Matthew Schmitz

Experience

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  CR Bard

  Feb 2012 - May 2012

  Sourcing Intern

  -Immersed and participated in company's daily operations including: product sourcing, order placement, expediting orders, operating on SharePoint, writing corporate documents, improving regulatory form layouts. -Led research and made recommendations to management.-Daily and weekly reflections with multiple personnel.

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  Ocean University of China

  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Lecturer

  Taught marketing in a program designed to simultaneously immerse Chinese students in English language and business practices. My class focused on how customer based knowledge needs to shape decisions across a business model (integrated marketing) and how technology can be used to reach and adapt to changing consumer demographics. Held position during period of full time Master study at OUC

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  Adidas

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2024

  • Monitored & reported on a global network of warehouses' performance across 40+ key metrics and proposed actionable improvements to local leadership.• Leveraged expertise in distribution center capacity planning to accelerate product delivery to meet customer requirements and milestones within budget. • Owned the framework for loading containers & vessels to balance space utilization with customer priorities. • Led 10+ analysts and managers to achieve inventory & delivery targets with a proactive, data-driven approach.• Optimized purchasing logic to bypass warehouse restrictions and structure larger orders for more immediate delivery. • Administered a $38M annual freight & inventory budget, redesigned the use of expedited shipping, and seized more cost-effective forms of transportation and implemented them 20X more frequently to recover $2.2M annually.• Identified and adopted emerging automation technologies to eliminate repetitive & manual tasks; gained back 30h/weekly for teams to allocate elsewhere and replicated its success across the enterprise. • Steered a fundamental change in excess inventory management that increased the commercial viability of surplus stock and mitigated waste, enabling additional clearance sales valued at $3M YoY.• Enhanced the pre-season production planning process alongside the sales & product operations teams to reduce expedited freight spend on key launches by $1.4M annually.• Overhauled department business controls to drive efficiency and knowledge-sharing while combating the silo mentality. • Managed team (5 people) for 9 months while manager was on extended sick leave. Business Control, Coaching, Support.• Co-Led overhaul of department business control process, including drumbeat, reporting and team structure. • Worked in and made significant contributions to process improvement within a constantly changing environment.• Co-Led execution of destination changes of 1.8m pieces to relieve over capacity in company’s central distribution center. • Monitored logistic partner performance, standardized documentation across multiple partners.• Streamlined time consuming reporting using advanced Excel/Access techniques.• Data management and reporting.

  • Senior Manager, Global Deployment

    Sept 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Manager, Inbound Planning

    Nov 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Manager, Product Supply Operations

    Apr 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Manager, Purchasing

    May 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Specialist, Purchasing

    Nov 2015 - May 2017

  • Coordinator, Purchasing

    Mar 2014 - Nov 2015

  • Intern, Center of Excellence Logistics

    Sept 2013 - Feb 2014