Speaker 

Rick Schart, VP, Director of Transportation,

JCPenney

Biography:

Rick is currently Vice-President, Director of Transportation for the JCPenney Company based in Plano Texas. In this position Rick is responsible for all global transportation activities for JCPenney.

The mission of his Transportation group is to insure the timely, cost-effective movement of all merchandise and non-resale products from international and domestic manufacturing sources to JCPenney stores and fulfillment centers – and ultimately to customer homes for the Direct side of the business. He has 50 managers in his organization and controls an annual budget exceeding $850 million.

Rick started his career with JCPenney in 1974 in Columbus Ohio. During his 33 years with JCPenney, Rick has held a number of assignments of increasing responsibility in the Logistics Division. He was assigned to his current position in November of 2005. He was previously VP, Director of Supply Chain Planning and Engineering.

Rick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in1974 from The Ohio State University with a major in Transportation & Logistics.

Rick currently serves as President of the Mail Order Association of America and is a board member of VICS [Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions] and the University of Texas, Dallas Center for Supply Chain Excellence.

Rick is married with two grown sons and a five year old grandson. For the last few years he has enjoyed spending his Saturday’s building houses for Habitat for Humanity.

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