Director Distribution

GILBERT ISHIZU

**** ****** ******, ******* ** ***30

714-***-****) *******@*********.***

ENGINEERING, LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN, DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT PROFFESIONAL

PROFILE

Over 20+ year's management experience in Engineering, logistics, supply chain, transportation, distribution and warehousing. Broad management experience in implementing new start-ups, hiring, operations, corporate administration, fleet management, facilities, maintenance, engineering, continuous improvement techniques, production planning, material management and project management. Analyzed new opportunities, cost analysis, statistical research analysis, strategic planning, designed and implemented sort systems, negotiated contracts, and communicated and developed policies.

Key Strengths:

* Coaching, mentoring, motivating, and team building for success;

* Developing and administering proper utilization of manpower, resources, equipment and materials;

* Forecasting and managing substantial budgets;

* Development and implementation of productivity controls, key metrics and operational plans;

* Analyzing, developing and implementing new location start-ups;

* Field visits with international operations manager for goal setting and technical support;

* Management and development of incentive and standards program for hourly employees.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Hot Topic, City of Industry, CA (7/07 to 8/12) Distribution to 889 retail stores and customer Internet orders - Hot Topic, Torrid and Shockhound

Engineering Project Manager

Responsible for development and maintenance of standards and facility maintenance in 2 locations, California and Tennessee.

* Key strategic advisor to Vice President of Distribution and senior management on process improvement, savings of $8.6 M over 5 years in process improvements

* Building facility maintenance team and implementing preventive maintenance program

* Building Industrial Engineering team, installed standards in 2 facilities, responsible for incentive program, productivity improvement year over year of 27%, facility layouts, process improvements

* Key stake holder for WM upgrade from 2003 to 2009

ServiceCraft Logistics, Inc., Buena Park, CA (8/03 to 7/07) Third party logistics providing end-to-end supply chain logistics, distribution, warehousing, transportation and consulting business

Director Customer Solutions

Responsible for responding to RFP, RFI and RFQ's with rate quotations and customer solutions. Solutions include analyzing, re-engineering, facility layouts and developing cost improvement processes for internal and external customers.

* Completed 23 RFP's worth $24 Mil revenue

* Pricing reviews with current customers increasing revenues $521K

* Evaluated, designed, priced, implemented, and managed "pick & pack" projects earning $1.7 Mil

* Analyzed facility layout and slotting for Georgia Pacific reducing 2.4 Mil sq feet to 1.9 Mil sq ft saving GP $900,000 per year in lease costs.

* Currently on Measure M Oversight Committee, a program for Orange County transportation improvements funded by a half-cent sales tax

Consultant (Exel Logistics, Xerox Distribution), Cerritos, CA (7/01 to 6/03)

Planned relocation of 34,000 SKU's from 200,000 square foot to 160,000 square foot distribution center to a different city. Designed slotting of fast pick line with 2,100 SKU's. Supported conversion to WMS with RF scanning. Developing operational plans and work processes.

Medical Logistics, Inc., Santa Clarita, CA (1/00 to 6/01) Transportation, distribution and logistics for medical specific companies. Ground floor opportunity for new start up venture.

Western Region Project/Engineering Manager

Responsible for planning, organizing, and directing new site selection, facility layout, transportation modeling, staff planning and equipment needs for 11 new locations in Western Region.

* Developed route consolidation in 2 locations for savings of $22,000 per month by identifying 7 cities serviced by both.

* Analyzed and proposed annual line haul savings of $276,000 by performing in-house for 4 Eastern Region areas.

* Developed operational plan for additional customer in San Diego, CA increasing productivity by 17%, reducing over time by 46%, reducing labor cost per stop by 9%, which resulted in $467,000 annual savings.

* Developed and managed operational plan for Wilmington, MA increasing productivity by 34%, reducing over time by 37%, reducing labor cost per stop by 39%, which resulted in $395,000 annual savings.

Federal Express (1986 - 1999) Express delivery, transportation, distribution and logistics worldwide

Senior Project Engineer / Operations Manager / Distribution Manager

Responsible for formulating District Budget, Functional Operating Plan, productivity analysis and System Form. Development of facility, staff planning, and equipment needs for station and ramp locations. Developed, planned and implemented new distribution location supporting 2 Districts and 15 stations. Administered $4.3 million revenue supply expense with an average daily outbound volume of 110,000 pieces.

* Project manager for planning and implementing District split and creation of new location.

* Developed PC program saving FDX $110,000 annually by eliminating manual intensive calculations to develop AM standard

* Supervised team that designed "Container Density Improvement" methods that resulted in "Best Practices" for FDX saving $8 Mil. future dollars.

* Increased distribution center productivity by 23% in 9 months and reduced "waste" resulting in an accumulated savings of $636,000.

* Improved Expedite net service level corporate ranking from #32 to #2 in 3 months.

* Increased Year-over-Year indices for finance packages per FTE by 12.24%, delivery stops per window hour by 18.83% and mix stops per window hour by 23.14% for drivers.

* Supervised PM warehouse operation with Year-over-Year productivity increase of 131.56%.

Senior Operations Service Advisor/International - South Pacific Region

Developed five-year facility plans, operational analysis, custom clearance procedures and sort design for Australia, staffing and facility analysis for Middle East, Project Manager for new country openings, Operational manager for Guam.

* Instrumental in reducing net service failures in Malaysia by 15%.

* Engineered package flow, designed sort system and improved custom clearance procedures saving $12,000 per month in Australia.

* Developed operational plan for new plane departure time for Hong Kong.

* Developed "Self-Handling" ramp plan for Penang.

* Trained North and South Pacific Region managers and Engineers in route balancing.

EDUCATION

California State University - Los Angeles, California

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Contact this candidate