Dan Hamilton Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Burbank, CA, US

• Responsible for managing day to day company operations, demand planning, sales & operations planning, transportation, warehousing, purchasing, inventory, distribution, profit and loss, budget administration, staff.
• Managed operations which encompasses 35 domestic and international distribution and fabrication facilities.
• Implemented daily, weekly, and monthly KPI’s that increased the velocity of products through the distribution centers, lowered labor costs, and improved on time shipping from 95% to 99.5%.
• Created and implemented new safety program which reduced lost-time incidents to zero over a two-year period, managed $8 million in transportation spend, negotiated new FedEx contract which saved $500K annually, and.
• Spearheaded the design and staffing of operations organization, which includes new Lean/Six Sigma continuous improvement program, and has overseen due diligence for major acquisitions.
• Did the site selection, lease negotiations, warehouse design, and project management for 10 new distribution centers.

• Responsible for supply chain management, demand management, operations planning, selecting new technology solutions, transportation, warehousing, strategic planning, and handling a wide variety of special projects. Was.
• Managed supply chain operation for network of ambulatory surgical centers, sleep centers, warehouses, and supply chain solutions for health care.
• Implemented demand forecasting into inventory management for surgical supplies
• Selected and implemented a new technology solution for materials management in healthcare, which included a purchasing and inventory platform which increased productivity and tracking of materials; system leased to.
• During tenure, reduced cost of medical supplies by 5% in first year, which was achieved via the consolidation of purchases, as well as improving the volume of purchase on contract.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, DE

• Responsible for logistics design and management, demand management, operations planning, warehouse site selection, design, warehouse construction & implementation, overseeing infrastructure and system implementations.
• Designed and implemented logistics operations for a $4 billion resort on the Las Vegas Strip, and presided over the design and implementation of resort’s warehousing and materials management system.
• Implemented demand forecast for hotel and restaurant operations and integrated into inventory management
• Spearheaded successful turnaround of resort’s logistics network, and developed plan for purchasing, logistics, warehousing, and waste removal for 14 restaurants, 20 bars, 3,000 hotel rooms, and 10 retail stores.
• Designed and built 100,000 square-foot offsite distribution center for 24/7 supply operations, and developed plan for moving 4,000 employees from offsite parking to work and back each day.

Bedford Park, Illinois, US

• Managed the day to day operations for 3PL with 3 million square feet of warehousing space in Chicago, Atlanta, and Allentown, PA, private delivery fleet of 50 trucks and 100 53’ trailers, and truckload/intermodal/LTL.
• Renegotiated leases on warehouses reducing annual lease cost by $3.5 million
• Renegotiated intermodal, rail boxcar, truckload, and LTL contracts resulting in annual savings of $1.5 million
• Created proposal and obtained from state of Illinois annual tax breaks of $500K for opening new distribution center for the printing and publishing industry
• Implemented lean continuous improvement program for warehousing resulting in annual labor productivity improvements of $900K
• Increased value of company significantly by improving warehousing, transportation, and business operations allowing owners to sell for a much greater value than prior to my arrival.

Rosebank, Gauteng, ZA

• Responsible for managing supply chain operations, operations planning, warehousing, 3PL, budget administration, business process development and implementation, system improvement, vendor sourcing and negotiation.
• Accountable for $350 million in budget expenditures, saved $8.6 million in 2007-2008 by developing strategic plan for product lineup and service offerings, captured $1.8 million in distribution savings (through new.
• Attained $5 million in savings by securing new shipping contracts, and introduced new third-party (to replace failing one); improved on-time deliveries from 75% to 98%, thus reversing a system crisis and reducing costs.
• Maintained logistics spend level from 2005 to 2006, despite heavy oil price increases, as well as significantly higher transportation pricing and fuel surcharges.
• Led warehouse operations and 3PL for North America which included 5 regional distribution centers and 4 Manufacturing warehouses.

Houston, Texas, US

• Responsible for day to day operations planning, logistics management, building global logistics and supply chain operations, site selection, design, and management of warehouse operations, organizational structure.
• Designed and implemented the global logistics, supply chain operations, warehousing/distribution, designed new organizational structure, and presided over a logistics operation which met all organizational productivity.
• Grew organization from start-up to $5 billion in revenues over three-year period, and recruited, hired, and trained 75 personnel for logistics operations in Houston, London, and Singapore that managed a team of over.
• Saved $30 million in transportation and warehousing costs and generated a $10 million profit through the developed of logistics network which operated as a profit center.

Rosebank, Gauteng, ZA

• Responsible for managing distribution operations, 3PL, distribution network development, staff training and development, recruitment, transportation planning and management, and contracting, leasing, managing warehouse.
• Designed complete organizational structure, recruited, hired, and trained staff, and selected and implemented distribution and financial systems and controls for a distribution operation with $150 million in.
• Implemented Sales & Operations Planning methodology which included 30, 60, 90, 180, 360 day rolling sales forecast and rolling manufacturing schedule.
• Established new distribution network in the U.S., which offered next-day delivery to 90% of commercial printer capacity in the U.S. and Canada.
• Reduced spend of $150 million to $135 million over a three-year period, and maintained on-time delivery rate of 98% for the entire business.

Ms, Computer Science

Math, Computer Science