Brian Steward

About Brian Steward

Responsible for managing a large scale scheduled delivery transportation network for large item/ heavy bulky products like TVs, furniture, sporting goods and more. Identify, develop and implement innovative solutions to improve the Customer Experience through first time damage-free and on-time delivery to our customers. • Led 3PL Operations for Amazon North American Fulfillment Network; provided program and vendor management across all operating warehouse locations that augment the Amazon Fulfillment Center Network. Responsibilities include IB/OB Forecasting, monitoring warehouse transactional volume, driving best practices between IB/OB and Inventory process paths, Kaizen events and continuous improvement opportunities, Metrics monitoring and data reconciliation, troubleshooting of systematic issues between Amazon and 3PL WMS and aligning the 3PL network with the Amazon FC network through best practice sharing and process alignment •Supply Chain Manager with oversight and responsibility for Supply chain functional systems and tools integration for Boeing Rotorcraft systems (RCS) for Philadelphia, PA and Mesa, AZ. •United States Army Transportation Officer. Spent 6 1/2 years in the Army in a Logistics role with assignments from Platoon Leader to Battalion Staff Operations officer. Assignments included Ft. Bragg, NC, South Korea, Germany and a tour in OEF 6 in Afghanistan. • Transportation Operations • Negotiation & Supplier Relations• Project Management • Performance Based Logistics (PBL)• Inventory Management • Strategic Planning • Supply Chain Management• Systems Integration• Modeling & Simulation• Integrated Scheduling • SCOR Professional Certification• Property Accountability • OperationsSpecialties: SCOR/P CertificationInventory Management / Stock ForecastingEnterprise Resource PlanningMilitary Supply Support Systems

Experience

1. Director of Operations, Amazon Business Worldwide

   Amazon

   Aug 2021 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Amazon Business simplifies the purchasing process to make it easier for more than five million businesses worldwide to get the products they need. We’re right for any organization at any stage – starting, growing, transforming – and we solve for our customers’ unmet and undiscovered needs by continuously expanding our selection and adding relevant new tools and features. And it’s our instinct to invent. At Amazon, we purposefully question what others don’t, creating unexpectedly better ways of getting things done. Learn more at business.amazon.com

Education

• Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg

  Bachelor of Science, Marketing

  1996 — 2000

• W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University

  MBA, Supply Chain

  2009 — 2010

• Sheffield Hallam University

  Erasmus Exchange Program, International Marketing

  1999 — 2000

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Proficiency with Data Analysis Tools and Microsoft Product Suite
• Logistics Management
• Warehousing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Aerospace
• Training
• Logistics
• Security Clearance
• Military Operations
• Inventory Management
• 3pl
• Extensive Knowledge of U.s. Army & Military Logistics Processes and Tools
• Analysis
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Command
• Change Management
• Vendor Management
• Strategy
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Warehouse Management
• Lean+ Manufacturing Methodologies and Current Supply Chain Best Practices
• Project Management
• Operations Management
• Process Improvement
• Third Party Vendor Management
• Management
• Leadership
• Government
• Army
• Military
• Supply
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement
• Business Process Improvement