Chris Hart Email & Phone Number

Jurupa Valley, CA, US

Inland Empire, CA

• Responsible for all Inbound, Outbound, Safety, and Quality operations, as well as Associate and Manager development for one or more shifts in a multi-temperature 1.1 million square foot Grocery Distribution Warehouse..
• Developed night shift operations as building volume expanded 250% in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
• Developed tools for tracking and improving rate and volume execution, driving rates up 30%.
• Developed a shift planning tool in use for the entire network which sets cost and staffing targets, reducing indirect spending 20%.
• Developed a Dock Management process which is now being used to drive a reduction in transportation cost and freight delivery delays.
• Ran a High volume product trial that eventually led to the use of pick process (Slotting), which increased rate (and reduced pick cost) by 33%, and eliminated 100% of palletize cost.

Orange County, California Area

• Responsible for the day-to-day operations to drive business objectives while managing Key Customers, production, quality, and materials managers. Leads teams in all phases new product roll-outs. Performs staff training.
• Qualified Altinex as a Tier 1 supplier to a Fortune 100 company resulting in $100MM in revenue.
• Successfully implemented Kanban, Kaizen, and 5S to eliminate waste and reduce/eliminate transactional costs and non-value-added processes, resulting in a 6% improvement in EBIT
• Introduced KPI’s company-wide to drive continuous improvements. Examples include first pass yield increased from 85% to 96%, field MTBF increased by 35%, on-time order completion >98%, shipping accuracy >99.8%
• Onboarded 2 plumbing businesses leading to $2.5MM annual revenue incre

Orange County, California Area

• Developed measurable objectives for Production and Materials, and ensured on time completion of jobs. Inspected and evaluated workplace environment, equipment, PPE, and work habits to ensure compliance with OSHA safety.
• Improved machine efficiency by 35% using Demand Flow and waste elimination and modified work cells to increase production by > 50%
• Developed a process to acquire Safety Data Sheets, LTA log, accident response forms, and an IATA/DOT compliant process for shipping and storing LI and NIMH batteries

Orange County, California Area

• Supervised teams performing job kitting, receiving, incoming inspections, customer order packing, and shipping. Implemented programs to measure receiving/shipping accuracy, ABC cycle counting, and inventory accuracy.
• Created the NCMR process, Materials Review Board, accident response form, inspection standards, and non-conforming material forms/processes
• Implemented cycle counts, turns reporting, shipment accuracy measurement, company wide ESD precautions
• Automated picking and packaging/implementation of barcode scanning, floor stock, two-bin systems, and the requisition process.

Colton, CA

• Managed 24/7 8-line extrusion operation extruding sewer and gas line pipe out of Polyethylene. Managed 4 shift supervisors and a tool room. Oversaw rail car receiving and offloading of resin, dock operations.
• Improved machine up-time by 20%, and reduced line scrap rate by 60%; eliminating 2.6M lbs. of scrap
• Designed a program to measure WIP inventory of resin and consequently eliminated line stops caused by material shortages
• Won a concession from AWWA allowing increased use of regrind, and eliminated 75% of inherited yard scrap in 9 months.

Pomona, CA

• Managed all operations related to building high dollar bare board test machines for the PCB industry; PCBA test, Machine shop, electro-mechanical assembly, software validation, and final product test.
• Reduced final product lead time from 2 months, to 2 weeks
• Achieved an average 18% labor savings per unit by outsourcing
• Reduced incoming PCBA failure rate by 70% by providing quality data to our supplier

Pomona, CA

• Managed a 3-shift assembly and fabrication shop creating custom test fixtures for automated board test.
• Reduced average lead time by 25%
• Reduced materials scrap by $150K annually
• On-boarded two new businesses resulting in $3.3MM additional revenue per year