Brian Urkiel's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

I am a Vice President at Sleep Number Corporation (From 2017 till 2018) where I work as the Senior Director of Distribution Operations. My previous work experiences have been in the role of Director of Operations for Amazon Mechanicalsrc from 2016 to 2017 and as the Manager of Sirius Solutions, a consultant

🎓 Education

Brian Urkiel is a systems engineer with a background in business administration and master’s degree from MIT Sloan School of Management. Urkiel worked as a research engineer and engineering manager at US Military Academy at West Point from 1989-1993 before becoming a management consultant at MIT Sloan School of Management from 1998 to 2000. Urkiel also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from United States Military Academy at West Point from 1989.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Brian Urkiel's professional, technical, and interpersonal skills include:Brian UrkielVP of Distribution Operations at Arhaus Brian Urkiel is currently a Senior Director at Sleep Number Corporation from 2017 to 2018 (1 year) in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Hired to design, execute and lead Assembly Manufacturing Operations within Sleep Number. This includes growing ADC operations in our existing plants and launching and having responsibility for additional “Greenfield” ADCs. Sleep Number is building a more optimal network that increases reliability and first pass yield, improves quality, optimizes the overall cost structure, and enables mattress assembly upstream (versus in the customer’s home) at best cost.To help enable this Sleep Number is establishing Assembly Distribution Centers (ADCs).• Established the ADC Organizational Structure, job descriptions and initiated market analyses.• Established the Standard Work and Work Instructions to be developed, created a detailed plan and organized a team to execute and complete the work prior to the launch of our first ADC.• Instituted the framework for the Launch Playbook.Director of Operations (MSP1) at Amazon from 2016 to 2017 (1 year) in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Launched and directed MSP1, 9th generation Amazon Robotics (AR) Fulfillment Center with footprint of ~860M square feet and team of ~100 managers, ~3.1M hourly associates (peak)• Exceeded 2016 productivity improvement target of 10%, achieving 13.9% improvement over previous year’s productivity benchmark site (MKE1).• Set new standard for AR Sortable Quality, performing 78% better than 2016 network average, 54% better than previous year’s benchmark site (MKE1), and 60% better than network average during peak.• Created and executed culture of developing leaders, promoting 45 managers across all management levels.Director of Operations (MKE1) at Amazon from 2015 to 2016 (1 year) in Kenosha, WI. Launched and directed MKE1, 8th generation Amazon Robotics (AR) Fulfillment Center with footprint of ~1MM square feet and team of~ 85 managers, ~5M hourly associates (peak).• Developed and executed new standard and blueprint for AR Sortable Launch Preparations and Launch.• Exceeded 2015 productivity improvement target of 10%, achieving 25.4% improvement over previous year’s launches.• Maintained best quality in the AR Sortable Network (twice as good as AR network average).• Received three fulfillment center awards at the post-peak Senior Managers Conference:Best Launch, Best Quality and Best Financial Performance.• Created and executed a culture of developing leaders, promoting 16 managers across all management levels.• General Manager (DFW7 and CVG2) at Amazon from 2014 to 2015 (1 year) in Davenport, IA Area.