aaron alpeter
Founder at Capabl
founder principal izba & capabl | unilever , hubble contact , mirror
diverse operational experience fortune 500 startup environment , 'm passionate designing scaling operation . thrive white space value development relationship .
Capabl
https://www.linkedin.com/company/capabl
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Founder
MIRROR
https://www.linkedin.com/company/getthemirror
New York, United States
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VP of Supply Chain
Izba Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/company/izba-consulting
Izba is an innovative approach to Supply Chain Management for startups between their Seed and Series B. We help founders build scalable supply chains through standard project work and/or running the day to day operations so they can focus on growing their business. Our fractional model gives companies access to Fortune 500 and COO level talent for the cost of a Junior Operations person until the workload justifies bringing a full time person in house.
Greater New York City Area
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Founder
The Flex Company
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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SVP of Supply Chain
Sustain Natural
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sustain-condoms
Sustain is a fast growing women's health company where I was responsible for the entire backend operation including Finance, Retail & eCommerce Sales, Customer Service, and Supply Chain. 

-Responsible for End to End International Omnichannel Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, & Business Development
-Redesigned and Transitioned Financial Governance of Company which resulted in 
better business intelligence and traceability.			
-Led Sourcing and Transition to new Fulfillment Center after explosive growth 
exceeded capacity of incumbent provider which yielded 10% increase in Gross Margin.
-Created and iterated various Financial and Operational Models including Churn, Procurement, 
Gross Margin, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, P&L, and 3 Year budgeting.
New York, New York
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Chief Operating Officer
Hubble Contacts
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hubble-contacts
Complete responsibility for design and end to end management of international direct to consumer supply chain & Customer Service. 

-Designed, Sourced, Onboarded, & Maintained a multimarket international Supply Chain including partners in manufacturing, freight forwarding, warehousing, packaging,  inventory forecasting and management, & Final Mile delivery. System was able to handle  growth curve 12 months ahead of initial projections resulting in $100M Valuation in only 4 months of existence. 
-Brought stability and scale to the Customer Service organization after exponential growth prompted
a change in management.  Developed an innovative distributed call center model across several countries. Directly responsible for the majority of full time and part time employees at Hubble and duties involved day to day operations, social media, and customer inquiries. 
-Crafted standards and developed SOP’s and trainings related to Quality, FDA, & FTC Compliance.  	Created a standardized brand voice for answering customer queries, that ultimately reinforced our digital customer acquisition strategy.
New York, New York
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Chief Supply Chain Officer
Unilever
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Responsible to improve capabilities and growth in the our Foods Planning organization as well as lead the overall waste reduction effort in North America by improving efficiencies. Responsible for customer service, inventory management, and business waste. 

-Installed innovative team structure to promote continuous improvement and and team's personal growth. 
-Reduced Business Waste by 10% from 2015 levels.  
-Avoided $8M+ in incremental waste in 2016 due to preventative measures and early detection. 
-Led cross functional taskforce with senior leaders in sales and supply chain to detect and combat product diversion. Identified and eliminated over $170M in bad business.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Foods Opertional Excellence/NA Business Waste Manager
Unilever
https://www.linkedin.com/company/unilever
Manage team responsible for all ocean shipments, imports, and exports for the US and Canada. Responsible for customer service, shipment execution, provider relationships, and cost for both Intercompany & 3rd Party Exports. Responsible for shipment management, mitigating compliance risks, and managing internal stakeholders for finished good and raw material imports. 

-Managed team of 7 responsible for transportation for all import & export ocean 	
shipments in the US & Canada as well as Freight Forwarder, Carrier, & DC relationships.
-Outlined & implemented strategy to align international & domestic transportation processes and support projected double digit volume growth. 
-Team directed projects in automation, system upgrades, and cross functional alignment and 
eliminated 291 days of NVA work.  
-Unlocked $1.9 in VIP savings against an annual spend of $15MM.
-Supported intercompany customers and other members of the logistics team through two major systems upgrades that completely changed established ways of working.
Shelton, Connecticut
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International Logistics Team Lead
Unilever
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Regular Tea Day Shift Production Supervisor.  Accountable for daily Safety, Quality, and Production goals.  Responsible for 4 shift coordinators and roughly 70 hourly direct reports at a site undergoing massive investment, construction, and cultural change.

-Balanced immediate daily needs with long term training responsibility to prepare a team of 25 to commission and operate new equipment in a personnel constrained environment. 
-Designed and implemented Kanban based material flow system in Regular Tea department in conjunction with warehouse.
-Designed, Managed, and Implemented temp labor trainee program which allowed factory to increase labor pool by 30% thereby reducing forced overtime. This reduced lack of personnel attainment losses and created a pipeline of potential new hires.
-Conducted over 160 formal employee evaluations.
-Reduced annual SKU specific Temp Labor usage in factory by roughly $300k by streamlining tasks, changing material specifications, and automating repetitive tasks.
-Assisted with new manager onboarding.
Suffolk, VA
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Production Supervisor
Unilever
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Special Packs material planner for Dove, Degree, and Suave deodorant.

