Ryan Weddle Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

As the Senior Dish Market Logistics Leader, my role revolves around identifying, developing, and integrating end-to-end supply chain solutions into our business plans and initiatives to drive growth. I am responsible for the Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy from the Product Supply (PS) organization, connecting Sales, Brand, and various components of product supply to ensure seamless innovation flow with minimal disruption. Additionally, I oversee the allocation process for all Dish Care products, ensuring customer needs are met and their businesses thrive. It is crucial that we develop tailored plans to enhance customer efficiency, adhering to their standards and implementing systems to address events and product volatility. In summary, my key responsibilities involve developing supply chain solutions, driving the GTM strategy, managing product flow, overseeing allocation, and supporting customers in optimizing their operations.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Experienced and dynamic Operations Manager with a proven track record in efficiently managing a 7-person team, overseeing the smooth handling of over 1000 daily shipments. Achieved groundbreaking metric improvement within a year, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency. Played a key role in supporting the expansion of four new sites and the optimization of four existing sites. Successfully handled four transportation bids and managed ten quarter end activity planning events. Promoted three team members while coaching and developing others, ensuring minimal disruption to operations. Consistently achieved remarkable results and substantial cost savings through streamlined processes and innovative solutions. Demonstrated an outstanding commitment to corporate excellence by upholding the highest standards of performance and professionalism.

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

• Expansion of fleet by 25% in 3 months with no disruption to service.• Oversee assigned fleet operations, including driver board coverage, customer service, safety, compliance, driver retention, and employee scorecard management.• Responsible for complete P&L performance, including cost control decisions, expense management, and maximizing profitability, as well as identifying and maintaining key performance indicators. Includes design versus actual data analysis for each customer through mid-year business reviews, annual account assessments, and preparing and presenting final presentation, etc.• Provide input in the creation of an annual budget, audit current year performance of actual versus budgeted expenses and provide feedback to the Controller regarding required changes to the budget as a result of operational changes.• Ensure fleet compliance with all Safety and DOT training, including working with applicable internal personnel to address any specific Safety needs that arise for individual fleets or drivers.• Facilitate and determine employee trainings and development including monitoring ongoing performance progress to promote.• Train on and audit all processes and procedures needed to execute the day-to-day operations while seeking to identify and implement system or procedure improvement areas.• Responsible for various operational, financial, and service reporting on an ongoing basis.• Primary point of contact with their assigned customers/ramp and communicates with internal departments and team to provide exceptional service, provide trouble free account operation, and identify and resolve problems or issues with ramp, driver, customer, account, etc., throughout the day and, where required, when on call.• Create and execute plan for forecasted freight volumes/customer volume needs, power/equipment needs, and adjust capacity needs as a result to ensure fleet/carrier and equipment coverage is seamless.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

• Responsible for the observation of accounts and serves as the first point of contact with their assigned customers/ramp in order to provide exceptional service and trouble free account safety, efficiency and profitable operation.• Plan, organize, and execute large scale employee appreciation events.• Forecast freight volumes/customer volume needs, power/equipment needs, and adjust capacity needs as a result to ensure fleet/carrier and equipment coverage is seamless.• Responsible for the management of inventory, warehouse, and/or the overall upkeep and security of the Ramp facility and property.• Communicate with customers, internal departments, and team to identify and resolve problems or issues with ramp, driver, customer, account, etc. throughout the day and, where required, when on call.• Create and communicate key performance indicators, manage employee payroll, crate invoices and ensure customer billing is accurate and timely.• Coordinate with Maintenance personnel to balance equipment maintenance schedules, customer requirements, and expenses ensuring all equipment meets Federal and state requirements.• Conduct P&L analysis and forecast to determine trends in costs to maximize profitability and is responsible for the analysis and explanation of the budget versus actual state for each customer through mid-year business reviews, annual account assessments, etc.• Monitor driver safety and takes proactive steps to create a positive safety culture at their accounts by ensuring drivers have completed required periodic company safety training and meet all Federal, state and company requirements Responsible for the selection, hiring, training & development of all office personnel and drivers and the preparation of personnel strategy per location freight mix and coverage gaps.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover and maximize ongoing productivity.• Assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing exceptions on that freight and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road.• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc. as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call.• Manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replace parts (like mud flaps), complete repairs, etc. and coordinate with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment.• Perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports.• Manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market.• Conduct analysis of fleet operations and profitability and make recommendations for continuous improvement, determine, and measure key performance indicators, and create, maintain, and present customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location.• Utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems.

Bowling Green Area, Ky

• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road.• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call.• Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (like mud flaps), completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required).• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location.• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability.

Bowling Green Area, Ky

Making Sure Customers are completely satisfied with the rental process. Selling vehicle coverage to protect the customer. Using car logistics to make sure every customer is provided with the car they reserved.

Bowling Green Area, Ky

Helped manage and acquire inventory. Opening and Closing the store. Workforce recruiting.

Bowling Green Area, Ky

Helped manage and acquire inventory. Opening and Closing the store. Workforce recruiting