Director, Warehouse, Distribution and Transportation

BRIAN JORDAN, MSc.

Sandy Springs, Georgia • PH:205-***-**** • EMAI: *.********@*****.***

CAREER PROFILE:

Director, Distribution Operations with over 20 years of experience with large companies and start-up operations improving distribution networks, with strict adherence to safety prevention and compliance in such industries as vending and food safety, military/government, metals and mining, logistics and distribution, retail, automotive, manufacturing, agricultural and commercial irrigation. Core competencies include Supply Chain Management, 3PL management, Logistics, Less than truckloads, Full-truck loads, Parcel, intermodal, port/container shipments, CTPAT, Process Improvement, Warehouse Management Systems project implementation, Regulatory Compliance, Team Leadership, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Cost Management, Customer Focus, Performance Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Problem Solving, Multi-site Collaboration, Purchasing, Demand Planning, Order Management, Inventory Control, Lean Six Sigma, Hiring Strategy, Data Analysis and Decision Making, CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Identified and eliminated inefficiencies in transportation and warehousing, resulting in annual savings of 30K in operational expenses.

• Spearheaded the implementation of a new Warehouse Management System (WMS), improving inventory accuracy from 92% to 99% and reducing order fulfillment errors by 30%.

• Developed and mentored a high-performing distribution team, creating standardized training programs and performance metrics, resulting in a 25% increase in overall productivity and a 50% reduction in employee turnover.

• Led multiple organizations through ISO, ECO-LAB, and AIB compliance audits, achieving certification with zero major non-conformities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FIVESTAR BREAKTIME SERVICE, Atlanta, GA. Sept 2023-Oct 2024 Five Star Food Service specializes in providing on-site food and beverage services for workplaces, operating within the food service and vending machine industries, with annual sales of 290MM. Title: Regional Director of Warehouse Operations

Role: Provided strategic warehouse oversight for warehouse picking accuracy, inventory management, and purchasing execution. Oversight of four warehouses, four direct reports, and one hundred hourly full-time employees (FTE). Budget control: 39MM.

Key Accomplishments:

• Created an audit compliance program for food safety Eco-lab audits.

• Zero discrepancies discovered for two warehouse operations.

• Increased picking fill rates from 75% to 98%.

• A 33% increase in picked orders.

• Developed a purchase order audit program to identify delivery errors from suppliers. RAINBIRD, Steele, AL. Apr 2018 -Sept 2023

Rainbird specializes in manufacturing, distribution and retail sales of irrigation products and services within the agricultural and commercial irrigation industries, with global annual sales of 800MM. Title: Senior Operations Manager

Role: Provided management acumen for warehouse system inventory, distribution, parcel, and transportation shipments of finished goods materials. Performs order management for three distribution networks to ensure inventories, labor management, and carriers’ coordination and promptly executed with the sales management team. Management of six direct reports, and 140 hourly full-time employees (FTE). Budget control: 51MM. Key Accomplishments:

• Reconciled monthly review of freight costs, freight cubing, and routing.

• Achieved $30K reduction in transportation expenses in 2021.

• Reduce Steele DC related delivery failures to <0.005% of total orders.

• Implemented hourly production goals utilizing takt time.

• Reduced reportable injuries by 15% through safety walk revisions.

• Increased safety-walk frequency from monthly to bi-monthly audit reviews, and compliance.

• Instituted detailed root cause and corrective records with monthly reviews. PLASTIPAK INC., Atlanta, GA. Oct 2016-Apr 2018

Plastipak Inc. is a manufacturing and distribution site operation of plastic food packaging products and customer shipments with global annual sales of two billion. Title: Warehouse Operations and Logistics Manager

Role: Provided management acumen for all raw material inbound receipts, intermodal scheduling, and material handling control of finished goods materials. Management of three direct reports, and eighteen hourly full-time employees (FTE). Budget control: 4.2MM.

Key Accomplishments:

• Executed 100% on time deliveries for the new product launch.

• Developed new material handler metrics and key performance indicators for associate and shift requirements.

• Benchmarked new outbound load capacities; increased load capacity from 125 loads/week to two hundred loads/week, a 60% increase, with zero workforce increases.

• Implemented detailed housekeeping documentation to ensure all food safety hazards and critical control points (HACCP) were audit compliant.

BUFFALOROCK Birmingham, AL. Aug 2012-Oct 2016

Buffalorock is an independent food and beverage retail and full-vending business of PepsiCo products with annual sales of 500 MM.

Title: Corporate Distribution Manager

Role: Confirmed purchased order reporting and invoicing of all raw material receipts, provided raw material manufacturing support, finished good receipts, warehousing, inventory control, distribution, and reverse logistics6 for Buffalo Rock’s 14 warehouse operations. Budget control: 28MM. Key Accomplishments:

● Implemented labor metrics to improve productivity and reduce overtime.

• Optimized productivity by 61% through development and implementation of weekly performance indicators.

● Reduced headcount through process redesign, and cross training, from 57 to 45 or 21%.

● Developed a highly detailed cycle count program to ensure 100% corporate compliance for all reserve, active and case pick locations prior to yearly physical inventory.

● Increased sales and inventory turn by actively monitoring aged inventory.

• Decreased inventory obsolescence by 20 percent.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FRUEDENBERG NOK, (Automotive sealing) Lagrange, GA Aug 2011-Aug 2012 Manufacturing Production Manager

STAPLES, (Retail) Atlanta GA Jun 2008-Aug 2011

Outbound Operations Manager

CEVA LOGISTICS (3PL logistics) Dec 2001-Jun 2008

General Manager; Tallapoosa, GA (Feb 2005-Jun 2008) Operations Manager; Marysville, OH (Mar 2003-Feb 2005) Quality Manager; Marysville, OH (Dec 2001-Mar 2003) McCook METALS LLC, (Metals) McCook, IL Apr 1999- Dec 2001 Shipping Supervisor; (Mar 2000-Dec 2001)

Manufacturing Cold-Mill Supervisor; (Apr 1999-Mar 2000) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, (Military) Oct 1985-Apr 1999 Maintenance Production Specialist

(Honorably Discharged)

EDUCATION:

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan M.S., Administration

The University of Mounty Olive, Mount Olive, North Carolina B.S., Business Management

The Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama A.A.P., Maintenance Production Management

Certification, Logistics, Transportation and Distribution, Associate for Supply Chain Management Estimated Completion: July 2025.

SKILLS:

• ISO (9001) Auditor

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training.

• Kaizen

• 5S

• Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Academy-United States Air Force SYSTEMS:

• Enterprise Resource Planning

o SAP

o Peoplesoft

• Warehouse Management Systems

o Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) o Softeon Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

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