Chris Hadwin Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Gardena, California, US

• Reporting to the VP of Distribution, I am responsible for leadership of all distribution operations supporting markets in Texas and FloridaYear 3 – Accelerating the continuous improvement journey
• Introduced asynchronous learning management system to build lean principles awareness for front line leaders and up
• Initiation of multiple operational pilots to drive enterprise savings and support rapid volume growth
• Establishment of robust continuous improvement management process
• Onboarded 3PL to drive efficiencies in store fixture logistics processYear 2 – Building the foundation for a culture of operational excellence
• Implemented lean daily management principles at department and facility level

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• P&L responsibility for a multi-site contract logistics network for a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer.
• Leadership of distribution operations, logistics planning, returns processing, and business intelligence functions
• Site selection and launch of 2nd facility in DFW market in Q1 2021
• Site selection and launch of 3rd facility in Chicago market in Q2 2021
• Oversaw 700% YoY volume growth in 1H 2021

Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

• Reported to the SVP of Solutions Engineering & Innovation in an individual contributor role while working from home.
• Led cross-functional project teams that developed data driven engineered supply chain solutions for technology and luxury apparel companies
• Delivered distribution and fulfillment solutions that resulted in $3MM in new business awards for 2020
• Developed automated material handling and packaging solutions that generate ROI within 18 months

Camden, New Jersey, US

• Reported to the VP of Solutions Design & Engineering while overseeing 2 salaried direct reports while based in a regional corporate office.
• Major KPI’s include development of a standard practice for client engineering and implementation of engineering milestones for continuous improvement projects
• Identified over $1MM in cost savings through engineering projects in 2019
• Restructured core account client engineering team and hired a senior engineer and senior manager of engineering within first 90 days

Camden, New Jersey, US

• Reported to the VP of Solutions Design & Engineering in an individual contributor role while based in a regional corporate office.
• Led cross-functional project teams that developed data driven engineered supply chain solutions for e-commerce fulfillment, apparel, retail store delivery, and consumer packaged goods operations
• Achieved 38% proposal hit rate against a goal of 20%
• Redesigned proprietary engineering resource modeling tool
• Delivered distribution and fulfillment solutions that resulted in $28MM in new business awards for 2018

Miami, FL, US

• Reported to the Group Director, Continuous Improvement while overseeing 5 salaried direct reports, and 9 indirect reports across 40 facilities in North America.
• Responsibilities included supporting quality, lean and continuous improvement for CPG Vertical
• Partnered with operations teams to deliver 3 Lean Showcase site certifications in inaugural year of showcase program
• Continuous improvement team supported over $4M in annual documented cost savings in 2017
• Executive sponsor of vertical best practice sharing, lean fundamentals deployment, and slotting technology pilot
• Selected as tactical engineering lead for innovation pilot and Warehouse of the Future Initiatives

Miami, FL, US

• Reported to the Senior Director, Solutions Design while overseeing 2 salaried direct reports while based in a home office.
• Led design team who successfully developed solutions contributing to 5 awards totaling over $18MM in annual revenue (45% growth) for 2015
• Spearheaded engineering design for strategic cross dock initiative resulting in $34MM in annual revenue growth in 2016-17
• Ryder SCS Heroes of Supply Chain award winner for successful implementation and startup of distribution operations within 8 weeks of project kickoff

Miami, FL, US

• Supported Ryder Supply Chain Solutions' growth initiatives in the Retail vertical by:
• Managing a team of engineering professionals
• Developing integrated supply chain solutions involving inbound transportation, warehousing and distribution, value added services, FTZ, product completion (postponement), outbound and final mile transportation
• Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team of business development, operations, finance, solutions/marketing and IT leaders to develop, propose, contract and implement custom solutions
• Leading collaborative due diligence and implementation of new business and expansions

Miami, FL, US

• Reported to the Senior Director, Supply Chain Excellence while overseeing 2 salaried direct reports while based in a regional corporate office.
• Afforded dedicated and pool engineering support for distribution management operations and new business opportunities in the Retail and Consumer Brands vertical
• Provided onsite engineering support during operational turnaround of distribution operation in Hebron, KY which resulted in return to financial and service stability

• Reported to the VP of Operations while overseeing 15 hourly reports on an interim basis.
• Developed implementation strategies and operational cost budgets for distribution and delivery in response to RFPs that were awarded to Conco for national QSR brands
• Designed voice selection software upgrade that resulted in over 30% reduction of selection errors post-implementation
• Coordinated a successful FMCSA(DOT) compliance review across multiple domiciles involving over 65 power units and 85 drivers
• Oversaw two successful independent food safety audits
• Created and gained approval for business case for the implementation of enterprise version of Roadnet & Territory Planner routing software

Entry level management position designed to introduce recent college graduates to Temple-Inland manufacturing process. Assignments included set-up reduction initiative, waste reduction, & maintenance planning.Attended various company hosted week-long training courses, topics included SMED (Setup reduction), Six Sigma Green Belt, Maintenance Planning & MRO.

Bowling Green, KY, US

Completed company new hire training program and was assigned to distribution center adjacent to corporate headquarters as Industrial Engineering Manager. Responsibilities included identifying improvement opportunities within distribution center, maintaining piece rate pay system through time and motion studies and assisting site management with special.

As an intern at Imtec I began development of a database that tracked the production lot status of medical devices through the manufacturing process. Additionally, I supported the legal team in the development of a patent submission for one of the company's products.