David Greathouse Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Greater St. Louis

Continuing support after ownership transition.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Founded and established Horizon Sign Company's corporate structure, funding and strategy beginning in 2020. Executed sale and successful transition in 2024.
• Horizon Sign Company became a fully capable, consultative business partner for commercial customers of signage and graphic products, specializing in the design, fabrication, and installation of high-quality products.
• Spearheaded all aspects of business operations, including strategic planning, financial management, workforce planning and team leadership.
• Developed and implemented effective sales and marketing strategies resulting in consistent year-over-year revenue growth and expanded market presence.
• Oversaw the entire production process, ensuring adherence to quality standards, timelines, and budget constraints.
• Managed a multidisciplinary team of designers, fabricators, and installers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Managed the full portfolio of internal / external technology projects for the North American Zone, to include coordination with the Global AB-InBev Procurement Technology team.
• Developed the emergency business intelligence platform data models for pandemic inventory management across the US and Canada, ensuring vital resources were appropriately distributed and managed to maintain business.
• Trained all North American Zone procurement personnel on business intelligence platforms and master data management to enhance the company’s strength in analyzing performance and sustainability metrics.

• Provides internal analytics to the OTR/Inbound Transportation, Dedicated Transportation, and Warehousing Directors and their teams, reporting to the VP of Tier 1 Logistics.
• Directs and develops the Business Intelligence and Analytics team of internal employees,contractors and external consultants via agile methodology leveraging JIRA.
• Collaborates with Logistics Planning, Procurement, Carriers, and Supply groups to define strategicplans for improving transportation operations, and aligns Master Data Management withstrategic plans for network.
• Supports continuous development & implementation of transportation processes andtechnology to improve KPI service levels and reduce operating costs through Lean Six Sigmamethodologies.

Greater St. Louis Area

Develops advanced business intelligence for operational and strategic level decision making for North American Zone Transportation Logistics, focused on driving down costs for the $650m in Tier 1 Transportation spend. Platforms include Qlik Sense, Microsoft Power BI, SAS and Tableau.Designs, creates and updates Excel tools for real-time execution through.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Directs and develops supply chain operations teams covering logistics, procurement, manufacturing, warehousing & fulfillment for a rapidly expanding fast-fashion startup
• Lead supply chain planning through S&OP and Integrated Business Planning process documentation and execution, facilitating improved visibility and flexibility across all departments for new product release cycles
• Developed flexible production capabilities with Direct to Garment Printing to augment Screen Printing manufacturing throughput, reducing product COGS 29% on average while increasing speed of service to e-commerce.
• Project manager for the sourcing and stand up the organization's first internally operated warehouse in a 20,000 square foot facility managing hundreds of daily ecommerce orders and tradeshow freight shipments.
• Standardized SKU structures for improved operations planning and control data management for more than 3000 variants across 225 product lines and implemented the company’s first SaaS Inventory Management System and.
• Developed and implemented inventory models for complex purchasing relationships using RDBMS, Power Pivot/Query and Power BI, facilitating improved service levels from 74% to the targeted 95-98% across all products.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Twelve week project focused on evaluation, continuous improvement, and redesign of the Express Scripts drug transshipment process for back-end pharmacy sites nationwide.
• Created value stream mapping for all touch-points, including drug buyers, inventory managers and multiple IT systems.
• Designed multiple mid-stage processes during a phased roll-out of Oracle, utilizing XML and web-based systems to improve inventory visibility across varied ERP and WMS platforms.
• Initiated cross-functional collaboration between the corporate accounting, vendor management, purchasing and warehouse groups to allow freight cost analysis of inter-organizational transfers.
• Automated manual processes in Excel using VBA to expedite internal reporting of operational metrics resulting in an 18% increase in Purchasing Assistant availability.
• Conducted root cause analysis of issues affecting inter-organizational transfers and general purchasing processes, communicating across the organization to facilitate issue resolution.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Client - MonsantoLead a consulting team of Washington University MBA and Master of Supply Chain students to develop operational recommendations for Monsanto's Warehousing Center of Excellence.
• Presented the business case for which automation and technology advancements should be incorporated into the new Warehouse Center of Excellence.
• Developed the cost/benefit analysis for North American and international implementations.
• Evaluated current S&OP process and recommended changes towards a new SIOP model.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Review, evaluate and recommend enhancements to business processes within the E-Business and Digital Business Operations departments. Investigate current-state internal communication pathways and workflows in order to.
• Created Graybar's first value stream mapping in Visio for all digital revenue-generating business processes, including customer capture, implementation of services, customer interaction and issue management stages, and.
• Documented current state of eCommerce Solutions (ECS) revenue data collection, uncovering discrepancies between reported and actual revenues.
• Created Customer Journey Maps for Graybar ECS to improve the company's understanding of each service's customer touch-points, allowing the Digital Business group to better align its resources.
• Educated leadership from multiple IT divisions and external consultants on the current state of company process flows in order to coordinate a Salesforce CRM system integration through detailed presentations.
• Recommended process improvement opportunities to management across business units to encourage system-wide efficiencies.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Strategic Planning AnalystSupports the Manager of Strategic Planning in strategic planning and business development related to the evaluation of opportunities for business growth, market penetration and.
• Created and presented internal consultation material for divisions of a Fortune 500 electrical wholesale distribution company supporting future strategic shifts of the firm
• Researched industry competitors, potential new entrants, and M&A targets to create historical and forecasted financial models for strategic trend and correlation analysis
• Identified untapped strategic market segments with the highest growth potential in support of the E-Commerce enterprise relaunch, forecasting the best positioning of the firm’s resources
• Evaluated third-party research houses for potential service contracts by investigating sourcing methodologies, overall data quality, and utility for the firm’s needs

National / International

DoD Active Secret Clearance through 2016Captain in the United States Marine Corps with a deployment to Afghanistan. Controlled the logistical execution of over 2100 airborne movements through 1400 hours of continuous combat operations including the war’s largest offensive in Helmand Province. Trainer of operations management, strategic planning and.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Concentration In Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Boeing Center for Information, Technology and Manufacturing; Olin Veterans Association; Supply Chain Management.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) In Aeronautics, Aviation Science/Professional Pilot

Activities and Societies: Mens Soccer TeamGraduate of Parks College at Saint Louis University. Earned private and commercial flying.

Mos 7208, Military Applied Sciences

Activities and Societies: Air Support Control Officer CourseFocuses on procedural control of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft by.

Military Studies

Activities and Societies: United States Marine CorpsSix month leadership and skills training. Train and educate newly commissioned or.