Dallas S. Owen

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Independence, MO 64055

417-***-****

advfqy@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

BSBA

University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Warehouse Supervisor/Shift Coordinator/Shift Manager 1987-1995

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - Kansas City. KS

Began as an area supervisor of 60 personnel ending up with the complete oversite of the total night shift warehouse operations involving 300+ personnel.

Education and training of both exempt and non-exempt personnel in order to successfully ship 70 million cases per year in a 750,000 sf multi-temp facility, with as many as 200 outbound loads on second shift.

Created new scheduling and labor adjustment techniques that reduced the overtime percentage from 20% down to 6% overtime using the same personnel. This resulted in a savings of $0.10/case.

Ruled on grievances according to the guidelines in the CBA.

Director of Warehousing 1995-1997

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - Springfield, MO

Total responsibility for the warehouse operations in an 850,000 square foot multi-temp facility (Frozen, Produce, Dairy, Processed and Fresh Meat) that shipped 71 million cases per year on up to 200 loads on second shift.

oResponsible for all Managers, Supervisors and both exempt and hourly personnel totaling 320+.

Creating warehouse budget for all shifts and establish goals for the work force to keep or exceed budgetary expectations.

Responsible for operating within the labor contract and processing any warehouse grievances/arbitrations that arose from operations. Member of the Company Negotiations Committee.

Redesigned inbound operations to eliminate carrier detention charges and increase traffic flow.

ACHEIVEMENTS

Applied new scheduling and labor adjustment techniques that reduced the overtime percentage from 20% down to 8% overtime using the same personnel.

Maintained an excellent rating on the ASI inspections.

Decreased call-in’s from 100 – 15 on Sunday the largest shipping day, by putting in new attendance system.

Vice President of Distribution 1997-2000

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - Springfield, MO

Total responsibility for the warehouse and transportation operations in an 850,000 square foot multi-temp facility (Frozen, Produce, Dairy, Processed and Fresh Meat) that shipped 71 million cases per year on up to 200 loads on 2nd shift.

oResponsible for all Directors, Managers, Supervisors and both exempt and hourly personnel totaling 600+.

oCreating Warehouse and Transportation budgets and developing goals to ensure the budget was met based on goals that were established.

Responsible for operating within the labor contract and processing any Warehouse/Transportation grievances/arbitrations that arose from operations. Member of the Company Negotiations Committee.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Redesigned the dry operations racking to gain storage space without affecting operations.

Successfully designed a RIB plan.

Assisted in sourcing new WMS and designed enhancements.

Maintained a 99%+ on time delivery rate.

Vice President of Distribution 2000-2003

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - Oklahoma City, OK

Total responsibility for the warehouse and transportation operations in a 550,000 square foot multi-temp, multi-building, campus structure.

oResponsible for all Directors, Managers, Supervisors and both exempt and hourly personnel.

oCreating Warehouse and Transportation budgets and developing goals to ensure the budget was met based on goals that were established.

oResponsible for operating within the labor contract and processing any Warehouse grievances/arbitrations that arose from operations. Member of the Company Negotiations Committee.

Responsible for the oversight of 3PL Trucking Company used for transportation and the negotiation of any new contracts.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Responsible for shutting down and distributing out inventories to existing divisions from inventories and equipment purchased from an industry buy out. This involved two 800,000 sf facilities and a 120,000 sf facility in three different states. This was on a 30 to 60 day timeline according to the location.

Responsible for designing the centralized Traffic Department for all of AWG using a new software design.

Designed the replacement jobs for potential strike. Hired and trained replacement work force. Deliveries were on time within the first two weeks.

Vice President of Distribution 2004-2008

McClane Company-Nicholasville KY

Total responsibility for the warehouse and transportation operations in a 500,000 sf multi-temp facility.

oResponsible for all Managers, Supervisors and hourly personnel totaling 700+.

oCreating Warehouse and Transportation budgets and developing goals to ensure the budget was met based on goals that were established.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Became the number one Division by cost as a % to revenue out of all Divisions in first year.

oSuccessfully dealt with reductions of 50% in shipping lead times for seasonal items.

oDeveloped pricing and labor model for changes in the customer’s volume and needs.

Analyzed and documented pathway to increase productivity in largest division in Florida.

General Manager April 2008-August 2018

Buske Logistics-Tulsa OK, Ft Smith AR, Springfield MO

Total responsibility for the 3PL services supporting Fortune 500 Companies and other local or regional customers.

oServices included, yard spotting, TL pick-up and delivery, case pick, pallet storage, repack, display building, sorting and segregating, container shipping to foreign countries and arranging freight for customer.

oResponsible for all Managers, Supervisors, Drivers and hourly personnel.

Responsible for servicing existing customers within their established KPI’s.

Responsible for gaining new customers or new revenue streams from existing customers.

oNegotiate leases for space that is required for short term and assisted in long term lease negotiations.

oPricing and developing profitable repack projects for Fortune 500 companies.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Tripled the inventory for main customer while simultaneously acquiring a new customer with multiple sub customers.

oSourced and negotiated up 2-3 additional warehouses.

Responsible for maintaining Food Grade Facilities and operate within the customer’s established guidelines.

Attained record profits for the Springfield Division.

Main Fortune 500 customer gave “the best customer service” out of all the 3PL’s in the US.

Successfully took on an emergency repack of 3 million cases with little notice while simultaneously performing an emergency seasonal repack for another Fortune 500 company, with little notice. All were successfully completed on-time and to the customers complete satisfaction.

Caregiver 2018-2020

Became main caregiver for my mother, who suffers from severe Alzheimer’s.

Transportation/Warehouse Manager 09/2020-08/17/2022

Wagner Logistics – NKC MO

Successful startup of new customer in the Independence MO area. Customer was a manufacturer that we stored and supplied raw materials for manufacturing, returning finished goods to multiple warehouses for storage and shipment to other locations in the US.

Transferred to location in NKC. Multi-customer, public warehouse. Processed both pallet in-and-out and order fulfillment, using robotics for some of the fulfillment customers. Had P&L responsibilities including AP/AR in as many as 20+ customers and any given time, so multiple types of MHE used and processes.

References available upon request.

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