Valley Food Service, IncSenior VP of Logistics Operations
Mar. 2002 - Jun. 2004St. Joseph, Missouri AreaManaged daily operations of the company’s supply chain, warehouse, transportation, and distribution center, including 80 route delivery trucks and drivers delivering to Taco Bell, KFC, Sonic, Subway, and Wendy's, and 185 warehouse and administrative employees. • Reported directly to Chairman of the Board • Complete profit and loss responsibilities, including developing and maintaining finance budgets and financing solutions • Project leader on reorganization of procurement group to streamline ordering process and better align with demand. Overall savings in distribution was 22%. • Responsible for re-engineering transportation department, reducing equipment requirements by increasing asset utilization yielding nearly a 40% reduction in transportation assets • Developed in house routing program utilizing MS Access/Excel upgrading from a paper system bringing dramatic time savings to drivers and customers • Developed and managed team for implementation of voice pick system including budget, RFP, purchase, procedures, and process development in warehouse. As a result, order fulfillment time was reduced by 35% and a dramatic decrease of 97% in order mistakes • Developed and implemented an organic routing system utilizing Excel/Access, increasing truck and trailer route efficiency 35% • Re-engineered warehouse layout and labor deployment to maximize utilization of both space and labor. • Developed and implemented training program for route drivers for route-stop delivery process