Howard L. Julien

**** ******* ***** ****

New Albany, Ohio 43054

Cell Phone 513-***-****

e-mail – k7q3b2@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

To secure a challenging position as a General Manager, Director of Operations, Director of Warehousing / Transportation, or Regional Director of Operations with a stable company.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Food-Service Distribution Center Management; Complete P & L planning and execution; Facility design; Cost reduction through improved productivity; Inventory accuracy; Increasing inventory turns; Performance standards; Contract negotiations; Vendor relationships; Third party logistics; Human resources functions to include interviewing, hiring, disciplinary actions, grievance procedures, etc.; employee retention strategies; customer relations; sales; loss prevention, supply chain logistics.

Multiple shift 24 / 7 operations; managed as many as 15,000 sku`s.

AIB / ASI Certification; HAACP Certification; Knowledgeable of D.O.T, O.S.H.A, HAZ-MAT, SPCC compliance, EPA compliance.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Implemented cross-dock operations to increase fill rates and increase profitability.

Designed and built specialty delivery trucks to decrease operating expenses.

Improved relations between departments.

Implemented diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) delivery and storage systems.

Increased fill rates to 99%.

Converted aging owned fleet to new leased fleet with full maintenance program.

Start-up of new third party logistics company. Sales volume over $3.8 million after 4 years.

Full P&L planning and implementation.

Assisted in start-up of six new distribution centers including site selection, staffing, material handling equipment, facility design, racking, pick paths, etc.

E-Commerce fulfillment center experience.

Reduced operating expenses through increased productivity and accountability at three distribution centers.

Increased inventory turns by as much as 200%, eliminating outside storage expense.

Worked with purchasing to reduce / eliminate dead inventory.

Increased key performance indicators such as on-time delivery, perfect orders, and customer satisfaction.

Reduction of workers compensation claims.

Implementation of incentive programs.

Implementation of safety programs to include awareness and monetary rewards.

Managed private fleet for multiple sites.

WORK HISTORY:

General Manager / Apollo Oil Company - Columbus, OH 8 - 11 to 5-12

$120 million distributor of oil products both packaged & bulk

Resigned

Corporate Director of Operations / ODC – Cincinnati, OH 6 – 07 to 6-11

$65 million distributor of oil products both packaged & bulk

Laid off due to workforce reduction after company was sold

General Manager / VPA Cold Storage, Columbus, OH 2 - 02 to 9-06

3rd party logistics warehouse specializing in food storage, dsd delivery

Company was sold, received buy out

Reg. Director of Operations / Special Projects Director, MBM Corp 2 - 00 to 2-02

National foodservice distribution

Resigned from MBM for opportunities at VPA Cold Storage

Distribution Center Director, Pro-Source Inc., Columbus, Ohio 6 - 96 to 2- 00

National foodservice distribution

Company was sold to Ameriserve

Director of Operations, Institutional Jobbers Inc., Louisville, Tn. 7 - 93 to 6- 96

Regional foodservice distribution

Resigned for opportunity at Pro-source

Director of Operations U.S. Foodservice, Gahanna, Oh 6 – 89 to 6-93 National foodservice distribution

Resigned from USF for opportunity to live in East Tennessee

Director of Operations, Sysco Foodservice Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 6 - 84 to 6 - 89

National foodservice distribution

Resigned for opportunity with Unifax / US Foods

Route Salesman, Seven - Up Bottling Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 5 - 74 to 6 - 84

Company was sold / distributorships dissolved

Operating systems and software: A.S.-400; Transportation - RTSI Road-Show Routing System; Road-Net Routing System; Trucks Routing System; Cadec, Rockwell Trip-master, & Xata onboard computer systems; Warehousing - Red Prairie; Crystal; LMS; Boss, and Catalyst WMS systems. Proficient with Microsoft products.

Other positions held : Transportation Manager, Routing Manager, Transportation Supervisor, Warehouse Manager, Fleet Director

References:

Roy Deridder – Mentor – 404-***-**** – known for 25 years

Scott Hingson – Sales Mgr. / Oil Distributing Company – 614-***-****

Douglas Oehler – Owner / Oil Distributing Company – 513-***-****

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