David Lawler

Experience

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  Brother Industries, Ltd.

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Materials Engineer

  * Responsible for reviewing designs for printed materials (labels, packaging, user manuals) for product developed and manufactured by Brother. * After review, responsible for sourcing and working with vendors to supply. * Responsible for designing, testing, and procuring packaging materials to protect the units during storage and shipping.

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  American Greetings

  Sept 1996 - May 2005

  Engineering Manager

  Responsible for management of all Industrial Engineering functions in a 2.6 million square foot manufacturing and distribution facility.Direct reports consist of six staff Engineers and five management level Engineers.Developed and monitored department budget and facility capital budget.Projects:* Changed filling method to bucket brigade concept and installed an automated shipping system. Resultant savings were over $500,000 annually.* Led a cross functional project team to close another distribution facility and incorporate the work into the Osceola facility. Resultant savings were $3.1 million annually. Show less

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  Walmart

  May 2005 - now

  Responsible for leading Associates and developing projects to improve Member experience and drive sales at Sam’s Club.Projects:* Led cross functional team to develop, standup, and support Business Member Delivery in Clubs throughout the chain. * Led cross functional team to expand the samsclub.com on-line assortment by offering vendor products as Special Order (Site 2 Club). Responsible for overall project management, timeline, vendor relationships, club processes, etc.* Worked closely with team tasked with improving the in-club and pickup portions of the Club Pickup process such that Member experience was improved and sales and Associate productivity were increased. Show less Responsible for leading a team of Engineers to improve labor standards, work processes, and reduce cost in the Walmart Logistics network.Direct reports consisted of four Field Engineers.Projects:* Led team to establish Dotcom fulfillment operations (eDC) within 17 Regional Distribution Centers (over 3 years). Completed on time and under budget.* Led team to determine best path to handle SKU increase requests in the perishable distribution network. Added average of 400 SKUs to each distribution center. Show less

  • Sr. Manager Workforce Planning & Associate Productivity

    May 2018 - now

  • Sr. Manager, Workforce Management

    May 2017 - May 2018

  • Sr. Manager, Sam's Operations Transformation

    Oct 2012 - Apr 2017

  • Sr. Manager - Logistics Engineering

    May 2005 - Nov 2012