jul 2000 - Aug 2012

Director of Operations Kiev, Ukraine

Inaugural Director recruited to drive complex operations to ensure timely decisions that generated revenue. Designed and implemented a logistics and transportation program from the ground up. Conducted the full scope of supply chain, warehouse, and fleet functions and coordinated international/national shipments. Led FCL and LCL logistic operations. Advanced initiatives for solutions and improvements that drove standardization and synergies for cross-functional teams. Optimized operational performances and met strategic business needs while ensuring that assurance of supply was achieved.

•Created and implemented short- and long-term strategies that improved service, mitigated costs, and enabled growth, leveraging a deep knowledge of trends across multiple sectors.

•Introduced strategies that standardized best practices, improving all aspects of the planning, logistics network, and asset management services that ensured a service advantage over competition.

EDUCATION AND OTHERS

Champlain College

Master of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management

Kiev University for Tourism, Economics, and Law

Master's Degree, Law (LLM)

CERTIFICATION

•CSCMP SC Pro™ Certifications in: Supply Chain Management Principles, Transportation Operations, Warehousing Operations, and Customer Service

•Transportation University, Kiev, Ukraine; Certification in Supply Chain and Warehousing Management

•APICS Supply Chain Professionals Board, Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM)

•Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC), Certified in Six Sigma Green Belt

•Hub Spot Academy, Certified in Inbound Marketing

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•Developed and deployed a sweeping logistic optimization and business process change that increased margins by 13% and grew revenues by 25%.