Rob Platt Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, MO, US

Edgerton, Kansas, United States

Teaches associate-level coursework in Logistics Management, Transportation Management, Warehouse and Distribution Center Management, Operations Management, and Strategic Management.

Teaches graduate-level courses in Leadership and Teambuilding, Organizational Development

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Responsible for global logistics strategy and company-wide deployment, including production and distribution facilities in USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, India and China..
• Developed and implemented global transportation strategy leading to improved on-time performance to both internal and external customers and reduced global transport expenses from 6.9% to 6.0% of revenues.
• Negotiated all freight forwarder and transportation contracts in North America, consolidated transportation contracting for five European facilities.
• Created global KPI reporting for all Haldex sites to elevate freight cost-performance monitoring, and organized a global logistics reporting structure.
• Implemented EDI invoicing and automated audit and AP processes for North American transport using a transportation management system.
• Expanded shipping system deployment to European sites, added electronic RFQ and RFI support, and created survey for electronic transportation procurement tools.

• Operational oversight of Distribution Center, leading staff of 4 operations and sourcing managers and 25 warehouse employees. Continued to direct transportation strategy and sourcing activities for all US and Mexican.
• Led collaborative Value Stream Map process with large internal supplier, cutting lead time by 50% and reducing inventory by $100,000.
• Led multi-site team to define shipping system improvement objectives, provider selection, contracting and implementation.
• Created European consolidation model for less-than-container cargos, reducing lead time variability by 10 days.
• Improved productivity of distribution center 10% by leading multiple value stream map teams to redesign warehouse layout, eliminating travel in order picking, streamlining receiving processes, and eliminating waste in.

• Oversaw $25M annual logistics expenditures at 23 locations, including domestic carrier and freight forwarder sourcing for 19 facilities in USA and Mexico. Performed cost modeling analytics to support rationalization of.
• Accomplished 6% logistics cost reduction over 2 years by outsourcing company fleet.
• Created cost model for plant relocation from US to Mexico, assisted in decision to outsource operations with India import program.
• Provided executive supply chain cost studies to support rationalization of multiple North American manufacturing locations.
• Implemented expedited freight control program for Mexican facility, cutting premium transportation costs by 67%.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Responsible for transportation sourcing for 12 facilities, as well as fleet strategy and route design of 40 delivery vehicles across multiple facilities.
• Renegotiated LTL, truck, parcel, ground expedite and forwarder transport contracts, posting savings of over $1.2MM annually.
• Implemented zone-skipping process for Mexico sourcing, saving $150k annually.
• Optimized reverse logistics programs for customer core returns, decreasing in-transit inventories by 2 weeks and reducing transport cost by 4%.

Annual P&L responsibility of $64M, with a staff of 38 administrative and 240 union drivers, dockworkers, and maintenance employees.

Budapest, Hungary

Mba

Activities and Societies: Emphasis area of Strategic Management

Bachelor'S Of Science, Marketing

Political Science And Government