-Manage Inventories & Production Schedule for 3PM sites. Annual spend of $13M. 
-Solved Critical Process and System Issue for Fastest Growing Business Unit in NA 
Resulting in 7% increase in Service Levels, Reduced Overtime, & Improved Resilience.
-Reduced NFG Inventory by $2M vs. 2012 through Optimized System & Waste Disposal.
-Trainer for Five New Material Planners in areas of MRP, SAP ECC, & Promotional Packs.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Material Planner
Unilever
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-Supported Klondike, Good Humor, and Sicle Portfolio during Major System Upgrade.	
-Corrected network imbalances, adjusted Forecasts, resolved Supply/Demand Issues.
-Designed and Implemented Kaizen to reduce Blocked Inventory (Working Capital).
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Operational Excellence Analyst
Student Painters
Started and managed franchise in western half of Columbus, Ohio.  Responsible for Marketing, HR, Bidding, Customer Service, Office Work, and Payroll.  Business grossed over $46,000 in 3 months.
Branch Manager
Algaeventure
Created International Database of Algae industry.  Analyzed and made Recommendations for potential partners and target companies. Identified Potential new Revenue streams.
Intern
Culver Art & Frame Co
Designed and Managed Companies Social Marketing; Facebook; Web Commercials.
Social Marketer
University System of Ohio
Responsible for managing state sustainability Contacts, Monthly Newsletter Creation, Twitter feeds, Created/promoted www.usosustainability.ning.com site, Web research for Ohio Green Pathways Project, assisted in USO Sustainability Conference (April 27, 2010).
Sustainability Intern
Sweden Stockholm Mission
I had the life changing privelege of serving as a full time Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Sweden for two years.  Throughout that time I became fluent in Swedish, had the opportunity to lead 90 other missionaries, and strengthened my character. I was also able to hone my presentation and public speaking skills and learned to overcome almost perpetual adversity at times.
Sweden
Missionary
Positive Leadership Management
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
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The Ohio State University - The Max M. Fisher College of Business
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Economics, Accounting
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Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
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4.0+ GPA
Hilliard Darby High School
In 1960, graduates of the College of Commerce shared a common interest in encouraging scholarship and leadership within the College.  That year, 132 of them joined together as new business leaders to fund and promote Pace Setters. They sponsored the first Pace Setters awards ceremony in 1961, honoring the College’s top business students. Since that time, more than 3300 business students have earned Pace Setter recognition (i.e. less than 5% of the total business school alumni population).
 
As the College’s top honor, the Pace Setter awards celebrate those students who excel both in and out of the classroom and who exemplify the purpose and passion that define Fisher students and graduates.
The Fisher College of Business
Fisher College of Business Pacesetter
Established in 1990 through fund raising efforts of the Past Presidents of the Columbus Roundtable, an endowment was established at OSU Fisher College of Business specifically for Logistics. 
 
The Columbus Roundtable of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals is proud to sponsor this scholarship honoring Dr. LaLonde for his many outstanding contributions in the field of logistics. 

More on Bernard J LaLonde:
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CSCMP
Bernard J LaLonde Scholarship Recipient
To earn the Eagle Scout rank, the highest advancement rank in Scouting, a Boy Scout must fulfill requirements in the areas of leadership, service, and outdoor skills.
Boy Scouts of America
Eagle Scout
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Lived and worked in 8 different locations of Sweden.
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Missionary
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Support local congregation of roughly 300 people.
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Bishopric Counselor
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Bishop
APICS
CPIM
APICS Supply Chain Council
130942
CPIM
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Yonkers, NY
Raymond Latchman
Sr. Logistics Manager at MIRROR
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Carla Ibarra
MX Operations Lead at MIRROR & Founder at Bolt Burn
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Margarita Bello
Manufacturing | Supply Chain | Procurement | R&D | Quality
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Laura Ng
Operations Consultant at Izba | Executive MBA Candidate at Columbia Business School
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Philadelphia, PA
Carly Monzo
Operations Consultant en Izba Consulting
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Pittsburgh, PA
Nick Stachel
Operations Consultant at Izba Consulting
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United States
Jennifer Polce
Building Supply Chains for Start-ups | Director of Consulting at Izba Consulting
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Islāmābād, Pakistan
Mudassir Mustafa
Lead Program Manager at Izba & Capabl | Toptal | We're hiring
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New York City Metropolitan Area
Kelly Murphy
Director Of Ecommerce at MIRROR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonya-lee
New York City Metropolitan Area
Tonya Lee
Senior Director Of Accounting at MIRROR
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Hoboken, NJ
Nicolas Smith
Helping startups innovate their supply chains.
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Brooklyn, NY
Kristie D'Ambrosio-Correll
Chief Technology Officer at MIRROR
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Miami, FL
Miles J. Varghese
Building a brand new digital customer experience platform for independent freight forwarders & their clients to collaborate on.
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New York, NY
Crystalee Henderson
Talent Acquisition Manager at MIRROR -- We're hiring!
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Chattanooga, TN
J. Keaton Tate
Head of Operations at Saie
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Bloomfield, IN
Eliza Seymour
Executive Assistant at izba consulting
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New York, NY
Olivia Lange
VP, Head of Operations & New Business at MIRROR
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New York, NY
Charlotte C.
Ops and New Business at MIRROR
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New York, NY
Emily Collin
Talent Manager at MIRROR
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Morgantown, WV
Stephen Miller
Providing operations expertise to startups!
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        Aaron was a great manager and even more than that he was a personable and gracious mentor. 

