Kirk Gregory Email & Phone Number

Casa Grande, AZ

• Responsible for all Inbound and Outbound Warehouse Operations, supporting both manufacturing process (production) and external customers (finished goods)
• Safety Coordinator for facility; implemented enhancements to PPE and Behavior-Based Observation programs to proactively reduce risk. Site currently at 1000+ days without an OSHA-Recordable Incident
• Increased KPI performance (supply cost reduction and operational efficiencies) to facility-record levels through balancing workload and engaging team through cross-functional activities
• Standardized Quality Methods/Communication through migration to SharePoint site for all internal medians

Phoenix, Arizona Area

* Responsible for all Outbound Warehouse Operations supplying frozen, refrigerated and dry products to a mixed customer base of independent restaurants, hospitality, health care, national and regional chain customers* Accountable for shipments of annual sales in excess of $400m, 3 Salaried Supervisors, 80+ union employees and 10 non-union employees* Guided.

Goodyear, Arizona

*Lead team of 120+ hourly associates to achieve and exceed daily production goals, while maintaining safe and defect-limited processes. This includes staffing, training, performance management, administrative functions to ensure team is provided with resources needed to be successful.**SAFETY*Implemented/sustained daily mid-shift ship dock rotation to.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Facilitated transition of third-party to Target-owned distribution of food including acquiring assets, hiring and training team, and directing co-employment operations with previous process owners
• Benchmarked and helped implement trailer solution for entire network that reduced maintenance costs and risks associated with hauling perishable items
• Actively partnered and managed relationships with 13 current and prospective vendors to support operations and refrigerated trailer fleet (127 units)
• Discovered trailer-build issue with portion of fleet that caused long-term damage; worked with manufacturer to fix all trailers from that production run (over $120,000 worth of total repairs and preventative fixes)
• Captained offsite expansion project to begin dual-site daily operation of food facility to support volume growth—zero negative-impact to guests throughout

Phoenix, Arizona Area And Savannah, GA

• Selected for and contributed to two successful building startups (Midway, GA in 2007 and Phoenix, AZ in 2008)
• Led a variety of teams comprised of 45+ hourly team members to exceed production goals while improving quality of work
• Empowered team to proactively find solutions to operational obstacles daily, focusing on each individual’s learning and growth
• Chosen for Executive Development Program, which overlapped with store-side executives in order to build cross-functional leadership
• Created and captained program for on-boarding new executives within the distribution center, including growing business knowledge and leadership principles

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: *Phi Sigma Epsilon, professional marketing fraternity *Bachelor of Science, Management, May 2004 *Certificate in.

High School

Activities and Societies: *Nation Honor Society *Student Government *Journalism *Graduated in top 3% of class (awarded Provost Scholarship.

Education record