Ryan Kelley Email & Phone Number

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Oversee warehouse and transportation operations, ensuring efficient processes in receiving, delivery, and inventory management. Develop and implement standard operating procedures while leading and training staff to maintain high productivity and safety standards. Negotiate with vendors and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operations and customer satisfaction. Regularly review performance metrics and implement action plans to meet organizational goals.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Oversaw overall operation of a regional distribution center, ensuring customer success throughout Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Maintained adherence to DOT, IFS, and company standards while meeting budget and operating income targets. Concurrently fostered relationships with key customers and vendors to support sales objectives for the distribution center. Achieved target service levels while driving margin improvement. Supervised and developed direct reports along with front-line team members that support the DC. - Increased staff engagement survey by 15% and DC performance ranking by 72% by standardizing the onboarding experience, maintaining 100% on-time training, and introducing policies and performance expectations. - Identified low volume accounts and with partnerships, reduced delivery frequency resulting in 17% mileage reduction as part of a nationwide initiative to increase service while decreasing expenses. - Spearheaded a governance framework for inventory adjustments, enhancing accountability among distribution center leaders throughout North America. - Collaborated in structuring a credit and return process that effectively eliminated unattached credits, ensuring alignment with inventory value.- Implemented best practices, including the introduction of performance expectations, and redesigning the pick path, resulting in a 26% increase in warehouse productivity year over year.- Consistently achieved International Food Standard (IFS) scores above 98.5%, including an unannounced audit, demonstrating a strong commitment to food safety and quality.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Oversaw all aspects of transportation operations within the Detroit distribution center and supported 6 domiciles across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Ensured overall accordance with DOT and company standards. Planned and optimized routes to ensure timely delivery while minimizing expenses. Oversaw the regular maintenance of a private fleet and recruited, trained, and managed drivers and supervisors. - Surpassed the company’s “Wildy Important Goal” of reducing turnover by 10% through enhanced maintenance practices and minimized equipment downtime. - Established a remote domicile that achieved 0% turnover in drivers and boosted service levels by 25% in the Cleveland Market.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Guided the planning, executing, and managing of various projects aimed at improving efficiency, streamlining process, and implementing changes to meet organization objectives. Allocated resources, including personnel, equipment, and budget, to ensure project tasks are completed on time and under budget. Communicated project status, updates, and requirements to stakeholders. - Spearheaded the project management of a $30 MIL, 270K square foot freezer construction, overseeing the re-profiling of 24K SKU’s and 50K pallets within a 6-week timeframe during operational hours. - Optimized a consolidation process between buildings, resulting in annual cost savings of $500,000 on the profit and loss statement. - Implemented software to enhance slot efficiencies, achieving a 94% optimization rate and yielding annual P&L savings of $330K. - Deployed forklift telematics resulting in a 28% reduction in indirect labor and a 33% decrease in impacts.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Managed a team across 2 shifts of route and shuttle drivers, dispatchers, and other transportation personnel, ensuring that they adhere to safety regulations and company policies. Indirect report to 250+ team members across 29 domiciles spanning 15 states; overseeing payroll, Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), DOT compliance, and environmental health and safety. - Participated in implemented long doubles on the turnpike that contributed $1 MIL in annual savings. - Led a transition of onboard hardware systems for 215 tractors across 15 states while integrating 3 software’s.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Ensured the efficient handling, storage, and tracking of inventory meeting service company objectives while minimizing expenses. - Collaborated with the IT department to create a systematic tracking system for zero-dollar inventory, leading to a 10% decrease in wasted capacity. - Implemented a cycle count schedule that reduced discrepancies by 65%.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Supervised the receipt, storage, and distribution of goods and all day-to-day warehouse operations. Assigned tasks, provided training, and ensured staff followed safety protocols and operational procedures.- Successfully implemented start-up and operational procedures/policies for newly acquired warehouse and business.- Acquired third-party storage contracts equivalent to covering 50% of the monthly rent.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Provided analytical support to the operations department, helping to drive informed decision-making, optimize financial performance, and contributed to the overall success of the organization's operations.- Established the warehouse incentive pay program rates.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Maintained efficient inventory management processes, ensuring inventory accuracy, and supporting the overall success of operations within the company.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Ensured the efficient and safe operation of a warehouse facility, managing a forklift team across 3 shifts and 25,000 replenishments per week.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

Router, Dispatcher, Cuber, Office Associate, Warehouse Selector, Returns Associate