Christopher Rivera Email & Phone Number

Porter, TX, US

United States

• DC Operations ManagerManage a diverse logistical operation for all inbound and outbound across multiple domestic warehouses including 3PL international warehousing for finished goods and raw materials. Support a plant.
• Initiated new production, warehouse standards and processes that helped reduce overtime 15%.
• Enhanced route and equipment usage for cost savings on labor hours, fuel & safety 20%
• Executed cross-functional training across the warehouse teams to reduce OT and improve throughput
• Improve inventory accuracy from 80% to 97% Domestic and International
• Reduced distressed inventory by implementing new inventory look outs and conversing with Sales & Customer Service

United States

Houston, TX

• Managing logistical operations for all inbound and outbound across multiple DC’s including 3PL Warehouses for finish goods and raw materials ambient and temperature-controlled environments. Support plant & warehouse.
• Introduced new production, warehouse standards and processes that helped reduce overtime 20%.
• Improved route and equipment usage for cost savings on labor hours, fuel & safety 15%
• Implemented cross-functional training across the warehouse teams to reduce OT and support for unpresented times
• Improve inventory accuracy from 89% to 98%

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed effective, efficient, and safe warehouse facilities across a region. Led all warehouse processes including raw materials for production, finished goods receiving, picking, shipping, and storage with secured.
• Lowered headcount 30% while shipping volume increased over 20% through KPI development and continuous improvement.
• Introduced new production standards and processes that helped reduce overtime 35%.
• Consolidated national branch facilities for ROI savings that reduced transportation, facility charges, and labor for average annual savings of $4M.
• Implemented cross-functional training to diversify workforce for reduced overtime and PTO coverages, allocating personnel to where performing strengths were maximized.
• Increased storage capacity 40% by reconfiguring pallet rack locations and repositioning strategic products to DC’s where transportation was optimized.

Conroe, TX

• Led Plant Planning and Distribution Operation staff across multishift facility. Headed comprehensive Safety Program with emphasis on Regulatory and DOT compliances.
• Improved PM’s on equipment performance by implementing new processes, procedures, and training methods to maximize time efficiencies on equipment, resulting in 25% downtime reduction on mechanical and electrical.
• Identified and improved inbound / outbound efficiencies 20% through transportation at delivery times into production and shipping docks.
• Set up outbound pre-counted orders strategically, improving inventory accuracy from 90% to 99% for warehouse and transportation.

Houston, Texas Area

• Oversaw effective, efficient and safe warehouse processes including raw materials for production, finished goods receiving, shipping and storage with accurate inventories. Implemented and performed inventory accuracy.
• Increased inventory accuracy from 93.5% to 99.5% with improved processes on receiving / shipping and cycle count procedures for finished goods and raw materials.
• Reduced head count 20% by inventory alignment on fast movers on warehouse foot print.
• Lowered inventory production levels $1.3M by inventory accuracy improvements on training and optimizing FIFO and reduction of damage / obsolete inventory.
• Improved DC operations by Championing new WMS system that incorporated all Plant Operations aligned in single database for real-time inventory accuracy.
• Decreased transportation cost annually $2.5M for long-haul customers from OTR to Rail for finished goods and raw decaf bean.