Team Members / Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones

Sr. Principal, Supply Chain & Project Delivery

Data-driven operations and supply chain executive with 20+ years of success building, leading, and developing warehouse, ecommerce and fulfillment teams at fast-moving consumer goods companies such as Amazon, Kroger, Vitacost and Hanesbrands.

During his time at Saphineia, Jeff has led numerous successful projects, including:

  • Helping $350mn ground beef manufacturer substantially improve fresh inventory accuracy, lower operating costs, and reduce scrap
  • Assisting $200mn frozen pizza manufacturer in redesigning frozen warehouse layout to increase bin locations and space utilization while reducing risk of inventory write-offs
  • Helping $200mn frozen food manufacturer identify over $1mn in post-merger supply chain savings
  • Supporting a $1.5bn produce manufacturer to optimize their warehouse layout as part of a 3-company-to-1 M&A consolidation
  • Providing interim warehouse leadership to $300mn frozen food company while training and developing new management team

Jeff joined Saphineia from Standvast Fulfillment, where he was VP of Fulfillment for this ground-breaking fulfillment/supply chain technology startup. Prior to Standvast, Jeff spent ~5 years at Hanesbrands, where as Director of Omnichannel Distribution, he owned all aspects of DTC operations, including ecommerce fulfillment, dropship programs and cross-dock operations for retail outlet stores.

Before Hanesbrands Jeff spent 5 years at Kroger’s Vitacost Division, where as Director of Operations, he oversaw all aspects of East Coast fulfillment operations. Prior to Vitacost, Jeff spent 5 years at Amazon, where as Sr. Operations Manager he owned inbound and outbound operations within some of Amazon’s largest sortable fulfillment centers.

Jeff originally started his career in manufacturing, including serving as Plant Manager for one of Toyota’s Tier-1 suppliers. He embedded in the Toyota culture and eventually became the regional trainer for 3-Sheet approach of standardized work and line balancing. Jeff has leveraged this experience to lead formal kaizen events at Amazon and other CI efforts throughout his career.

VALUE CHAIN SKILLS

  • Fulfillment
  • Ecommerce Operations and Omnichannel Fulfillment
  • Continuous Improvement
  • TPS/Lean
  • Manufacturing
  • Engineering
  • Warehouse Operations
  • Inventory Management
  • Supply Chain

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • Standvast Fulfillment,
    VP of Fulfillment
  • Hanesbrands, Inc,
    Director of Omnichannel Distribution
  • Vitacost.com,
    Director of Operations (a division of Kroger)
  • Amazon,
    Senior Operations Manager
  • Arvin Sango,
    Plant Manager (JV between ArvinMeritor and Sango Co., Ltd)

EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATIONS

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering,
    University of Nevada
  • M.B.A.,
    University of the Pacific

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