Weber Logistics Hires Seasoned Director of Operations, Inland Empire West
SANTA FE SPRINGS, California – Weber Logistics, a leading third party logistics and supply chain management provider for 86 years, announced today that it has hired Robert Clay as director of operations, Inland Empire West, effective immediately.
Clay comes to Weber with more than 24 years of industry experience managing a wide variety of operations from ocean to air. As director of operations, Clay is responsible for Weber’s Inland Empire facilities, which consist of three distribution centers, and two in Stockton, California, totaling 1,102,000 square feet. In this capacity, he provides overall direction at each facility and has four direct reports who oversee 130 Weber employees.
Most recently Clay worked for Maersk Distribution as general manager.
His experience includes working for Exel Direct as general manager, as well as FedEx Logistics where he started as an operations manager and was promoted to senior and general manager in the express and logistics departments of the company. He also worked for MarkAir as director of services, Alaska International Air as station manager, and Husky Oil Company as traffic manager.
“Rob has a very impressive and diverse background with his experience at such well-known companies as FedEx and Maersk,” said Marc Levin, Weber’s senior vice president, client solutions. “We are excited to have Rob on our team and his strengths in safety, training, quality, and all modes of transportation are going to enhance and improve our customers’ supply chains.”
About Weber Logistics
With 86 years of experience, Weber Logistics has evolved into a nationwide provider of logistics solutions. Weber’s expertise includes non-asset based freight management, temperature sensitive asset-based LTL and TL services, dedicated and shared warehousing, distribution, cross-docking/pool distribution, transloading, network optimization modeling and analysis, retail compliance, order fulfillment, material handling, supply chain management, real estate development, and personnel staffing.
Weber specializes in providing its clients with unique innovative logistics solutions primarily to these vertical markets:
- Retailers/Importers
- Food & Beverage/CPG
- Industrial Products
- Confectionary
Weber serves many well-known and respected companies such as Walmart, Safeway, General Mills, Hershey, Nestlé, Spectrum Brands, California Innovations, Scholastic Books, and PPG Industries.
As a result of its on-going innovation, experience and dedication, Weber has been the recipient of numerous industry awards, including:
- 100 Great Supply Chain Partners
- Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 3PLs
- Logistics Management’s Top 50 3PLs
- The Los Angeles Business Journal’s Top 100 Privately-Held Companies
- Food Logistics Magazine’s Top 70 3PLs
- Food Logistics Magazine’s FL100 listing of the top technology solution and service providers to the food industry.