Matt Wells

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White Oak, Texas, 75693

817-***-****

adu96u@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Made-Rite Company/Red River Beverage Longview, Texas/ Bossier City, Louisiana United States

Director, Sales Ops/General Manager Apr 2020 – Current

Responsibilities include Sales and Distribution teams reaching over 31 Counties in East Texas and 7 Perishes in Louisiana. Our annual sales for 2021 exceeded plan by hitting 711K cases with earnings totaling $9.7M in Revenue. Before selling off our Dr Pepper/7UP Distribution in January 2021, the two years leading up to that we averaged 3.269M cases annually and earnings averaging $39.1M in Revenue.

Key Account calls with CEFCO (50+ stores), Zippy J’s (25+ stores), Brookshire’s and Brookshire Bros (15+ stores), along with multiple Regional Accounts call points in between, including Wholesale and Close-Out Businesses.

Oversee Warehouse Processes such as WMS Picking, Loading, Replenishment, Procurement, and Inventory, including Breakage and Shrinkage. Current Inventory levels sit at 57.4K cases (8%/ 30 DOS) and a $765k evaluation (7.8% of Annual Revenue).

Manage our Full Line Vending Department that services over ~860 Vending Machines with revenue totaling $900K annually. Track all Assets, schedule routes and revue financials in a program called Vendmax. Schedule machine moves, swaps, placement and returns.

Oversee other practices such as Pricing Schedules, COGS, Sales POS, Utilities, Fleet and Building Maintenance.

The Made-Rite Company Longview, Texas United States

Director, Operations Oct 2018 – Apr 2020

Oversaw day to day Operations of Warehouse and Distribution activities such as WMS Picking, Loading, Replenishment, Procurement, and Inventory, including Breakage and Shrinkage. Sales for this period averaged 3.269M cases annually with an average $39.1M in Revenue.

Reduced Labor Expenses by ~$200K by changing the culture of hiring temporary employees to hiring full time employees and introducing bonuses paid on achievement and work performance. Pick rates increased, damages decreased from correcting handling habits thus lowering labor and breakage.

Reduced turnover by ~60% initiating a bonus structure, safety awards and attendance standards.

Passed OSHA and AIB Quality Assurance and Food Safety Audits each year.

Big Red, Inc., XYIENCE Distributing, Inc. Grand Prairie, Texas United States

General Manager May 2016 – Sept 2018

Managed three (3) Distribution Territories in Texas (DFW, Waco, Corpus Christi), including Key Accounts, Sales, Delivery and Merchandising personnel.

Key Account calls with Albertsons, Tom Thumb, HEB, QuikTrip and Kroger, along with multiple Regional Accounts call points in between, including Wholesale and Close-Out Businesses.

Develop Monthly and Quarterly programs/incentives to increase sales and revenue.

Manage Inventory, Procurement, POS, Utilities, Fleet and Building Maintenance.

Oversee Field Marketing Team for DFW, including FMM and sampling team used to grow brand exposure.

Big Red, Inc. Austin, Texas United States

Business Development Manager Aug 2015 – May 2016

Managed Distribution Network of nine (9) Liquid Refreshment Distributors across Texas.

Partnered with key contacts to maintain adequate supply of inventory and communicate all retail activity.

Key Account responsibilities with Regional C-Store Chains and worked on teams calling on Major Grocery Retailers.

Develop Monthly and Quarterly programs/incentives to increase sales and revenue.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Irving, Texas United States

Director, Distribution and Supply Planning Feb 2008 – Oct 2014

Reporting to the Business Unit General Manager and Senior VP, I managed 2.5 million cases of inventory at 20 Sales and Distribution Centers across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado. Inventories included both produced and purchased goods (allied brands).

Led team of Demand Planning Analyst that purchased New Age/Allied Brand full goods and a team of Distribution Planners that strategically moved product from our Production facilities to our Sales Centers for the 20 S/DC’s in our Business Unit.

Plant contact for Independent Distributor customers. Worked specifically with the network on production forecasting, purchasing product, communicated new product introductions, close-outs and transportation planning.

Additional responsibilities included supervising Warehouse and Shipping Auditors, Inventory Clerks, Mock-Product Recall exercises and Monthly Employee Drink Purchase Program.

Monitor weekly and monthly forecasts to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.

Select transportation routes to maximize economics by combining shipments, consolidating warehousing and distribution (reduced headcount by one employee per site $40Kx20 facilities - $800K).

Document physical supply chain processes, such as 5S processes, Kaizen process mapping, workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities and system flows.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Irving, Texas United States

General Manager, Corsicana TX Branch Jun 2006 – Feb 2008

Director, Business Development - Small Format Jun 2005 – Jun 2006

Director, Field Marketing Sep 2003 – Jun 2005

Manager, Key Accounts Jul 2001 – Sep 2003

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

STATE OF TEXAS INSURANCE PRODUCER/FARMERS INSURANCE TEXAS- AUG 2014 – OCT 2015

Life Insurance, Health Insurance and Property & Casualty Insurance Licenses

TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (TCJC) Fort Worth, TX

1989 - 1992

AAS/Business Administration – entrepreneurship/small business

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

SAP (SP7), Sales, Delivery, Inventory, Forecasting, Pull System Calculators and Material Resource Planning

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.)

Margin Minder Sales Tracking Tool (part of SAP)

Encompass, Inventory, Sales, Delivery, P&L Reports

Familiar in Nielsen Ratings Data

First Aid/CPR Certification

Forklift/Electric Jack Certified

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