Mark Richards

About Mark Richards

My colleagues describe me as collaborative and resourceful with experience developing warehousing and transportation management solutions by building consensus among cross-functional teams. My success includes establishing business controls to ensure policy and regulatory compliance. I am Six Sigma certified and experienced driving cost savings and Lean initiatives through standardized improvement processes with a thorough understanding of supply chain and customer fulfillment systems.

Experience

1. Senior Supply Chain Specialist Reverse Logistics

   Purchasing Power

   Jul 2018 — Present · GE

   Responsible for Return Center that processes all of our returns. Customer facing facility held to a 48 hour SLA. Charged with lowering rate of returns, lowering cost to process returns, and increasing recovery on liquidation.

Education

• Northern Illinois University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Meteorology

  1979 — 1984

Skills

• Sales Management
• Liquidation
• Sla
• Buyer Developement
• Supply Chain Management
• Team Building
• Six Sigma
• Wms Implementations
• Forecasting
• Warehouse Management Systems
• Retail Category Management
• Key Account Management
• Warehouse Management
• Key Performance Indicators
• Recycling
• Inventory Management
• Business Development
• Project Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Transportation
• Process Improvement
• Reverse Logistics
• Lean Management
• Start-Ups
• New Business Development
• Account Management
• Transportation Management