Lad A. Dilgard, MBA, CPM

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Profile

Supply Chain leader and experienced distribution manager with extensive expertise in all functional areas. My positions over the years have been primarily contract-consulting or internal consulting, but I'm looking for a long term, full time opportunity with a stable organization. I've recently completed Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training and am searching for an organization to deploy LSS methods and drive change. With 19 years experience aligning operating strategies to streamline performance and maximize profitability at major companies, I can add immediate and sustained value to your firm.

Supply Chain Thought Leadership, Management, and Implementation

Continuous Improvement / Process Excellence

Project Management (PMP)

Warehouse Management

Transportation Management & Strategy

Business Process Re-engineering

Materials Management / Manufacturing

Supply Chain Technology Selection, Evaluation, Implementation (WMS, Procurement, Demand Planning)

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (CPM)

Business Case Development

Demand Planning / Statistical Forecasting

Inventory Management & Financial Analysis (APICS - CPIM)

3PL

VP, Strategy & Process Improvement

JPMORGAN CHASE Columbus, OH 2014 Present

Internal consulting role driving strategy & process analysis across Consumer & Community Banking

Found $12MM+ of annual savings and recommended improvements in systems, controls, and customer experience

Successfully led teams of 4 for 10-12 week projects; maintaining strong relationships with internal clients and achieving scores of 4.9 of 5 on post-project stakeholder surveys

Designed strategies, policies, benchmarks to provide leaders with efficiency targets

Reviewed, documented end-to-end business processes while identifying operational gaps, risks and efficiency opportunities, while synthesizing quantitative information to test hypotheses

Presented findings and recommendations to executive sponsors and stakeholders in succinct and powerful presentations

Sr. Supply Chain Consultant

TOP CONSULTING INC. Columbus, OH 2013 2014

Managing consultant on $3.2 million business restructuring and Peoplesoft 9.1 implementation

Implemented inventory management, procurement, and A/P modules at major health system

Managed 17 professionals, including developers, training, testing, & functional experts

Sr. Manager, US Logistics Operations

BUTLER-SCHEIN ANIMAL HEALTH Dublin, OH 2011 2013

Internal consulting role driving process and technology improvements across $1.5B distributor

Warehouse Optimization Program: Created vision, strategy, business case for 3 year, $12.5M supply chain transformation program that recommended consolidating warehouses, implementing Tier 1 WMS, voice picking, and demand planning, as well as

oMoving, expanding, re-designing floor layouts while investing in capital equipment

oDeploying Lean Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement fundamentals

Implemented inventory counting changes ($500K annual savings, 99% accuracy)

Set warehouse standards (Using 5-S methods) in cleanliness, metrics, process consistency, shelf integrity, lighting, coaching, errors, maintenance

Defined KPI's, built scorecards for Operations. Moved company to cost-per-line metric

Managing Consultant

CARDINAL HEALTH (via RGP) Dublin, OH 2010 2011

Led Finance workstream of $300M SAP Implementation/business restructuring.

Managed team of 24 FTE’s & consultants to deliver SAP system modifications

Group Director, Supply Chain

LEGGETT & PLATT Columbus, OH 2007 2009

Automotive Manufacturing Materials Management: Managed 5 materials managers, 3 buyers, inventory strategy, for (5) Commercial Vehicle Product companies

Defined KPI’s, built scorecards for sourcing, procurement & inventory

Sourced direct materials used in production: plastic, steel, aluminum, finished goods

Moved DPO from 18 to 27 by working with suppliers on payment terms

Controller,

Logistics & Procurement

METTLER-TOLEDO Columbus, OH 2006 2007

Managed 6 direct reports, built inventory / purchasing department for $400M division

Created Inventory Improvement Initiative, which moved US ITO from 11.2 to 14.1 in less than 2 years. Canada ITO 4.0 to 6.1

Established audit-tested inventory counting processes that reduced variance and increased accountability in 700+ field warehouses and 2 hub warehouses

Provided financial and process oversight of hub warehouses in US and Canada

Drove Reverse Logistics/returns project, wrote return policy ($350K annual savings)

Switched European shipments from air to ocean without customer impact ($455K savings)

Supply Chain Consultant

ICG COMMERCE Columbus, OH 2004 2006

Co-led building of (2) F/500 strategic procurement departments

Saved $10 million+ annually through sourcing, implementing contracts, procurement systems

Supply Chain Project Manager

LIMITED LOGISTICS SERVICES Columbus, OH 2000 2004

Internal consulting role leading supply chain initiatives at $8 billion retailer (inventory, forecasting, replenishment, procurement)

Project ReSource: Co-led $3 billion indirect procurement consolidation, e-Procurement, p-card selection & implementation, strategic sourcing, policy, & payment terms

Saved $1 million+: P-Card, Travel Card rebates; negotiating credit card processing contracts

Analyzed replenishment, created statistical forecasting value prop to improve product buys

Education

1994 1996

The Ohio State University Columbus, OH MBA, Logistics / Finance

1986 1990

The University of Toledo Toledo, OH BA, History / Political Science

Certifications

Systems

Software

PMP – Project Management Institute

CPIM – APICS (2001)

CPM – Institute of Supply Mgmt (2003)

Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt - Completed coursework, in certification

Peoplesoft 9.1 Purchasing, Inventory, and A/P

LPCS, EPS, Baan, SAP R/3

Ariba: Buyer, Sourcing, Contracts, and P-Card

Sharepoint, Demantra

MS Office, Access, Visio, Project

Other

2008–2012 – Founded, built, sold The Columbus Sandwich Company, restaurant & food wholesale distributor

2009 – Published article on Collaborative Forecasting Processes in Journal of Business Forecasting

2007 – Presented at Interlog Conference (San Francisco, CA) and Service Management Exchange (Jacksonville, FL)

2001 – Attended University of Tennessee - Center of Forecasting Excellence

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