Resume for Bart Capristo

1. Bart Capristo
Aurora, IL 60504
630.730.3257
bart.capristo@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/bart-capristo-b4b7b43
Distribution Operations Executive with a successful record of building, leading, and improving
distribution operations and teams. Proven capabilities working within a variety of structures,
including single and multi-site operations, company sizes, and leading teams of direct reports to
influencing globally without direct authority. Multiple industry experience. Demonstrated sound
decision making abilities, proactive leadership, business acuity, and problem solving skills.
Cross functional expertise in leadership, operations management, and project execution.
Demonstrated Strengths:
Servant Leader / Relator – Continually seek to remove obstacles for my team by asking ‘how
can I help’ and ‘why’ in an unassuming, collaborative way. Build good relationships that help
achieve goals.
Analytical – Strong ability to determine the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of situations and draw logical,
innovative solutions that are effectively employed within the context of the business.
Project Leadership – Proven track record of effectively leading and participating on project
teams that include team members from different functional areas.
Responsibility – Impelled to deliver on commitments and obligations. Have built a strong
reputation of trustworthiness and dependability.
Communication – Strong ability to communicate in different environments and situations.
Education:
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S. Business Logistics
Professional Experience:
Essendant Inc. (formerly United Stationers, Inc.), Deerfield, IL 5/04 - Present
Director of Business Integration, Deerfield, IL
 Hand selected to the BEST project team, whose goal is to plan and execute the Facility Essential
(formerly Lagasse) ERP / WMS conversion to the Business Essential (formerly United Stationers)
ERP / WMS. I worked on developing training materials, developed and presented change
management training on national calls, currently lead a group of Change Champions who help local
managers navigate change, and lead one team (out of three) that facilitates the operations portion of
individual DC conversions while working with all other functional areas in the company.
 Co-lead the on-boarding of a national retail customer, transitioning the business away from a
competitor. The transition was very successful, so much so, that many elements of the project plan
were adopted by the customer into their SOP for vendor transitions in other categories.
Director of Operations – Central Region, Carol Stream, IL
Responsible for up to 13 distribution operations. P&L responsibility for a $240 million budget. Co-led a
Region Business Team that directed the local sales and ops teams. Scope includes strategic planning,
budgeting, and special projects.
 Fostered a culture of safety – transitioned from being reactive to proactive by emphasizing positive
safety measures that included job safety observations, table top drills, resulting in associate
ownership of their safety. Best in class results as measured by a DART rate of .78 and zero lost time
or restricted time incidents.
 Led a cross functional team that developed and implemented Packaging, Labeling, and Shipping
Requirements for the entire company supplier base. The implementation included supplier
performance tracking with related administrative fees. Since go live, Essendant has collected over $2
million in fees to offset rework and downtime. The team earned the CEO’s ‘Winning from the middle’
award.

2.  Lean Supply Chain certified from Leancor / Georgia Tech.
 Served as part of a corporate leadership team that defined the corporate Vision and Values.
 Co-led a cross functional team that identified root causes of turnover, and developed a toolkit for the
local DC management teams to use to reduce turnover.
 Developed excel based metrics that gave DC leaders the ability to see daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, and YTD results for financial, productivity, and quality measures.
 Led the project team for four RF system implementations (includes the beta sight), one WMS
implementation, three facility moves, three facility expansions, and one facility startup.
 Successfully integrated DC operations in the Texas and Chicago markets of two acquired companies.
 Planned and executed five DC relocations, two DC expansions, and one DC startup, to accommodate
a growing business, that were seamless to our customers.
 Hurricane Katrina emergency management – accounted for all associates, offered work in other
cities, and supported the successful handling of a company record sales day the day after the
hurricane hit New Orleans.
Exel Direct, Westerville, OH 1/03 - 12/03
Director of Operations - East Division, Naperville, IL
 Responsible for all home delivery operations in the East Division which includes the U.S. Northeast
and all of Canada. The East Division includes eleven locations with seven clients.
 P & L responsibility for a 12 million dollar budget.
 Successfully manage relationships with clients, customers, employees, and contractors.
Nexus Distribution Corporation, Schaumburg, IL 11/99 – 12/02
Director, Midwest Operations, Alsip, IL
Responsible for P & L for all Midwest Operations. This includes; three Warehouse Business Centers,
totaling one million square feet, Transportation operations, comprised of six over the road and twelve
local power units, brokerage and dispatch operations, and Customer Service and order / data entry.
Established warehouse performance objectives, metrics, and participated in corporate strategic planning.
 Developed Key Performance Indicators that increased the Warehouse Business Centers’ profit.
 Changed / developed the management mindset from Warehouse Managers into Business Managers.
 Developed and implemented a Safety Program and Training that, at the time, met OSHA’s new
industrial power equipment standards.
Hunt Wesson / ConAgra Inc., Fullerton, CA
The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN
Armark Distribution Corporation, New York, NY