Wayne Ryder Email & Phone Number

Locust Grove GA

• Opening the 1st of its kind 1.1 million sq ft Direct Fulfillment Facility
• 1,104,660 square feet, enough for 17+ full size football fields
• 41,000,000 cubic feet, enough for 12,110,346 – 2”x4”x8’ boards
• 981,084 square feet of paving, enough for 4.5 miles of 40’ road
• 12 miles of domestic water line and sprinkler pipe holds 30,000 gallons of water
• 4,100 tons of steel went into the structure alone, enough to build 1,975 Home Depot Rental Trucks

• HOME DEPOTMaintenance Manager, Home Depot mRDC 5085 01-2009 - PresentLake Park, Ga.
• Opened the 1st fully mechanized distribution center in new logistics concept (which holds company record 923,000 cases shipped in a week).
• Responsible for repairs and preventive maintenance of a 673,000 square foot building with 2.5 miles of conveyor an average of 1 year old. Equipment includes 95 industrial fork trucks, electric pallet jacks, sweeper.
• Various types of building and grounds maintenance of 105-acre site.
• Working with Corporate team to define maintenance role and responsibility.
• Implemented a conveyor PM program.

• Responsible for repairs and preventive maintenance of a 2.1 million square foot building with 14.5 miles of conveyor which is an average of 15 years old. Maintaining 182 industrial fork trucks of various types and.
• Three shift operation which entails coordinating the maintenance supervisors and their crew are able to meet the needs of day to day operations and ongoing projects.
• Reduced the spare parts inventory from $439,000.00 to $183,000.00 with the implementation of a consignment program and identifying obsolete stock.
• Implemented a conveyor PM program which has reduced down time from days to planned maintenance shut downs.
• Serving on a committee that is adapting an apprenticeship program for all Kmart distribution centers Maintenance associates.(highly skilled function)
• Reduced power equipment down time from 45 trucks a day to 4 by utilizing outside vendors and increased in house PM schedule while still maintaining a cost saving over the previous year.

• Maintenance department consists of 30 associates, which includes mechanics, electricians and a staff of cleaners. Responsible for all building and preventive maintenance programs and providingemergency repair service.
• Re-negotiated existing supplier rates and achieved an overall supply cost savings of $50,000 annually.
• Rewrote existing job descriptions and classifications which improved maintenance service while holding costs constant.
• Instituted in house training courses.
• Started negotiations of parts consignment which will reduce cost by 40% and increase availability as the consignment is in house. This will also reduce down time as parts are always replaced.
• Made many improvements to the Rapid Pack system that improved production and reduced costs

• Receiving department consists of 30 associates and 25 doors. Annual volume of 50 million units. Includes quality Inspection, Holding Rack and Inbound scheduling functions.
• Responsible for a staff of 30 associates, including 5 clerical. Responsibilities included planning of seasonal manpower and equipment requirements, preparations of several production reports on daily, weekly, monthly.
• Developed and maintained the best claims department in the distribution system.
• Improved production rates each year.
• Achieved 99.8 % accuracy rate in holding rack storage area.
• Developed relocating within storage racks which reduced equipment moves and increased product flow to stores.

• Responsibilities included the coordination and scheduling of all inbound and outbound shipments, as well as all planning and dispatching of private fleet activity.
• Develop and coordinate start-up actives at third party pool distribution system.
• Negotiated rates with all carriers.
• Interacted with private, contract, common, air and rail carriers, as well as custom brokers.
• Instituted trailer release number program at all distribution centers which significantly reduced delay hours.
• Arranged trailer lease for over-the-road and storage equipment

• Responsibilities included shipping, cross-dock and multi-SKU rack storage. Supervised staff of 66 associates.
• Redesigned new store deliveries to ensure better product flow to stores.

Education record

DRIVING RETENTION - ILT RESPECT MATTERS - ILT MANAGING TALENT BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION RESOLVING CONFLICT DC ANNUAL SAFETY TRAINING

Education record

• 1977 graduate of Stoneham High School • SHC Rising Stars • Train the trainer (Hyster) • Compressed air (Kaiser Corp.) • Managing.