Connor Johnson

Experience

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  Amazon

  Jul 2018 - May 2020

  •Outbound quality lead for all departments responsible for reducing defect injection specifically traceable to employees of the outbound department. In this role I drove rigorous continuous process improvements, and spearheaded a detail oriented modification to AA standard work dropping DPMO from averaging over 4,000 defects per shift to averaging a DPMO of 1800. •Succeeded in the mentoring of six new managers into the outbound department. Demonstrated with great detail the daily responsibilities of an operations manger and how to vigorously track key performance indicators to maximize outbound efficiency •Authorized to oversee the performance of outbound on time shipping. Completed this task by ensuring required inventory is packaged by the customer expectation deadline, and analyzing data on all late shipments to identify any process inefficiencies that require shipments to be re-worked outside of the standard process flow increasing the chance of a shipment being loaded late Show less • Assisted in the launching of the first Amazon Robotics sort center in the greater Philadelphia area with duties including onboarding a full team of new AA’s, and developing uncompromising standards for process flow within outbound • Responsible for managing the performance of over 100 direct associates ensuring that they are all meeting the superior level of productivity demanded by Amazon. Also provided coaching for all those not meeting the standards required to maximize department efficiency resulting in the highest performance metrics across all shift during the peak season from Nov-Jan • Given full ownership of managing a process with output capabilities of shipping over 250,000 units per shift. Responsibilities included managing/adjusting workflow, staffing AA’s, and collaborating with other OB departments to maximize efficiency• Project lead for designing a system of workflow management that optimizes the productivity at which associates are able to work across all shifts, and collaborating with other managers to ensure it was implemented efficiently amongst all shifts Show less

  • Area Manager II

    Feb 2020 - May 2020

  • Area Manager 1

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Unilever

  May 2020 - now

  Constructed the procurement strategy for the North America bottle and jar portfolio consisting of $210 million in annual spend.Duties include negotiating commercial terms, new supplier development, and leading RFQ’s for innovations products.• Oversaw a negotiation that established strategic partnerships for a new international factory achieving $19 million in price-toprice savings. Cash positions were also improved by $2m due to payment terms increases as a result of this negotiation.• Facilitated improved supply chain resilience by spearheading a dual sourcing program for 30% of our personal care volume andconsolidating our supplier base to eliminate all low spend suppliers to increase our negotiation power and reduce complexity. Show less Executed the sourcing process across 5 skin cleansing brands containing over 20 DU’s. Duties include collaborating withsuppliers to negotiate price, MOQ, and lead time. Complete material contracts in a timely matter so that the targeted FDTC is met.• Oversee the creation of a risk analysis for materials used in skin cleansing innovations. This centralized data on feedstock,geopolitical, and supplier service issues allowing the team to analyze what materials/supplier would maximize efficiency.• Assisted in designing a dashboard that gave members across all job functions working on an innovation a singular view of projectstatus. Simultaneously this tool automated weekly tasks, reducing redundant labor hours and resulted in $145,00 in savings. Show less Cross collaboration with manufacturing, warehousing, procurement, and logistics providers to manage over 12,000 annual shipments to feed our distribution center pipeline. During this period our carriers had 1.2% OT higher than company average.Created and facilitated best practices that would be rolled out across all PC sites in North America. Duties included establishing a dynamic forecasting technique to identify demand vs capacity, creating a template to determine daily factory logistics health, and mentoring other planners in creating a daily touchpoint cadence with factories to establish efficient transportation flows.Skillfully identified critical issues such as being under sourced for OB lanes from factory to DC, with 2021 volumes not accounting for the sustained COVID volume spike. Swiftly collaborated with procurement to get the extra 154 shipments per week sourced, which resulted in company savings of $200,000 additional costs that would have incurred in the spot market Show less

  • Associate Procurement Manager Bottles and Jars NA

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Procurement Innovation Analyst

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Transportation Planner

    May 2020 - Dec 2021