Daniel Schouse Email & Phone Number

Dayton, Oh, Us

Westminster, Co, Us

Westminster, Co, Us

• Directly responsible for multi-shift shipping, kitting/assembly, export, and global logistics operations. • Responsible for coaching and leading a team consisting of six supervisors, eight leads, and 230 hourly employees. • Accountable for maintaining metrics to analyze capacity, productivity, and overall operational efficiency. • Responsible for planning and implementing facility, technology, and process improvements to successfully support company growth and new business models incorporating Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, & six sigma concepts.• Oversee planning for labor needs, communicating job expectations, performing employee performance and objectives reviews, and managing team in alignment of company policies and procedures.• Interface with internal and external customers, collaborating across multiple business areas and functions at all levels of the organization.• Implemented a seven day work schedule to enhance productivity.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Promoted to lead the centralized purchasing process for 586 local companies from four regional distribution centers carrying 130 suppliers representing over 120,000 SKU/location combinations.• Accountable for leading a team of seven vendor managed inventory (VMI) analysts and regional purchasing managers.• Responsible for the business development of the Shared Purchasing group by growing the number of participating customers using our VMI platform and increasing the number of suppliers those customers received through our program.• Grew the program from 23 customers in April of 2017 to 60 customers in October of 2018 – this represents an increase of purchasing spend from $13.3 million to $24.3 million over the same time period.• Managed the performance review process for VMI vendors and customers through a collaborative and interdisciplinary vendor scorecard.• Successfully managed the technology onboarding process for new companies including systems integration, data compliance, and user training.• Managed inventory productivity for independent branches by focusing on increasing market share, improving inventory turnover, and enhancing gross margin for each location. • Cultivated relationships between vendors and customers – including managing new vendor onboarding and vendor performance issues.• Member of acquisition project team that was responsible for integrating a recently acquired regional distribution center into the existing distribution network.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Recruited to lead a team consisting of four demand planners and eight purchasing agents.• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, evaluating, and coaching all employees.• Managed inventory productivity during a 20% year-over-year sales increase. • Maintained purchasing team metrics while monitoring for trends and opportunities for growth.• Developed a buyer performance metrics report that allowed team members to access all of their KPIs in one dashboard.• Optimized inventory levels and productivity in four distribution centers in order to achieve a full extra turn in inventory while maintaining 98% fill rates and decreasing capital investment by $2,000,000.• Created standardized job descriptions for all purchasing positions. • Identified and negotiated both new and existing vendor relationships.• Successfully managed $86M in standing inventory across four distribution centers.• Tripled our VMI relationships from 4 suppliers to 12 suppliers. • Collaborated with vendor representatives to develop and grow relationships with key suppliers.

Richmond, Bc, Ca

• Recruited to fill an export role after Catalyst purchased two of NewPage’s mills.• Utilized SAP Enterprise software/Mercury Gate to manage Export orders/documentation.• Managed the entire ocean vessel export process, including documentation, ordering, and invoicing.• Served as primary point of contact between Catalyst and international customers.• Saved $300,000 by switching mode of transportation for export orders.

Miamisburg, Ohio, Us

• Selected by leadership to assume increased responsibility in the digital and export markets after 10 months with the company. • Utilized analytical database to quote competitive spot pricing and increase market share.• Obtained Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification.• Developed and maintained professional relationships with all customers in the Central Region (9 states grossing over $140 million in annual sales). • Managed two major merchant accounts representing $10 million in annual sales. • Created pricing contracts for customers that balanced winning new business with preserving company gross margin.• Anticipated future customer needs by leveraging internal tools/resources, customer interaction, and account knowledge.• Collaborated with planning and scheduling, logistics, sales and marketing, and finance departments to manage all day-to-day customer facing activities and issue resolution.• Obtained competitive market intelligence that aided in developing sales strategies.• Participated in a pilot program to implement a new transit model to the Texas region by switching from truckload to intermodal transit that ultimately saved the company $500,000.