Brian Karwisch

About Brian Karwisch

Innovations happen all the time. In this fast changing environment, don’t let your supply chain become obsolete. I know what it takes to design efficient and future-proof infrastructure. I hold a Masters degree in Business Administration and nearly 2 decades of experience in the area of supply chain management. As Vice President of Integrated Solutions at ODW Logistics, a position I’ve held for the past 12 years, my recommendations and strategic planning bring value to every element of the distribution process. ODW Logistics & Transportation Services (LTS) is a third party logistics company with a focus on total supply chain and transportation management. Working in partnership with ODW Logistics (a privately held warehousing and fulfillment company with 3.5 million square feet of warehouse space across the country) LTS has supply chain resources readily available to meet customer’s most demanding needs.Our goal is to remove bottlenecks and duplication of efforts within your supply chain.If you’d like to discuss working together, you can reach me at b••••••••@odwlogistics.com or you can send me a message here on LinkedIn. Areas of Expertise: analysis, automation, billing, budgeting, businessoperations, business process management, cisco, customerrelations, customer service, edi, leadership, negotiation,operating systems, optimization, pricing, reengineering, realestate, sales, six sigma, strategic, supply chain, sql, systemsarchitecture, transportation management systems, vmware

Experience

1. Director, Procurement & Integrated Solutions

   ODW Logistics

   May 2009 — Present

   As Director of Procurement & Integrated Solutions, I focused my agenda on building our firm’s robust portfolio of solutions to distribution and supply chain challenges. Our clients need advice that takes into consideration real world possibilities and lays out contingencies for uninhibited operations. Through integration of the latest technology, our strategic plans provide a strong competitive advantage to our clients.

Education

• Miami University

  Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems (MIS)

  1999 — 2003

• University of Baltimore

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Transportation
• Warehousing
• Warehouse Operations
• Strategic Planning
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Supply Chain Management
• Logistics Management
• Operations Management
• Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Transportation Management
• Process Improvement
• Shipping
• Business Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Negotiation
• Reverse Logistics
• Inventory Management
• IT Strategy
• Supply Chain
• 3pl
• Logistics
• Freight
• Analysis
• Warehouse Management
• Budgeting
• Budgets