Jay McDowell

Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
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Contract
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Interim
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Santa Ana, California, United States
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http://www.performancestrategies-mcg.com/
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Assets
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Expertise
Cost Savings Team Building Corporate Leadership Supply Chain Management Logistics / Distribution Performance Improvement Regional / National Operations Startup / Acquisition / Merger / Operations -
Employees overseen
3,200 employees
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Budget overseen
$ 800,000,000
Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
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Contract
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Interim
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Santa Ana, California, United States
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http://www.performancestrategies-mcg.com/
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Assets
Achievements

Why hire me in a fractional role
Experience
Fractional role
Strengths in this role: Jay McDowell’s career signature for quickly turning around underperforming operations, building innovative solutions for business challenges, and creating cross-functional and cultural team synergy, is demonstrated throughout his professional history.
Industry Group: Corporate
Industry: Logistics and Supply Chain
Years of experience: 30 years
Company name: Apria Healthcare Group
Company size: 10,000 employees
Role in this company: Wore a number of ‘hats’ beyond Logistics, including oversight of Purchasing, Real Estate and Travel. Responsible for 16 regional centers, 1400 drivers, 2000 vehicles serving 500+ branches. Profile: 3200 associates, $275M budget, direct reports: 9.
Company name: Bozzuto's Inc.
Company size: 1,000 employees
Role in this company: VP Distribution Svcs Provided key leadership for this wholesale food distributor serving New England. Responsible for 450 warehouse associates, 140 drivers, 110 tractors and 180 trailers. Profile: 600 associates, $85M budget, direct reports: 7.
Company name: TruServ Corporation
Company size: 100,000 employees
Role in this company: VP of Logistics Initiated the strategic elements required to consolidate the logistics networks of these two companies – generating major operational savings and markedly enhancing delivery performance metrics
Company name: Pepsi-Cola International
Company size: 100,000 employees
Role in this company: Group Manager – Field Operations Established vital corporate presence in Eastern Euro / Russian markets: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Moscow/St. Petersburg. Also spent six months each, in China and India.
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Degrees & accreditations
MBA - Operations Management, University of Colorado
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Success story
Turned around underperforming operations in record time: within 18 months- led Distribution / Transportation business unit from chaos to being recipient of a national award and industry leading reputation. Eliminated 9 exempt, and over 100 hourly