Watson Named Plant Mgr, SFL L&DC

Jack R. Watson has been selected as Plant Manager, South Florida Logistics and Distribution Center.

In this position, Watson will be responsible for 789 employees in a facility that last year, processed approximately 477, 594,582 pieces of mail.  This  facility has a total operating budget of $84 million.

           

Watson began his career as a Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine (MPLSM)/Distribution Clerk in 1983.   Seven years later, he became Supervisor, Mails, Fort Lauderdale, FL.  He continued to accept positions of increased responsibility --- Supervisor, Distribution Operations; Manager, Distribution Operations; and Manager, Customer Services --- all in Fort Lauderdale.  In 2004, he became the Senior Manager, Distribution Operations at the North Metro facility in Duluth, GA.

In 2006, Watson was named Plant Manager, Augusta (GA) Processing and Distribution Facility.  Later, he was selected as Senior Plant Manager, Processing and Distribution Center, Detroit, MI.  In 2013, Watson returned to Florida as Plant Manager, South Florida L&DC, Opa Locka.

Watson is a graduate of the Advanced Leadership Program and the Executive Leadership Program.  He also is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.  He served 20 years in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of Master Sergeant.