Vice President of Operations

DARREN ADAMS

Chicago, IL Cell: 949-***-**** adikl4@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KORPACK, BLOOMINGDALE, IL 2020– CURRENT

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS (02/2020 – CURRENT)

Direct all aspects of NA operations for a diversified national packaging organization leading; Engineering, Warehousing & Logistics, Information Systems, Quality and Procurement for a $26MM organization. As VP of operations, I am focused on top line business strategy, the development of strategic vendor relationships and partnerships, team building margin expansion and operational excellence.

● Responsible for developing, negotiating, and closing a new business segment within warehousing, kitting, resulting in a new revenue category with annual sales run rate of $2.5MM

● Restructured operations, reducing headcount by 9%, and implemented EOS processes across operations, in support of faster quote to procure process, resulting in a 25% faster process, 55% more accurate quotes and a 10% higher win percentage

● Established department productivity metrics and continuous improvement culture, which resulted in the identification operational issueshighly engaged proactive, results-driven culture MAUSER PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, OAK BROOK, IL 2018 – 20200 DIRECTOR, LOGISTICS & GLOBAL PMO (08/2018 – 02/2020) Directed the global project management office for the global logistics department within a $4B organization. Responsible for the delivery of projects that provide strategic change within the global logistics department with over $300M in spend. Responsible for analyzing the strategic alternatives and direction of the department so as to ensure alignment with both the short and long term objectives of both the organization and the department.

● Promoted twice in less than two years, Manager Dedicated & Inbound Logistics (08/18 – 7/19), Sr. Manager, Global PMO

(07/19-12/19), Director Logistics Reconditioning Division

● Developed NA technology strategy, including the selection and implementation of a TMS, Fleet Management System, consolidated procurement system (Jaeger) and Freight Audit and Pay BI tools.

● Responsible for planning, implementation and reconciliation of $45M in project cost out opportunities across four business units over two years. Including TMS implementation, consolidating sourcing initiatives and network design and facility consolidation.

● Lead both Private Fleet and Domestic Transportation for the Reconditioning BU. Managing approximately $100M in domestic freight spend. $30M in private fleet (200 + drivers and trucks and over 8,000 trailers).

● Developed dedicated and private fleet pricing and optimization tool which resulted in 25% improvement in driver utilization and a reduction in overall logistics costs of 15% across four facilities. INSTASPECTIONS, Chicago, IL 2018-Current

CEO (01/2018 – Current)

Instaspections, is a real technology company that delivers home inspection and residential real estate technology solutions to home inspectors in real estate agents throughout North America via its NspectPro and NspEctimate mobile applications.

● Developed and commercialized new cost estimation product. Sold strategic partnering with the largest Keller Williams regional group in the Midwest as means of improving market penetration and developing Brand awareness

● Full P&L responsibility, including CapEx/Technology investment decisions. Responsible for developing strategic partnerships, which resulted in direct selling relationships with ASHI, HomDNA, Keller Williams and List Reports. MERISANT, Chicago, IL 2016-2017

Sr. Manager, North America Customer Operations, Distribution and Logistics (09/2016-10/2017) Directed North America Logistics, Distribution and Customer Operations. Lead 5=person team. Responsibilities encompassed inventory management, new product introductions, and vendor and customer performance/scorecard DARREN ADAMS Page 2 Cell: 949-***-**** adikl4@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn management, SAP master data maintenance, order exception management, customer and 3PL EDI connections, customer invoicing, invoice deductions and 3PL (distribution and logistics) vendor management

● Aligned a $22M budget with department goals, proficiently guided actual transportation and distribution expenses within 1% tolerance of budget

● Captured $250K in pro forma cost savings by relocating a warehouse from Illinois to Georgia after co-leading a project to assess and initiate a distribution network change.

● Led multiple Kaizen, continuous improvement and production improvement events with distribution and manufacturing vendors, resulting in both immediate operational changes, short & long-range initiatives and capital improvement identification opportunities

● Instituted uniform key performance indicators (KPIs) that sharpened operational oversight of vendor performance in four key areas of focus (Financial, Service, Quality, Safety), resulting in broad based improvement in vendor performance across all metric dimensions

SPECTRUM BRANDS, Middleton, WI 2012-2016

Sr. Manager, Corporate Domestic Transportation (11/2015-08/2016) Defined and executed corporate strategic direction and initiatives encompassing TMS procurement, transportation sourcing event life cycle management, carrier management, and transportation network analysis. Lead team of 3 analysts.

● Lead over $70M in sourcing events across, Truckload, Less-than-Truckload and Parcel, resulting in $7M in transportation sourcing savings across the North American transportation network

● Negotiated 42 transportation contracts, as part of two separate transportation sourcing bid events within SciQuest, negotiations lead to standardized terms, consistent payment terms (EOAP), and $4.8M in savings across 4 separate divisions attributed to implementation of e

● Drove $4.8M in savings across 4 separate divisions through the skilled negotiation of

● Spearheaded the sourcing, negotiation, and launch of the Corporate TMS standardization project poised to deliver

$22M+ in cost savings via the NA network. Project’s ROI valued at >200%.

● Integrated (EOAP) expended payment terms for all corporate contracts, streamlining transportation payables processes and resulting in $1.04M one-time cash infusion.

● Cut costs by $1M and consolidated DC locations as the leader of a Transportation Network Analysis project for Canadian Distribution Centers.

SPECTRUM BRANDS, Middleton, WI 2012-2016

Sr. Manager, Transportation Accounting & Finance (08/2014-11/ 2015) Oversaw both Corporate Financial Shared Services Transportation Accounting & Finance and Corporate Domestic Transportation functions (5-person team). Coordinated monthly accounting close outs for four North American divisions.

● Implementation Freight Payables (Data2 Logistics) across 4 Divisions, synchronizing freight reporting systems.

● Guided SAP merger integrations for Transportation Operations and Transportation Accounting & Finance, including blueprinting, test script development, and other accountabilities.

● Formulated a model for $160M in freight spend and helped determine transportation standards for inbound freight as well as conditions for outbound freight.

● Managed operating and capital budget for transportation, distribution and manufacturing for global Battery Division. Additional work history includes, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ALFRED GOBAR ASSOCIATED, Anaheim, CA (2006-2008). Lean Champion Distribution & Transportation, BEHR PROCESS (2008 – 2012), Sr. Analyst, Transportation, SPECTRUM BRANDS, Lake Forest, CA (2012-2014)

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master Business Administration (MBA), Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management - 2017 One of four KETI Team winners (Granted $10K to fund and develop a technology project) ~ Class Treasurer Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Michigan – 2001 -2006 – Four-year letter winner Varsity Track & Field DARREN ADAMS Page 2 Cell: 949-***-**** adikl4@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn CERTIFICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL SKILLS/ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Certificate, CPIM ~ Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt ~ Certificate, Project Management MySQL, Python, MS VBA, SQL, MS Office Suite, Tableau, Advanced Excel, MS Access

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