Leon Goins
Bolingbrook,IL
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Director of Distribution
REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
Chicago, IL
02.2024 - Current
- Northeast Region executive overseeing one of nation's leading wholesale beverage distributors. Regional leader responsible for eight distribution centers, one thousand personnel, and 650 million P&L.
- Responsible for driving the supply chain technology footprint to include WMS, TMS, route planning, automation, supplier management, and warehouse design, in addition to managing AOP and capital planning.
- Accountable for driving a culture of collaboration across sales, procurement, finance, customer service, and suppliers, to facilitate cross-functional project execution.
- Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.
- Oversaw the installation of the revised customer delivery model (CDM), identified opportunities to reduce costs, and improve efficiencies in customer routing, and MOQ. The first-year program realized a savings of four million dollars.
- Directed COE activities that led to back-to-back Distribution Center of the Year awards in various tier groupings.
- Lead the operational continuous improvement (OCI) initiative aimed at improving customer service levels through process optimization and standardization.
Senior Director of Warehousing & Distribution
Vital Proteins- Nestle Health Science
Franklin Park, IL
06.2022 - 02.2024
- Executive operations leader who oversees the plant-based warehousing, physical distribution, inventory management, and customer fulfillment for a $600 million dollar industry leader, NESTLE Health Science
- Responsible for coordinating all fleet management activities with a dedicated carrier base, responsible for customer shipments.
- Facilitates and leads the logistics network strategy that includes procurement, forecasting, 3PL, DC installation, new site construction, IT systems integration, and organizational development.
- Translates the network strategy into operational growth by exceeding department goals and performance management. Exceeding AOP goal: $12M YOY.
- Directs the logistics and shipping activities of two plant-based warehouses and seven 3PL DCs/warehouses within the VP network.
- Manages inventory control at all sites. In addition, develops the forecast for component supply based on manufacturing consumption and historical sales demand.
- Conducts comprehensive audits of DC facilities with a focus on food safety and regulatory compliance.
- Spearheaded the redesign and integration of organization-wide, cross-team processes to ensure alignment and optimization. Increased operational efficiency resulting in 99% case fill, 99% OTIF, and 99% inventory accuracy.
Vice President of Operations and Distribution
US Foods
Plymouth, MN
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Senior Business Executive who directed operations of the seventh-largest customer fulfillment and distribution center in the United States.
- Directed all facility functions, including. Safety, fleet management, material handling, quality, capital planning, and inventory management. Met all site objectives and KBI's
- Oversaw fleet services, comprised of over 300 route drivers. Mitigated regulatory risks by monitoring vehicles to ensure operational, state, and federal compliance. ( FMCSA & DOT)
- Increased revenue and profitability by 35% by installing lean processes that controlled labor, cost per case, inventory loss, quality, and safety.
- Directed regulatory compliance, achieving a success rate of 99% in Food Safety Audits.
- Delivered financial performance, capital investments, and third-party contracts. Reduced operating costs by $8M.
- Led the distribution, transportation, and route delivery analysis team to optimize the delivery network, capacity, and process; achieved $4 million in supply chain savings through network optimization, carrier management, and process improvement.
- Managed workforce strategies, onboarding programs, and human resource policies that drove retention up 15% year over year.
Project Manager-Supply Chain Consultant
Lake Shore Associates
Chicago, IL
10.2018 - 09.2020
- Project manager for a large food distributor tasked with executing business plans and network expansion. Developed an operational playbook that detailed E2E future-state supply chain functions and standardized operating processes.
- Defined project goals and aligned priorities across key stakeholders, supporting logistics, distribution, sales, manufacturing, and third-party vendors. Achieved all project charter milestones.
- Coordinated full-scale project management efforts for the implementation of a large enterprise data network integration and service deployment.
- Performed strategic discovery sessions involved in network optimization, distribution footprint, process reviews, and performance metrics installation.
- Optimized distribution go to market strategy and achieved over 5% year-over-year logistics savings.
Vice President of Operations and Distribution
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Geneva, IL
01.2016 - 04.2018
- Reporting to the CEO served as operations executive leader that successfully developed strategy, optimized performance and drove the organizational vision for supply chain
- Accountable to the Board Of Directors managing the capital investments and operating expenses to ensure fiduciary responsibility and financial targets were met.
- Responsible for the management of total company dedicated fleet. Minimized expense spending by procuring equipment inventory with optimal cost savings.
- Oversaw the organizational development, training, mentoring and succession planning for all staff. supporting four distribution centers
- Established comprehensive goals that drove efficiency and supported volume growth 25% while meeting annual business plan and hitting financial milestones two years in a row.
- Enforced KBI metrics to measure and improve performance in the areas of labor, inventory control and OTIF. Reduced operating costs through reductions in overtime by 25% and fuel consumption by 18%
- Facilitated food procurement, transportation and relationships with primary food manufactures in the region.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws and regulations related to operations. ( USDA, FDA)
Supply Chain Consultant-Project Lead Logistics
Coca cola Beverages Florida- Athenian Consulting Group
Houston, TX
10.2014 - 12.2015
- Provided supply chain consulting services for $500 million business transformation and acquisition.
