Dan Letscher Email & Phone Number

Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , De

Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , De

• Led implementation of “LIVE” project for Brenntag North America in the role of Project Manager. This includes the “digitization” of all operations processes and private fleet delivery via tablet computers, barcodes, and apps.• Co-led roll-out of new bulk fuel models and market index-based pricing for pkg TL

Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , De

• Led implementation of Transplace TMS for Brenntag North America in the role of TMS Project Manager• Developed and leading logistics strategy for Brenntag North America• Managing freight/logistics and transportation sourcing of $150 million/year• Managing annual U.S. LTL bid of $15 million spend• Designed and standardized company's carrier qualification process across 8 operating companies and 500+ carriers• Implemented pkg TL & Bulk transportation cost benchmarking for $90 million spend/year

• Managed supply chain and global S&OP for Dow Chemical’s Agrofresh business • Coordinated supply chain activities at various tollers--includes raw material, labels, and packaging procurement, scheduling with tolls, SAP transaction management• Responsible for inventory management (inventory policy, cycle counting, warehouse locations)

• Managed TL (truckload) and Intermodal outbound packaged freight for all of Rohm and Haas’s North American plants, third-party warehouses, and tollers; approximately $25 million of annual freight spend • Analyzed transportation activity from SAP, Cass’s freight payment system, and Business Information Warehouse (BW) to evaluate carrier performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and cost.• Designed and implemented carrier strategies to meet the cost and service commitments/standards that Dow Chemical provides to its various customers• Saved company over $2 million by managing complex projects and negotiations including: converting customer lanes from over-the-road to intermodal, performing regional TL bids, leading various freight payment improvements, implementing carrier changes for inbound packaging materials and initiating numerous other cost-saving initiatives.

• Promoted from Logistics Design Analyst to Senior Logistics Design Analyst• Designed and developed project deliverables including data models, project blue prints, presentations, process flow maps, issues lists, actions lists, and other communications• Designed automated solutions for mass importation of various data into GC3 using Excel, CSV files, error logging, and python scripts• Gathered, manipulated, and analyzed complex data sets to support the needs of internal business groups• Conducted “what-if” analyses using Excel and Access in order to determine most effective location for warehouses and plants in order to minimize the total cost of tariffs, transportation for full container loads (FCL) and less container loads (LCL), and holding inventory

• Designed customized transportation planning and freight payment solutions for clients• Implemented OTM TMS for large companies in the retail and chemical sectors, including: Newell Rubbermaid, Family Dollar Stores Inc., and Rohm and Haas• Provided clients with OTM TMS functional expertise, product training, and client-specific data configuration• Developed transportation software experience with regards to: TL rating, load tendering, LTL rating, FAK (freight-all-kinds) rating, refrigerated transportation, interfaces to/from SAP, SMC / Czar interfaces, and fuel surcharges

• Managed regular system upgrades, network back-ups and hardware maintenance and provided expertise trouble-shooting all system-related problems• Implemented effective processes to improve the distribution center’s operational performance and drive cost-savings initiatives• Designed effective operational processes, and provided monthly one-on-one reporting to General Manager• Re-mapped and gridded all pallet locations in the warehouse in the WMS in order to increase order picking productivity

• Managed and oversaw a team of eight associates with their implementation of all systems for 600,000 square foot green-field distribution center in Indianapolis, IN for the Becton-Dickinson pharmaceuticals company• Created and maintained a project plan consisting of over 500 tasks for the systems side of the implementation• Lead and performed WMS configuration, testing, training, and support for a variety of Exel clients including Becton-Dickinson, Clorox, and Hershey Foods

• Prepared and implemented training documentation and led classes for all new warehouse employees in effective RF (radio-frequency) handheld device and WMS usage• Analyzed requirements and implemented new systems/software, including Merit payroll software, ENSTEP labor management system, and WMS for new distribution centers • Performed system testing and process flow mapping using Visio software

Mba, Business

Bs, Business Logistics