GREGORY HIGGINS

109 Rimrock Drive, Junction City, Kansas 66441

785.579.4040
higging@cox.net

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
High-powered, competent and tenacious management professional, equipped with 15
years of experience in warehouse, manufacturing and distribution operations. Sho
w remarkable ability in applying innovative, state-of-the-art concepts to improv
e efficiency while providing flawless transactions, services and products. Posse
ss stellar reputation in leading and supervising multi-functional teams to execu
te projects under time and budget constraints while optimizing cost-effectivenes
s. Skilled in program development, strategic planning and implementation, with a
solid record of accomplishments and contributions.

CORE COMPETENCIES
- General Management and Administration
- Process and Business Development
- Scheduling / Workflow Management
- Team Building and Leadership
- Budget and Time Management
- Quality Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bright Trading LLC ~ LAS VEGAS, NV

INDEPENDENT EQUITY TRADER MAR 2008-PRESENT
- Stock trading of NYSE and NASD securities utilizing fundamental and tech
nical analysis.

DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC ~ EAST GRANBY, CT

DIRECTOR AUG 1993-JAN 2008
- Managed annual budget and capital plan development, as well as liaised b
etween franchisees, world headquarters personnel and field representatives.
- Effectively optimized the delivery area through enhancing the master rou
te plan to meet the store service objectives.
- Acquired promotion with management responsibility for an $85 million dol
lar top rank distribution center servicing 480 stores in the northeast; successf
ully exceeded division retention objective by 39%.
- Impressively decreased customer service headcount by 40% through increas
ing customer electronic food ordering usage from 30% to 100%, as well as reduced
maintenance expense by 12% and production downtime by 40% through implementing
maintenance management system and cross-training of team.
- Effectively surpassed the manufacturing productivity objectives by 12% t
hrough implementing a consensus team based process improvement model.
- Reduced transportation costs by 5.5% by using live routing while at the
same time augmented the utilization of single man routes by 700%.
DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC ~ BATON ROUGE, LA
GENERAL MANAGER SEP 2003-MAR 2005
- Performed liaison duties between world headquarters and the largest indi
vidual franchise operation in the system.
- Appointed to higher position to manage a $40 million distribution facili
ty that provides service to 220 stores along Gulf Coast region, enhancing loadin
g productivity by 20%.
- Productively improved delivery accuracy from 98.6% to 99.27% by tracking
and addressing team member development opportunities, team building and perform
ance management.
- Expedited store delivery times to 92% in 24 hours or less from 67% by re
vising production and loading schedule, customer order cutoff and dispatching sc
hedule.
- Decreased the total delivery expenses by 5% by means of developing and i
mplementing master routing scenario and ongoing developments; surpassed EBITDA t
arget by 57%.

DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC ~ WOODRIDGE, IL

GENERAL MANAGER OCT 1998-SEP 2003
- Promoted to manage a $20 million distribution facility servicing 160 sto
res and successfully alleviated the difficult staffing driver issues by intensif
ying recruiting, training, coaching and performance management.
- Effectively improved 280% in EBITDA as well as enhanced 12% in the inter
nal audit scores during tenure.
- Eliminated the remote delivery operation for $180 thousand annual saving
s.

DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC ~ GRAND PRAIRIE, TX

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AUG 1998-OCT 1998
- Obtained director of operations promotion to lead a team in securing two
regional facilities while assuming responsibility as a project manager for a $3
.5 million facility remodel.
- Successfully reduced miles driven by 3500 per week through optimizing de
livery area and improving vehicle utilizations; decreased 70% in the inventory l
oss by implementing cycle counting, improving purchasing practices, facilitating
team member training and augmenting accountability.
- Effectively enhanced delivery accuracy by 5% through implementing load p
lanning software, load counting protocol and team member development.

DOMINO’S PIZZA LLC ~ ST. PETERS, MO

TRANSPORTATION MANAGER AUG 1993-AUG 1996
- Enhanced Cadec interface using Microsoft Access database to automate dri
ver payroll.
- Effectively reduced miles driven by 2000 per week by rerouting delivery
area using Manugistics routing software, as well as decreased transportation exp
enses by 14% through increasing single man routes and 10% increase in volume per
load.

EARLIER EXPERIENCE
TACO BELL CORPORATION ~ PHOENIX, AZ
GENERAL MANAGER 1989-1993
KD’S COUNTRY MART ~ ABILENE, KS
GENERAL MANAGER 1987-1989
ROLLING MEADOW GOLF COURSE ~ JUNCTION CITY, KS
GENERAL MANAGER 1985-1987

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Bachelor of Science in Business Management
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS ~ 1985

LICENSE AND AFFILIATION

Holds Series 7 License through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINR
A)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
PeopleSoft ~ Kronos ~ Microsoft Office Applications ~ Hyperion ~ Manugistics ~ R
OADNet ~ HTML ~ CSS