- Reviewed and updated supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, and regulations for purchasing firms.
- Developed a strategic road map that streamlined the logistics network by reducing costs and installing productivity measures that increased efficiency.
- Integrated strategy, technology, and people enhancements that drove improvements within distribution centers.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of the work stream, overseeing change programs, while redefining performance metrics for the measurement and evaluation of existing supply chain processes.
Senior Distribution Center Manger
Coca Cola Refreshments Inc
Houston, Texas
01.2011 - 04.2012
- Directed regional operations and facility management across three distribution centers, driving resource planning to meet sales targets, and fulfillment goals.
- Guided essential operations within key sectors warehouse, transportation, merchandising, and fleet management.
- Developed site KPIs that lead to improved operational efficiency, inventory management, productivity, and attainment of site P&L. Reduced year-over-year operating costs by 30%.
- Restructured warehouse picking locations and reserved slots to achieve maximum employee productivity, which resulted in $800K savings year over year.
Supply Chain Manager - Midwest Business Unit
Coca Cola Enterprise Inc
Niles, IL
03.2008 - 01.2011
- Managed $500M P&L and fulfillment of six distribution centers totaling one million square feet for the midwest region
- Led team of warehousing, transportation, merchandising and sales personnel leading 1000 indirect employees and shipping 50M cases annually
- Regional lean champion that led strategic initiatives focused on network optimization, productivity improvement and automation. Initiatives led to $3M is cost savings
- Implemented clear and effective planning strategies to meet supply chain needs, meet demand, and optimize distribution. Increased site productivity by 15%, reduced overtime by 25%.
- Developed and implemented supply chain strategies to optimize inventory levels, reduce costs, and improve delivery times.
Regional Distribution Manager-Field Operations
ConAgra Foods Inc
Chicago, Illinois
09.2000 - 10.2007
- Facilitated logistical operations in the central west area.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Eastern Illinois University
1994
Skills
- Transportation / Distribution / Fleet Services
- Financial Management / P&L
- Strategic Planning & Integration
- CPG / Retail / Wholesale / Food Service
- Manufacturing / Production
- Advisory / New Client Development
- CI, Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, 5S, Agile
- Collective Bargaining / UNION
- Digital Supply Chain / Transformation
- Contract Negotiation / Vendor Management
- Supply Chain Optimization / COE / OE
- 3PL / Multi-Plant Logistics
- Regulatory Compliance
- Fulfillment / Inventory Management
- Automation / Robotics / AI
- Construction Start Up / Warehouse Design
Accomplishments
- Directed the installment of center of excellence locations focused on enhanced execution in fulfillment, manufacturing, distribution and customer service. Improved processes resulted in 25% increase in KBI's and $4M dollars savings
- Spear-headed optimization initiatives which spiked performance standards within distribution centers created through engineered studies. Increased gains in productivity by 18% resulted in savings of $2.5M dollars
- Facilitated warehouse consolidations that realigned regional distribution network and service areas. Reduced warehouse operating and fuel costs, improved on time delivery and realized two- year savings of $3M dollars
- Successfully lead project teams responsible for integrating systems at 3PL, SAP, ERP, EDI, WMS, TMS, Voice Pick, GPS, Bar Coding, routing software and business intelligence applications that drove optimization and resulted in over $5M combined savings through innovation
- Oversaw fleet rationalization initiative that reduced fleet capacity by 25%, consolidated total routes through optimization and lead to a savings of 2M dollars
- Responsible for data analytics and warehousing solutions that resulted in new building construction start-up and revised distribution network resulting in savings of 7 mil YOY
- Guided Direct Plant Shipment initiative which focused on customer realignment and direct plant sourcing. Revised consolidated lanes resulted in 2M savings in freight and fuel costs associated with shipping plant direct.
Technical & Compliance
SAP,JDA, Oracle, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Ship Edge, SharePoint, SalesForce, Business Intelligence, LYTX, Descartes, Manhattan Associates, OMNITRACS, Roadnet, Alpha, WMS, MRP, ERP, TMS, Visio, Access, GMP, TQM, Tandem, Tableau, Red Prairie, OSHA, USDA, FDA, AIB, NSF, ISO, HAACP, SQF
Timeline
Regional Director of Distribution
REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
02.2024 - Current
Senior Director of Warehousing & Distribution
Vital Proteins- Nestle Health Science
06.2022 - 02.2024
Vice President of Operations and Distribution
US Foods
09.2020 - 09.2021
Project Manager-Supply Chain Consultant
Lake Shore Associates
10.2018 - 09.2020
Vice President of Operations and Distribution
Northern Illinois Food Bank
01.2016 - 04.2018
Supply Chain Consultant-Project Lead Logistics
Coca cola Beverages Florida- Athenian Consulting Group
10.2014 - 12.2015
Senior Distribution Center Manger
Coca Cola Refreshments Inc
01.2011 - 04.2012
Supply Chain Manager - Midwest Business Unit
Coca Cola Enterprise Inc
03.2008 - 01.2011
Regional Distribution Manager-Field Operations
ConAgra Foods Inc
09.2000 - 10.2007
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Eastern Illinois University
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