Robert Gilski
Warehouse and Distribution Manager @Newly Weds Foods
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WORK HISTORY
Warehouse and Distribution Manager @Newly Weds Foods
Montgomery, IL, US
Provides site leadership for the warehouse/distribution facility. Perform functions directed towards successfully and efficiently meeting daily shipping requirements for customer orders by providing direction, instruction, and training to warehouse personnel and reporting of all warehouse activities to appropriate departments/managers.• Decreased overtime by 30% by improving process flow with regards to order picking.• Improved communication between Customer Service and Warehouse resulted in a reduction of missed orders/items.• Increased productivity by 20% through implementation of LEAN concepts.
EDUCATION
North Park University
M.B.A, Management
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
B.B.A, Production Operations Management
Northwestern University
Certificate, Kellogg Post MBA Program
ABOUT ROBERT GILSKI
A dynamic Manufacturing Operations leader with a successful track record of achieving operational efficiencies, introducing and enhancing processes and improving productivity in the health care, control valve and beverage manufacturing industries. Demonstrated accomplishments in logistics, facilities management, business planning, inventory control, continuous improvement, forecasting, planning, P&L, financial planning, improving safety, enhancing quality, budgeting and scheduling. Expertise in the development of a LEAN-based improvement strategy. Strong leadership skills with the ability to successfully develop and motivate union, exempt and nonexempt staff and cross-functional teams.Key Accomplishments:• Championed Cost Improvement Initiative (CII) to obtain $3.2M of savings in FY2011.• Grew $12M Packaging Business into a $40M run rate with 15% earnings.• Championed the company-wide process that reduced Lost Time Accidents/Recordables by 50%.• Implemented Cost Savings Program that saved $500K.• Reduced cGMP Investigations by 25% overall.• Improved throughput and reduced setup times, reducing customer past due by 90%.• Decreased inventory by 40% while improving customer service levels by 15%.• Improved Manufacturing Engineering routing for set-up reduction programs and tooling improvements resulting in a product savings of $425K.• Improved overall facility productivity by 25% while overtime decreased by 7.5%.• Reduced inventories by 26% through reconfiguration of EOQ\'s and Re-Order Policies.• Improved customer on-time delivery by 25%.
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