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Victor Lang

Chief Operating Officer
Chicago, United States

Professional Summary

Operations executive with 15+ years scaling multi-site logistics, manufacturing, and SaaS delivery organizations. Known for cutting cycle time, building cross-functional operating systems, and leading turnarounds that improve margin without sacrificing customer experience. Combines lean process discipline with people-first leadership across 800+ employee footprints.

Employment History

Chief Operating Officer
Northbridge Commerce Group · Chicago, IL
Jan, 2021 · Present
Own end-to-end operations across 12 distribution centers and a 420-person corporate ops org; grew order volume 48% while reducing cost-per-order 19%. Built a weekly S&OP and OKR cadence that cut forecast error from 22% to 9% and improved on-time-in-full from 91% to 98.4%. Led a 14-month ERP + WMS migration across 9 sites with zero peak-season downtime; payback in 11 months. Hired and developed 3 VPs (Supply Chain, Customer Ops, Facilities); succession bench for all critical ops roles. Negotiated carrier and 3PL contracts that saved $6.2M annually while improving transit SLAs.
VP of Operations
Lakeshore Industrial Systems · Milwaukee, WI
Mar, 2016 · Dec, 2020
Ran manufacturing and field service for a $180M industrial equipment business; improved gross margin 410 bps through lean cell redesign and supplier dual-sourcing. Cut average install lead time from 47 to 28 days and reduced warranty callbacks 31% via a new quality gate program. Stood up a shared services hub (planning, procurement, scheduling) that removed 18 FTE of duplicated work across plants. Partnered with Sales on capacity planning that unlocked a record $42M backlog conversion in FY2019.
Director of Supply Chain
Midwest Parcel Logistics · Chicago, IL
Jun, 2011 · Feb, 2016
Directed inbound/outbound planning for a regional parcel network; raised sortation throughput 27% via slotting and labor standards. Implemented continuous improvement kaizens that removed $1.8M in annual waste (overtime, scrap, deadhead miles). Built supplier scorecards and quarterly business reviews covering 60+ vendors; on-time supplier delivery from 86% to 96%.

Education

MBA, Operations & Strategy
University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL
2009 · 2011
Concentration in operations strategy, supply chain management, and organizational leadership.
B.S., Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL
2002 · 2006
Focus on systems engineering, optimization, manufacturing systems, and applied analytics.

Skills

P&L ownership
S&OP
Lean / Six Sigma; WMS/ERP (SAP, Oracle); multi-site logistics; workforce planning; M&A integration; OKRs; vendor negotiation; change management

Courses

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt; APICS CSCP
ASQ / APICS · Chicago, IL
2018 · 2019
Professional certifications in process improvement, supply chain planning, inventory strategy, and end-to-end operations leadership.