David Brooks Email & Phone Number

United States

Pittsburgh, Pa

Pittsburgh, Pa

Responsible for the operational alignment of trading partners in client inbound supply chains. Oversee the orchestration of behaviors between distributors, consolidation centers, suppliers, and carriers, ensuring that all stakeholders are collaborating to positively change behaviors and facilitate innovative solutions to achieve client objectives.

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for assuring the continuous supply of raw ingredients and finished goods for bakery manufacturing division, maintaining optimum costs and adequate supplies consistent with the quality specifications required.

Managed the purchasing and logistics groups for the western region of national foodservice distributor with $4.5 billion in sales.- Budgeting for department expenses.- Direct activities of purchasing, logistics, and customer administration groups for achievement of objectives for service levels, inventory turns, backhaul and logistics revenue for 7 distribution centers, stocking 15,000 items, and servicing 25 restaurant concepts.- Demand planning/forecasting for new item introductions, promotions and limited time offers.- Determined personnel grade levels, compensation packages, and department organizational structures as member of Hay Evaluation Committee.- Reduced out-of-stocks by 92% improving service levels to 99.98%.- Improved inventory turns by 50% to an average of 45 turns per year.- Designed purchasing system as Chairman of Purchasing/IS Steering Committee.- Developed/promoted common procedures as Best Business Practices Champion.

Controlled all facets of the distribution chain for $200 million in sales food company.- Selection, contract negotiation, and oversight of all warehousing and transportation.- Reduced freight expenditures by 15% while improving carrier on-time delivery.- Purchase and control of all inventory including vendor selection and contract negotiation.- Improved customer fill rates to 99.5% while increasing inventory turns to 40 per year by improving demand forecasting, warehouse order accuracy, and vendor fill rates.- Production planning for company owned plants.