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. Collaborated with global sourcing team to guide material sourcing strategy. • 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.• Expanded ocean LCL consolidation model to streamline ocean transports for sites globally.

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 facilities.• 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 the receiving department.

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 company fleet, as well as production facility location and reorganization.• 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