VERNON HILT
1153 Valley of Lakes . Hazleton, PA 18202 . [email protected]
Home: (570) 384-0171 Cell: (570) 956-8425
WAREHOUSE/DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
Proven Warehousing & Distribution Leadership Experience
Highly driven Warehouse/Distribution Manager offering more than 15 years leaders
hip experience. Proven success managing all aspects of high-volume distribution
centers for world class organizations including perishable, third party logisti
cs, and big-box retail distribution.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Highly Effective Team-Building/Management Skills
Strong Leadership Development Focus
Performance Metrics Management
5-S Simplification and Continuous Improvement Methods
Change Management
Strategic Planning
Strong Budgeting and Analytical Capacity
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wegmans Retail Service Center- Pottsville, PA April, 2007 - July, 2
010
PERISHABLE BUILDING OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsible for all operations of a 24 hour - 7 day Produce and Fresh Distribut
ion center including receiving, quality assurance, shipping, transportation, and
customer service.
Led a team of 8 Supervisors with responsibility for 100+ hourly Team Members.
Implemented 5S Lean Thinking best practices and standards.
Assume full direct budgetary responsibility for Payroll, Warehouse Maintenance
Expenses, and Operating Supplies
Decreased cost per case by 8% YTD 2010.
Managed implementation of engineered standards and rollout to the facility. Re
sponsible for setting standards and goals to obtain operational excellence.
Partnered with Transportation Manger to generate $2m in backhaul revenue in yea
r 2009.
Implemented safety initiatives cutting safety expenses by 43% YTD 2010.
Accountable for all aspects of food safety and quality control including USDA a
nd HACCP seafood compliance.
Work closely with Supply Chain Manager to ensure proper timing of inbound produ
ct for efficient flow through distribution center.
Boscovs Distribution- Reading, PA July, 2006 - April, 2007
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsible for all Boscovs Big Ticket distribution operations serving 50 retai
l stores.
Responsible for all hiring, training, and retaining of shift Managers, Supervis
ors, and 100+ hourly employees of a 24 hour distribution center.
Developed 2007 operational budgets including payroll, Units Per Hour, Cost Per
Unit, and expenses. Share responsibility for capital budgets.
Established and implemented vendor compliance program decreasing vendor issues
by 10% in 60 days.
Developed daily short interval scheduling program enabling proper planning of p
ersonnel resources to effectively meet cost and productivity goals daily.
Provided communication to small ticket DC to coordinate loads to ensure timely
customer delivery.
Worked with both stores and delivery carriers to develop optimal delivery sched
ules.
Interacted and coordinated inbound deliveries with buyers to ensure the timely
receipt of product into the DC.
Worked closely with outside carriers and local delivery drivers to ensure deliv
ery rate of 99.9%.
Big Lots Distribution Center- Tremont, PA October, 2004 July, 2006
AREA OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsible for all outbound shift operations including Picking, Shipping, Rout
ing, and Administration of a 1.2 million square foot Distribution Center with an
nual throughput of 23 million cases.
Directly responsible for leading a team of five Operations Supervisors and 60-8
0 hourly Associates.
Drove increased shipping units per hour 11% in fiscal 2005.
Increased case picking productivity 19% in fiscal 2005.
Championed Associate and Supervisor cross-training program to ensure that busin
ess goals are consistently exceeded.
Responsible for cost per carton and unit per hour budgets of all outbound depar
tments.
Completed analysis and restructure of Supervisory staff to maximize Supervisor
effectiveness.
Worked as liaison between maintenance and operations driving a positive relatio
nship and reducing maintenance response time.
Romark Logistics- Hazleton, PA 2003-2004
WAREHOUSE MANAGER
Lowes PA Regional Distribution Center- Pottsville, PA
2000 2003
DISTRIBUTION SUPERVISOR
Pepsi Bottling Group- Harrisburg, PA 1995-2000
WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix- BSB Degree in Business Administration
