Customized food service distribution company servicing multiple restaurant concepts with direct, daily deliveries. $8 billion + revenue. Major customers include Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Golden Corral, and Chick fil A. Complete charge of distribution/operations of largest company service center, including building maintenance and contractor relations. 200 + associates. Direct reports include warehouse, transportation, customer service, information technology and inventory control. P&L responsibility

Manage company’s largest and most critical Distribution Center, servicing 400,000 subscribers and maintaining relationships with 350 independent contractors.

Complete charge of all aspects of large warehouse operation; dramatically lowered costs through intelligent equipment replacement and efficient work assignments. Instituted new sanitary, procurement and maintenance procedures. Recognizable clients include: Treetop Foods, Illinois Tool Works, Yoshino Plastics, Glanbia Ingredients, Fonterra Foods, and Metallurgica AG. Saved over $100,000 per year in maintenance and repair costs Eliminated non performing union employees with no repercussions Responsible for dramatic improvement in order and inventory accuracy by retraining workforce and enforcing discipline Discovered dishonest manager and dealt with same