Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Communication Skills
Leadership Experience
Certification
Timeline

Chad Marling

Charlestown,IN

Summary

Experienced Distribution Manager with a proven track record of driving success and managing day-to-day activities. Seeking opportunity in a team-oriented environment focused on growth, successful culture, and collaborative team atmosphere. Passionate about leveraging leadership skills to contribute to the continued success of a dynamic organization. Excels in fostering a positive work environment and achieving operational excellence through effective communication and strategic decision-making.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RDC Manager

Crescent Electric
05.2022 - 05.2025
  • As the Regional Distribution Center Manager, I had complete responsibility for the overall management and performance of the Regional Distribution Center (RDC) including warehouse operations, private fleet and 3rd party transportation, Pre-fab services, assets, building and equipment maintenance, customer relations, information technology, quality and security.
  • Led a team of 50+ employees (2 Operations Managers, 1 inventory manager, National Accounts team).
  • Was responsible for achieving company objectives in safety, productivity standards and cost control goals.
  • Developed and direct staff to ensure the safe, efficient and cost-effective operation and utilization of the facility and its assets, had a reduction in cost per line of 8% year over year though labor management and lay out efficiencies.
  • Built a culture of honest communication, problem solving, safety, customer focus and teamwork.
  • Oversee all distribution service activities to ensure customer requirements are met. Maintained a 99.8% ship on time metric as well as a 99.9% shipping accuracy.
  • Develop and achieve yearly facility and capital budgets, develop KPI plan based on long-range labor needs based on forecasts and input from management.
  • Focus on continuous improvement and make recommendations to management on programs to improve operations. Developed plan to reduce the footprint of DC from 280,000 SQF to under 220,000.
  • Develop, establish and maintain a Continuous Improvement environment developed a process to increase productivity and a reduction in labor.
  • Responsible for the overall direction, coordination of training, and evaluation of the warehouse and transportation employees. Our team had two years of zero missed training set by our Safety department as well as zero lost injuries during same time period.
  • Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
  • Responsibilities included: monthly budget attainment, interviewing, hiring, training and cross-training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; developing KPI’s and appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
  • Ensure inventory control processes are in compliance and maintained in order to achieve the highest level of accuracy. Moved our building from counting one time per year to three times per year to ensure all product is accounted for.

Senior Operations Manager

Hillsdale Furniture
10.2008 - 05.2022
  • As a Senior Operations manager I was responsible for overall traffic of an 800,000 SQF facility.
  • Lead a team of 60+ employees in both inbound and outbound.
  • High volume DC with an outbound flow of 5000-6000 cartons a day, and Inbound of 12-14 containers a day accounting for up to 10,000 cartons per day.
  • Developed inbound/outbound metrics to ensure we stayed within load/unload time to reduce demurrage charges.
  • Worked with Customer Service and Sales teams to ensure all orders shipped within the shipping window.
  • Helped to build the new WMS system for the distribution center to gain efficiencies in picking and loading.
  • Set goals for team and held daily huddle meetings to discuss goals for day, month, year.
  • Developed daily start up meetings with teams in both locations to provide information to the team on company progress, as well as any information needed to be provided.
  • Pushed for open door policy so employees were able to discuss ideas, or issue freely with leadership.

Education

Business Management

Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

GPA: 3.2

Skills

  • Team collaboration enhancement
  • Operational savings
  • Financial budget management
  • Effective communication
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Safety monitoring

Accomplishments

Kentuckiana Basketball Official's (KBOA) President


  • Was elected president of the Kentuckiana Basketball Officials for a two year term.
  • Was voted on by 168 members.

Communication Skills

  • Developed daily start up meetings with teams in both locations to provide information to the team on company progress, as well as any information needed to be provided.
  • Pushed for open door policy so employees were able to discuss ideas, or issues freely with leadership.

Leadership Experience

Successfully built multiple teams from ground up to produce at a high rate of success, taking a customer first approach and applying it to our methods to provide clear direction to our team on what we need to do to be successful.

Certification

Blue Leadership Training completed in 2023.

Forklift Certification 2024

CPR Certified 2023

Timeline

RDC Manager - Crescent Electric
05.2022 - 05.2025
Senior Operations Manager - Hillsdale Furniture
10.2008 - 05.2022
Indiana University Southeast - , Business Management

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