Dave Hamilton Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

• Site Leader for 400,000 Square Foot Distribution Center responsible for the transition from a 3PL managed facility to a Zebra managed facility. Day to day responsibilities include managing and development of a front.
• Setup and Supported multiple Diversity and Inclusivity groups within the facility.
• Lead team to improve on time delivery metrics to service organizations from 35% to over 99% in a 6-month period.
• Redesigned layout of facility to improve warehouse efficiency and provide better workflow.
• Created Metrics to better manage the operations.
• Doubled volumes shipped by lines from October to June.

• Served in operational role focusing on creation of infrastructure and providing operational excellence for New Strategic Customers. Identified requirements through collaboration with customers and internal personnel.
• Created “greenfield site” Distribution Warehouse on-time and under budget.
• Remotely managed all operational activities for Toronto, Canada operations.
• Increased sales $2M by identifying and implementing more effective shipment solutions.
• Led team in implementing SAP in 50+ distribution warehouses.
• Increased gross profit 4% and $100K in 2 month period.

North Region

• Led day to day operations of 10 distributions and 3rd Party locations with 100+ direct and indirect reports. Oversaw all P&L costs, capital expenditures projects, overall safety requirements, customer service.
• Improved PBIT 120% with only 48% sales increase.
• Opened distribution facilities in 3 markets within United States and 1 in Canada.
• Achieved.01% inventory obsolescence rate on $24M in sales when managing start up facility.
• Developed policy and procedures to allow all locations to achieve 99.3% inventory accuracy level.
• Trained and developed staff responsible for servicing company’s largest customer segment after creating Center of Excellence (COE).

Chicago

• Led 5 team members responsible for $35M in spend. Managed working capital and inventory levels, sourcing, and supplier negotiations.
• Increased inventory turnover from 6 to 8.5 times per year.
• Reduced average working capital 6% and aged inventory 40%.
• Created additional 10% warehouse capacity.

Lombard, Illinois

• Managed 6 customer service professionals. Provided quoting, data entry, and shipment to expedite services to sales force and customer base.
• Achieved reduction in customer quote turnaround time 3 hours by standardizing processes.
• Reduced invoicing errors 50% though staff data entry accuracy by re-organizing individual team member responsibilities.
• Created sales improvement opportunities through educational programs on product knowledge.

Lombard, Illinois

• Served as leader for 25 team members and 2 shift operation that oversaw on time accurate fulfillment of customer orders, and full truckload freight negotiations. Oversaw dedicated fleet management, team member safety.
• Created $900K cost savings through renegotiation of cartage contracts.
• Reduced customer pick-up wait times 2 hours though workflow prioritization.
• Improved department efficiency through redesign of 200K square foot warehouse.
• Increased Inbound Delivery Capacity through schedule optimization and standing dock times for largest suppliers.

Lombard, Illinois

• Purchased, negotiated, quoted, and managed inventory for 3K+ SKUs.
• Negotiated supplier programs, leading to 20% improvement to fill rates.
• Mapped organizational procurement practices and recommended best practices allowing for staffing redeployment and capacity improvements.
• Trained 25 members of national procurement team after company acquisition.
• Managed spend of $21M on various commodities.
• Reduced on-hand inventory and eliminated obsolescence while improving fill rates.

Bachelor Of Sceince, Finance, General

Completed my degree while in the process of managing co workers in full time position in a distribution environment.

Bachelors Of Science, Business Administration