VP Distribution

Sheila R. White **********@***.***

**** ****** ****, ************, ******* 35976 256-***-****

Senior Level Management

Logistics / Supply Chain /Recruitment / Planning & Budgeting / Employee Relations / Recruitment

Process Improvement / Cost Reductions / Training / Retail / Safety / Compliance / Negotiations

For Fortune 500 Target Corporation controlled costs, managed risk, and led growth for increased profitability. Restructured operations, eliminating redundant operations for maximum performance. Creative and innovative problem solver skilled in strategic planning and implementation.

• Created relocation plan, maintaining successful operations during critical facility expansion.

• Developed new recruiting process, reducing inefficiencies by 20%.

• Established training program for 750 employees in one year for Little Rock distribution center.

Key Skills: Leading and motivating staff to increased levels of productivity. Managing multiple functions and producing dramatic results. Utilizing continuous process improvement techniques to enhance operational processes and procedures. Reorganizing and revitalizing under-performing departments.

BA, Business Administration (Personnel Management/Industrial Relations), University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Six Sigma Executive, Train the Trainer, Union Avoidance, Performance Management, and Safety programs.

Selected Accomplishments

Created relocation plan, maintaining successful operations during critical facility expansion. Facility needed to transfer packing operations to newly expanded facility and expand operations without hindering performance or commitment levels of distribution center. Collaborated with executive team on challenges ahead. Devised comprehensive plan, orchestrating personnel, contractors, and store partners cohesively

Developed new recruitment process, reducing operational inefficiencies 20% for distribution center. Organization continually struggled identifying quality candidates for supervisory roles. Assessed situation, determining initial screening process provided insufficient information. Developed and implemented new process. Expanded job fair opportunities and increased college recruitment activities.

Established training program for 750 employees in one year for Little Rock distribution center. Selected to lead personnel training requirements for 750 employees, needing to complete four soft skills training classes in one year. Assembled plan of action, requesting volunteers to become trainers. Certified 20 volunteers.

Career History

Maidenform, Inc.

Vice President of U.S. Distribution 2011 to present Recruited by previous Director of Human Resources for Children’s Place to join Maidenform in efforts to add automation and new IT technology to Distribution Network. Manage four facilities in North Carolina along with developing executive staff and adding structure to the daily planning. Continue to partner with Executive Corporate team in efforts to build rapport and increase throughput in manual picking process in DC’s.

The Children’s Place

General Manager 2006 to 2011 Selected for Start-Up of new distribution center in Ft. Payne, Alabama. While coordinating start-up also ran Monroe, New Jersey facility. While managing multiple facilities, had successful start-up exceeding expectations of cost per unit, units per hour and safety. #1 in performance 2007-2010. In 2010, added Automation for Ecommerce business. Coordinated start-up and processed 18 million units to customers. Initiative involved installation of 20 million dollar sortation system, ramping up to fulfill orders with days to ship reduced from 4-5 days to day to customers.

Crane Corporation

Plant Manager 2005 to 2006- selected for turn around operation to make the distribution center a world class facility. Remodeled entire facility while improving customer service. Improved lead time by 25% on product arriving from China by working closely with overseas staff to implement change. Implemented small manufacturing cell within the DC to provide product more timely to US customers.

Target Corporation. Nation’s #2 discount chain with $47B in revenues.

Operations Manager (Sr. Group Leader), 2000 - 2005. Promoted to start up Huntsville, AL automated distribution center. Directed 250+ personnel and $9M budget. Led day-to-day operations of staffing, budgeting, employee relations, recruitment, and training and development of personnel and executives. Oversaw Little Rock DC during start-up due to short staffing and level of expertise to handle 2 facilities.

Operations Manager (Sr. Group Leader), 1996 - 2000. Managed $8M budget and staff of 250, shipping products out to 90+ retail stores, processing 44 million conveyable and non-conveyable products. Supervised daily operations of Pick-N-Pack department, including staffing requirements, budgeting, employee relations, executive training, recruiting, and community relations for Sacramento, CA distribution facility.

Training & Development Manager, 1994 - 1996. Managed staff of 60, training hourly and executive staff within Little Rock distribution facility. Coordinated seminars and maintained personnel database.

Prior career includes additional supervisory roles in retail operations, transportation and personnel management.

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