Dennis Stephen Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Manager responsible for sourcing US Transportation across multiple modes of business including Truckload, Dedicated Fleets, Inland Drayage, and Domestic Ocean accounting for over $200M in annual spend• Conducted bid process of North American Frozen Network; consisting of over $175M in spend, 430 lanes, and 50k shipments with over 100 suppliers. This resulted in 23% savings from previous year equating to $22M projected savings. •Established first ever formalized bid process for North American Inland Drayage Business which included gathering market insights, establishing benchmarks, competitive negotiations with multi-round bidding process, and implementation of standardized contracts which resulted in a 55% savings from previous year with a total spend of over $10M USD.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Strategic manager of North American Initiative to ship finished good product from manufacturing sites directly to customer and bypassing constrained distribution center network• Successful execution of Direct Plant Ship program in 2021 resulting in over $200MM Net Sales Value shipped equating to over 4 times previous year. • Business lead for the onboarding of individual 3PL Near Site Warehouses on a vendor management and EDI implementation standpoint• Liaison between multiple stakeholders including Customer Service, Factory Logistics, Planning, Procurement, and IT to execute current state program as well as scale up and create long term strategy

Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Managed warehouse activities as well as the planning and preparedness of maintaining a constant state of readiness of customer supplies for emergency support to large metropolitan city in the Northeast on an end-to-end logistics standpoint• Examples of support include rapid deployment of essential supplies within 12 - 24 hours of activation, expedited procurement of transportation, warehousing, and labor services to aid in multiple humanitarian efforts.• Additional activation of program during COVID-19 which included support to multiple government agencies to provide unique supply chain solutions to alleviate bottleneck of PPE inventory through distribution channels• Full Profit & Loss (P&L) ownership of account resulting in exceeding financial targets in 2020 by 3X on an EBITDA stand point. • Lead in development of pricing model and contract proposal resulting in renewal of account for three years and forecasted EBITDA of 23% per year.

Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Offered operational and engineering support by implementing lean techniques including Value Stream Maps, Process Flows, Standard Work Instructions, and Visual Management tools• Reviewed and edited documentation and pricing models for clients during the bid and planning phases of retention or new business pursuits• Created labor and resource models to help identify most cost effective organizational structure• Analyzed SKU velocity and sales data to optimize slotting of distribution centers• Created and driven project management timelines and action items with Operations, IT, and HR throughout implementations

Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Conducted analysis of warehouse layouts and process flows to determine inefficiencies• Created and implemented action plans with leadership to optimize operations

Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Supported daily operations for the planning of bulk and packaged goods for chemical based products• Provided communication and planning between client, carriers, and customers for booking transportation

Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Supervised over 200 associates throughout day to day needs of warehouse operations• Managed Inbound, Order Prep, and Outbound processes within the warehouse• Renovated layout of warehouse to provide better flow of operation• Supported staffing agency issues that included meetings to discuss headcount, terminations, and employee issues

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Implemented ACE portal, a centralized database for accessing data relating to business processes, which includes; SIPOC’s, Value Stream Maps, 5S implementation, and current turn backs.• Supported maturation of current key process of Supporting Product; analyzed value stream map and Gantt chart of “to-be” process and created action items to achieve desired outcomes.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

•Advanced pilot for Min/Max adherence data by creating pivot tables to action item and provide visibility to supply planners of products that are above and below recommended inventory levels up to 18 months; resulting in an 80% decrease in above max inventory.•Owned and enhanced tool used to capture missed demand for planners, standardized and automated process leading to a 30% decrease in Mean Average Percent Error.•Conducted Unit Fill Rate analysis to identify common root causes to UFR issues with the use of SAP, through analysis; addressed potential action plans accounting for over 260,000 cuts.