Brad Chittick, P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Canadian Tire, Supply Chain, Brampton, ON

• Led a team of Engineers, Project & Maintenance Managers, ensuring Supply Chain facilities across Canada were appropriately maintained and assets met/exceeded economic life cycle. Planned and implement capital projects.
• Successfully implemented numerous capital projects with an annual expenditure of $12 - $15 million.
• Directed the management of a $12 million dollar annual operating expense budget achieving 2 to 5% below budget.
• Developed and implemented Maintenance standards across all Supply Chain facilities that aligned maintenance procedures and ensured performance consistency over 6 distribution and warehouse facilities.
• Established and executed annual audit process for the Maintenance standards that drove increased reliability.
• Restructured procurement processes segregated across multiple groups by developing a Central Procurement Office.

Canadian Tire Home Office & Montreal Distribution Centre

• Spearheaded a cross-functional initiative to design, build and operationalize the 1.5 million square foot Montreal Distribution Centre.
• Completed the project over a four year period to a highly successful implementation coming within the budget of $250 million and delivering an operational facility on time.
• Directed a diverse cross functional team of engineers, project managers, operations experts, trainers and external contractors. Created a work environment that fostered collaboration and respect and successfully.
• Managed project coordination and project scope with divisional Real Estate and Information Technology teams, delivering a fully operational distribution centre.

Brampton Distribution Centre

• Directed the operations of a 1.4 million square foot distribution centre to ensure cost effective on time delivery of merchandise to dealer retail stores across Canada. Led a team of 16 managers, 70 crew leads, and 465.
• Implemented a new organization structure that provided more focus on process and led the development of a work balancing process.
• Successfully implemented a seven day week shift structure with satisfactory employee buy-in and without any major disruption to business.
• Co-led a cross functional initiative to improve operations scheduling and increase capacity by developing an operational plan to shunt trailers from lower to upper sections of the DC; reduced the cycle time to move.

A. J. Billes Distribution Centre

Led all Maintenance, Facility Engineering, and Loss Prevention activities for three Toronto distribution centres; managed an annual budget over $13 million; implemented the first Computerized Maintenance Management System (MAXIMO) within Canadian Tire.

Brampton Distribution Centre

Responsible for all maintenance operations for a highly automated 1.4 million square foot distribution centre. Managed a large multi-disciplinary team of tradesmen, planners and supervisors in a three shift environment.

Barrie, Ontario

Managed a team of 50 tradesmen, supervisors, planners and expense stores clerks in a 24 /7 operations, 600,000 sq. ft. tire manufacturing plant; included full responsibility for all manufacturing equipment reliability and facility maintenance except boiler plant operations.

St. Catharines, Ontario

Held six positions of increasing responsibility and accountability in engineering and operations management over an 11 year term:Maintenance General SupervisorMaintenance Planning & Control SupervisorMaintenance SupervisorProduction SupervisorEngineer – Plant EngineeringJunior Engineer – Plant Engineering