DENNIS SCHILDROTH
Belleville, Ill. 62223
Cell phone 314-***-****
Home phone 618-***-****
www.linkedin.com/in/DennySchildroth1200/
Professional Headline
People focused management with an emphasis on Results.
Summary Statement
Progressive experience in leading teams within all areas of Global Supply Chain.
Vendor relationships for Procurement to help with contract negotiations and raw material cost savings.
Have supervised diverse teams and divisions through energetic and consistent communication.
Capable of resolving inventory, production and personnel issues with innovative and adaptive approach. Consistently meets demands from Sales and Customer Service.
Skills Highlight
20 years of Production (includes batch and continuous operations)
27 years of Global Supply Chain Management experience.
Adept at handling High Hazard products, Food Grade products and Consumers goods in all types of transportation modes whether domestic or international shipments
Procurement of Raw materials. ( this includes working with CHEP for 10 years)
Set up of tolling (Co-Manufacturing) and packaging goods, and vendor management.
Contract negotiator for Contract Management, Warehousing, Rail Trucking (Climate control Liquid, Dry Bulk, Dry Van, LTL), air, Transloading, service, lease, and supply agreements.
3rd-party and internal /public warehousing, bulk terminals and contract management background.
Adept in multiple software programs i.e. SAP
Skilled in risk analysis.
Ground floor experience with all warehouse and terminal operations
Project management
P&L and Budget responsibilities with all positons.
Professional Experience
Regional DC Manager Henkel 2019 – present
Led 2 warehouses in Logistics and warehousing Total Sq footage ~1.3M Sq ft.
Improved warehouse output by 30% with reduced headcount.
Reduced dwell time from 68 minutes to 38 minutes per trailer
Led several warehouse contract negotiations for new and existing contracts.
Proved to be the go-to person for the others sites based on my past experiences
P& L budget responsibility.
Led or directed closure activities for 3 warehouses.
Reduced shorted orders by 50% last year. We were working to reduce this amount by another 50%.
Improved Inventory accuracy to 99.8% through cycle counting.
Supply Chain consultant 2019
Expertise in Logistics and Distribution
Director of Warehousing/Distribution Branding Iron Holdings 2014- 2019
Sauget, Ill.
We have led the warehouse and distribution group for Branding Iron across 3 sites and 12 external warehouses. Direct reports 9 with a total staff 90.
This opportunity required freezer warehouses and reefer trailers for food grade products
Global Logistics Manager, Solutia / Eastman Chemical - 2009 - 2014
St. Louis, Mo.
Led all logistics across 3 local and international sites and divisions within Solutia / Eastman, including Texas, Alabama, and Wales.
• Led logistics project for the largest solar field fill in North America, located in Arizona. We completed project on time and under budget. This was a $52M sale for the company. This was followed by another solar project in California.
Global Business Operations Planner, Solutia Inc. - 2003 - 2009
St. Louis, Mo.
We have managed global logistics, budgeting, operations, production planning, supply, demand forecasting, transportation, tolling, terminaling, warehousing, customer service, and inventory control. Oversaw procurement and completed contract negotiations for Heat Transfer and Aviation products with sales of $175M.
Volunteer work
Chairman Metro East Credit Union 12 years
Managed Boy and Girls Baseball and Softball teams
Education
Kennedy Western (Graduated 1999)
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering
Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Yellow Belt