Greg Smidt Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Glen Carbon, Il, Us

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Leading consumer goods contract logistics division consisting of 17 locations, over 10MM sf of warehouse space and $200MM annual revenue. Responsible for financial and operations performance, commercial relationships, and business development.

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 Continued Director, Operations duties and added additional responsibilities:  Customer relationship owner, delivering 100% contract renewal rate of existing customers.  Prepared, negotiated and executed contracts for new business and renewals at increased profit. P&L responsibility for FMCG sites, beating annual profit targets by up to 10%. Provided customers solutions from site selection thru contract, project planning and implementation. Lead division HSE, QA, Engineering and IT solutions team to support site continuous improvement.

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 Provide direct oversight of 9 FMCG location operations, financials, safety, quality, and compliance. Improved multiple challenged operations, stabilizing KPI's and restoring or improving profitability. Drove proactive improvements to services, site design, WMS capability, and work processes. Met or exceeded profit targets at all sites every year through KPI and cost management improvements. Mentored and promoted 4 leaders to successful GM level in 3 years. Delivered >50% improvement in both TIR and QA incident rates over 3-year period.

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3PL General Manager responsible for 24/7 DC operations within a 3 building campus of 3 MM sq ft of warehouse space shipping consumer goods. Annual P&L responsibility approximately 45 MM. Reduced annual operating costs by over 10%. Site received customer global “Best DC” award 2017 for outstanding performance in safety, quality, productivity and cost reduction. This is the same award previously received in 2013 as GM of previous site.

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3PL General Manager for 24/7 operation in 3 buildings of 1.7MM sq ft warehouse space. 10 manager direct reports, 18 supervisors, and 500+ hourly associates. Daily Volume of 300 inbound/outbound trucks per day, 90+ MM cases picked annually, shipping health and beauty products to over 1000 locations. Site received customer global “Best DC” award 2013 for outstanding performance.

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3PL Operations manager directing high volume case pick and shipping operation in the Iowa City area. Managed 10 supervisors, 250+ associates, with annual pick volume of 90MM cases, selected in case, layer and full pallet. Improved case pick productivity by over 40% via process changes, labor management WMS module, improved training programs, and employee performance accountability systems.

Kearney, Ne, Us

Project manager for plan, design, build, and occupation of >350K sq. ft DC within the existing mfg/distribution campus. Obtained Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Worked with architects, civil engineering, city planning commission, and warehouse integration consultants to create a solution sufficient to support 10 year growth plan.

Kearney, Ne, Us

Operations manager for 240K sq ft distribution center plus 2 offsite warehouses. Managed 12 supervisors, 120+ associates for 24/6 DC operation. Responsible for $8 MM annual P&L. Improved productivity >20% through process improvement, schedule and work design revisions, and implementing employee accountability tracker for productivity and attendance.

Kearney, Ne, Us

HR Generalist and Safety Administrator serving 3 different locations in NE and SD. Responsible for work comp, safety, compliance, training and development, talent management. Designed supervisor training program, led review and revision of company policies and job descriptions, and implemented at 3 manufacturing sites. Member of steering committee that led company to successful ISO 9000 certification.