An affiliate of Keller Logistics Group – KLG, Keller Warehousing & Co-Packing is carrying out a multi-year strategy to prepare for the future of 3PL warehousing and e-commerce fulfilment as well as co-packing and has put together one of the industry’s strongest leadership benches to make it happen.
The latest addition to that build is Mike Whitlock, who comes on board as director of business development. Whitlock has over 20 years of revenue leadership experience, including serving as vice president of sales at PGL, where he achieved 18% revenue growth, and 10 years as vice president of sales, marketing & pricing at John S. Connor, where he delivered over $20 million in new business in just one year. He also served in senior sales positions at RCI-Logistics, GTS Group, and DHL Worldwide.
Giving the thrust to the future of 3PL warehousing and e-commerce is the president of Keller Warehousing & Co-Packing, Daryl Mickley, who has assembled the build behind Whitlock, bringing a global 3PL network design and WMS background from SEKO Logistics, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, The Step2 Company, BAX Global as well as Fritz Companies, later named UPS Supply Chain Services.
According to Mickey, “This is the bench we have been building toward. Warehousing is no longer a real estate business. It is a technology business, an automation business, an e-commerce fulfillment business, and a value-added services business – all at once. The companies that will win the next decade are the ones who have already put the right people in place. We have.”
Interestingly, operational backbone is led by Dave Reese and Roy Olson, who happen to be the directors of operations. Reese has 30+ years of supply chain operations leadership experience with PFSweb as COO/EVP Global Operations, 12 DCs, 2,000+ FTEs at peak, DHL Supply Chain, Radial, GEODIS, and DAISYTEK, with expertise in pick-to-light and put-to-light as well as high-speed sortation systems. He is accountable for 13+ North American facilities covering over 3 million square feet. Olson, who joins CFC from FedEx Supply Chain, where he was general manager of the P&G Lima, Ohio location with $21M in P&L responsibility, presents 16 years of operations leadership experience at QuickBox and GEODIS, as well as DHL.
When it comes to the technology side, Jennifer Hogue possesses 27 years of WMS and managed services leadership from Datex, SEKO Logistics as well as Crane Worldwide Logistics, where she expanded the contract logistics product from $50M to $100M+ in a matter of just three years.
It is well to be noted that the day-to-day operations throughout the national footprint of Keller are supported by competent site and functional leaders. Notably, Seth Webb joins from FedEx Supply Chain with 13+ years of P&L ownership and 3PL operations leadership, along with a proven record of security and margin gains. Jed Patrum has 20 years of experience in multi-site 3PL and global supply chain having worked with PGL, SEKO Logistics, Delta Material Services and Crane Worldwide.
Zachary Mayer shares the Bath & Body Works playbook for establishing high-velocity automated distribution facilities. Brandon Gaither has e-commerce as well as AutoStore-enabled fulfillment experience from Ryder and RR Donnelley along with Chewy. James Lobb adds 15+ years of food & beverage supply chain, MRP, and 3PL/co-pack vendor management experience from Kerry, Blue Triton Brands, and Nestle Waters.
Says Mickey, “Look at where these people came from – SEKO, FedEx Supply Chain, DHL, Crane Worldwide, Ryder, Bath & Body Works, PepsiCo, Nestle, and PFSweb,” Mickley added. “They came to Keller because they saw what this organization is building: a fundamentally different kind of 3PL partner, with the agility of a private company and the talent depth of a national platform. The bench is stacked. The strategy is set. And we are just getting started.”
Keller Warehousing & Co-Packing, a national value-added co-packer and secondary packager for food and beverage, consumer products, and building materials as well as e-commerce clients, has seen recent expansion in Maine along with Connecticut.