While working at the start-up Hubble with Aaron, I could always count on him for his creativity, resourcefulness, and ability to see a project through.

He pretty much helped build the infrastructure and helped the company, in many ways, get to where it is now. He saw potential in me even though I had only ever managed a small handful of people, and nothing compared to how many I have managed to date thanks to him. He is a very patient man and has the ability to really shape people into what they truly want to become. 

Effective Communicator, Goal Setter, and Innovator equals Aaron Alpeter.  Jeffrey Hollender
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        It's my pleasure to write a note of recomendation for Aaron Alpeter. Aaron worked for my company Sustain Natural as COO for the past year. Aaron is a brilliant model maker, extremely hard worker, passionate, deeply committed and supported our 300% growth. I have really enjoyed working with him and he's always been a wonderful team player and will be a great asset to another company.
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        Aaron is great to work with. Kind, levelheaded guy. Always positive attitude. Did a great job building out supply chain for Hubble as well as solving major capacity pain points on the customer experience side.  Big thinker, and incredibly hard worker. David Birchmier
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron is a fantastic communicator and excellent to work with!  Lizbeth Corona
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron gets the best out of the people he manages (in premise sounds simple, execution is hard). Energy and attitude is what you constantly get while working with him. Very clear when it comes to setting and communicating goals, willing to jump into the implementation of solutions if needed. Out-of-the-box thinker empowering people to bring an idea to life. Fast and purpose-driven, constantly striving towards making a difference  with projects and solutions even outside of his own scope.  Jonathan Briggs
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I have had the opportunity to work with Aaron as he launched the supply chain for startup, Hubble Contacts. Aaron is very knowledgeable and great to work with. He  has high expectations of suppliers and business partners, but is also fair in allowing for adjustments to be made. He is proactive in communication and takes the time to fully understand things.  Nicole Sandretto
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron stood out among the material planners as a thought leader and one who could develop others.  He was trusted as the primary resource for training new hires, and always to rave reviews.  He designed and implemented major changes to the way we pull feedstock into production sites which has eliminated gridlock at the production site for a full year. Denise Papa
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I had the great pleasure of being Aaron’s manager when he was a material planner. I admire Aaron’s can do mindset – no issue is too big for him to tackle. Aaron always seeks ways to improve the current state. He isn't one to accept "that's the way it's always been done" mindset. He is very passionate and driven. He completely revamped a very manual process and put in place a sustainable, system driven approach. This is something many before him have tried to accomplish but were not successful.. Not only did he deliver great results, but he did it in way where he collaborated with cross functional team members and the team wanted to work with him. He is going to be such a great leader within this organization – I am so excited to watch him climb! Scott Shepard
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I had the pleasure of working with Aaron throughout an entire quarter at the Fisher College of Business. We were team members in a finance class and Aaron's leadership skills and awareness were stronger than any Fisher student I worked with. He was well organized and ensured that our group was on schedule for all product deadlines. He carried us through several projects with his understanding of the material. An organization would be well-served to have Aaron on their team. John Saldanha
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        One of my very best students. Corey Hawkey
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Simply put, Aaron is a class act! He's detail oriented, goal focused, and a go getter.  I would not hesitate to hire or work with Aaron in the future. Spencer G.
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron impressed me daily with his exceptional levels of organization, work ethic, ability to think out of the box and attention to detail. He is a fast learner, goal-oriented, and a pleasure to work with. I believe he has the dedication, the intellect, and the character that is sought for in all  great employees. I strongly recommend Aaron! He would be great at any endeavor he pursued. Neil Drobny
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron is an insightful thinker, hard worker, and pleasant to be around.  He adds signifiant value to whatever he chooses to be engaged in. He is particularly well-informed about sustainability issues as they apply to business.
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