Mark Debacco

About Mark Debacco

I am a highly strategic, influential, well-rounded operations, sales, warehouse, and…

Experience

1. National Director, Warehouse Operations

   Nestlé

   Oct 2013 — Present

   Executive leadership over 35 company owned and Contracted 3rd Party Logistics warehouses consisting of ~9M sq ft, and ~3.5M pallet positions. Effectively led nine direct and over 1,200 Indirect associates. Managed full P/L ownership with an annual operating budget of over $454M. Developed and drove strategic process improvement initiatives, consistently exceeding expectations. Through a Strategic eCommerce focus, launched 3 company operated ambient distribution centers that can ship 2K parcels each per day to consumer households. 2022 shipped over $1.01B (+14% vs PY). Added two additional 3PL DCs that are 100% focused on small parcel to food service retail shops. Delivered warehousing strategy focused on Automation with over $700M in capital investment; Launched two fully automated brownfield sites (completed in 2021 and 2022) with expected saving over the next 3 years of close to $20M, recently broke ground on two fully automated greenfield sites with construction budgets of over $300M each with projected saving north of $10M per year in building lease and transportation costs. Accountable for safety agenda nationally to deliver a world class bottoms up safety culture (1.5 TRIR). Proactively drove sustainability initiatives; Zero Landfill, Re-Usable energy, Recycling, Lithium Forklift Batteries, EV Yard Trucks. Spearheaded and drove warehouse digitization – Zero Paper initiatives, Digital BOL, End to End Reporting Resulting in improved sustainability, cost savings and transparency across Supply Chain reports. Ensure product quality and regulatory compliance through the adherence of internal and external QA, Inv, Safety Health and Environment standards and regulations. Successfully passed all internal and external audits without any significant call outs. Inspired a large disperse workgroup to exceed KPI expectations and over deliver on budgets through hands on “Walk the Talk” leadership, team empowerment and personal accountability.