Patrick Render, Mba Email & Phone Number

Melville, Ny, Us

• Responsible for providing overall direction and oversight in the areas of safety, P&L management, customer service, continuous improvement, talent selection, and employee development.• Spearheaded the operation’s relocation from a 78,000 sq. ft. facility in Coppell, TX to a 400,000 sq. ft facility in Fort Worth, TX.• Collaborate with Project Manager, IT support, Transportation Department, Property Managers, Human Resources, and various vendors to initiate and implement operational infrastructure, facility layout, product delivery/receipt protocols, inventory management variance reconciliation, and talent acquisition activities.• Oversaw planning, installation, SOP, and personnel training for the layout and integration of automated conveyor systems for the inbound and outbound operations. • Champion activities from ideation-to-implementation to ensure that the operation meets or exceeds goals for KPI metrics and continuous improvement.• Relevant achievements: Increased on-time-delivery metric from 97.7% to 99.8% (target – 99.5%). Increased on-time-receiving metric from 95.3% to 97.55% (target – 97%). Maintained 98.25% cycle count accuracy against target metric of 98%. Lines/hr performance increased from 12.5% to 14.8% (target – 13.6/hr.).

Montvale, Nj, Us

• Accountable for all daily operations activities including quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost control, trade credit approval processes, and Environmental Health/Safety/Security (EHSS) state and federal regulations. • Drive change in culture towards one of continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and employee engagement.• Lead team to meet/exceed facility's operating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) centered on quality, delivery/service, cost, and waste reduction.• Conduct planning, forecasting, and goal setting in alignment with existing metrics and scorecards to ensure business goals are met. Perform monthly reviews of ledgers validating precision, ensure correct expense procedure, and create gross margin improvement plan.• Provide strategic vision and advocacy of LEAN programs including design, development, and implementation of key initiatives that exceeded business results. • Championed, designed, and implemented network-wide distribution of manufactured goods to subsidiary locations.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

• Successfully oversaw Distribution Center operations and assisted local retail sales employees and distribution management.• Inaugurated cultural change initiative focused on sustainable process improvement and goal achievement.• Collaborated with facility manager overseeing all warehouse and delivery operations such as transportation, fleet and safety standards. Conducted quality-control measures to improve accuracy and load quality of shipments to DC's five subsidiary warehouse operations.• Excelled in the implementation of Labor-Management System (Rebus) and integration with Time-Keeping system (Kronos). Executed corrective action plan supporting updated corporate attendance policy.• Ensured inventory, systems integrity, execution, and implementation increased productivity levels operation-wide.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

• Ownership of strategic and tactical operations of the distribution center, so as to ensure a safe and productive work environment for employees. • Inaugurated cultural change initiative focusing on sustainable process improvement and goal achievement.• Led, hired, evaluated, and developed employees building effective teams, fostering teamwork, providing coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities. • Oversaw business activities ensuring compliance with audit programs pertaining to IATF-16949, ISO-9001, JSOX, and CTPAT standards. • Relevant achievements: Reduced cost-per-unit from $2.29/tire to $1.79/tire. Increased On-time-shipping from 84.32% to 89.92%. Reduced average Gate-to-stock time from 52 to 27 hours.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Collaborated with the Director of Logistics in the areas of resource management, shipping and receiving, capacity planning, operational scheduling, employee relations, continuous improvement initiatives, and KPI benchmarking.• Designed and implemented consolidation plan of Rheem's regional distribution centers in McDonough, GA and Lewisville, TX into one master distribution center in Lewisville, TX. Led expansion of the distribution center from 375,000 sq. ft. to 655,000 sq. ft. to consolidate product placement.• Increased operational efficiency through inventory mix analysis, projected volume, and the pick/put-away procedures. Reduced average travel distance by 20% while increasing storage capacity. • Created and managed annual and semi-annual budgets ($9.5 million). Oversaw Capital Expenditure approval process ensuring timely procurement of assets.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Accountable for the strategic management of all D.C. functions to include inbound/outbound freight volume, WMS alignment with processes, inventory control, quality control, and fiscal allocation to proper accounts.• Created employee performance metrics developing labor management tool that identified employees required to fulfill seasonal demands. As a result, reduced overtime expenditure by 10%. Achieved 20% increase in employee retention in collaboration with Human Resources. Reduced product-handling damage by 15%. Decreased operation's travel costs. Overall $215,000 in savings in first year of project.• Successfully managed day-to-day load-planning, scheduling and loading so as to improve on-time shipping to Scheduled Shipping Date (SSD) from 94% to 97%.• Evaluated employee performance and initiated promotions, transfers, and disciplinary action for warehouse personnel.

Lawrenceville, Ga, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General/Global Supply Chain Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Organizational Management