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The opportunity
While working in Quality Performance, I was selected by Operations leadership to support another distribution center and work directly with its outbound parcel-sorting supervisor. The goal was to share practical operating knowledge and help strengthen a sorting process for lightweight, smaller parcels where efficient use of space and consistent quality checks were important.
My role
I served as an operational advisor and trainer rather than a formal project manager. I worked directly with the local supervisor to explain the sorting approach, demonstrate how the process should be set up, and transfer the quality-control practices needed to support it after my involvement ended.
Process-improvement approach
- Introduced a smaller Hassett box sort-frame approach for pop-up and on-demand sorting of lightweight, small parcels.
- Advised the outbound supervisor on bin configuration and practical setup of the sorting process.
- Trained the supervisor on quality-control checks intended to identify sorting issues and reduce missort risk.
- Applied hands-on distribution-center and quality experience to connect the recommended process with real operating conditions.
- Focused on a solution the local team could understand, operate, and continue using after the training was complete.
Why the project mattered
This assignment demonstrated a different kind of problem solving from my analytics work. The solution was not a dashboard or database. It required understanding the physical operation, identifying a practical process change, communicating it clearly, and helping another team implement it.
The approach was intended to improve packing density for smaller parcels while strengthening sorting discipline and reducing opportunities for missorts. I do not publish an unsupported performance metric for this work; the value of the case study is the cross-site implementation, training, quality focus, and process-improvement responsibility I was trusted to provide.
What this demonstrates
The experience reflects project-management-adjacent capabilities I have continued to use throughout my career: assessing a business process, coordinating with stakeholders, translating knowledge into an implementable solution, training others, supporting change, and maintaining focus on quality and operational outcomes.