Thomas M. Clark
Partner and Practice Leader Supply Chain & Logistics, Military Transition, and Military Leadership Excellence
tclark@directrecruiters.com
Tom Clark is Partner and Supply Chain & Logistics Practice Leader at DRI and he also leads DRI’s Military Leadership Excellence and Military Transition Practices. He has held leadership roles across Direct Recruiters Permanent Placement and Contract Staffing businesses (formerly known as Direct Consulting Associates) and was instrumental in aligning the businesses to offer our clients total, customized, performance-based recruiting solutions. Tom’s experience managing with high growth, multi-division, multi-billion dollar businesses is a great compliment to his military leadership experience. He is a former U.S. Army Captain and Airborne Ranger that led troops in combat in the global war on terrorism and served as a subject matter expert on logistics. Tom then successfully built and led teams at organizations like Staples, Cardinal Health, and Cleveland Clinic. He has a proven track record in for-profit, nonprofit, government, publicly traded, privately held organizations, and even launched a start-up.
Tom is the President of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Cleveland Roundtable and also serves CSCMP as the Regional Advisor for the Middle Atlantic and New England Regions. His 20+ years of experience in supply chain and operations leadership designing, planning, leading execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities to create, build and grow net value with a customer-focused integrated approach spans the spectrum of supply chain. Tom has been involved with Toastmasters International for many years and regularly is called on as a subject matter expert to speak on Supply Chain & Logistics, Leadership, Talent Management, Lean Six Sigma / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement, and Public Speaking. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Tom is a Supply Chain Services Management Officer graduate from the US Army Quartermaster Center & School, Fort Lee, Virginia. He also earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio with a dual major in Business Management and Logistics.
Tom’s unique background and experience helps him to identify exceptional talent from Chief Supply Chain Officer to Logistics Analyst and everything in between. Tom Clark is one of the most resourceful supply chain recruiters, logistics recruiters and military leadership excellence recruiters in the United States. He and the team he has developed have also been able to identify and deliver top Sales and Sales Management talent in this space. His best clients, from emerging start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations, rely on him as a talent partner that brings a consultative approach aimed at helping them deliver results for their customers by strengthening their team.
Tom and his wife have 2 children. Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time with family and friends, coaching various youth sports, especially wrestling, and watching Ohio State Football.
Contact Tom Clark: 440-996-0874
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“Michael and Tom went above and beyond from reaching out to interview prepping to being the communication to the hiring company, making it a positive experience and getting me into the new position.”
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“DRI does an excellent job of sourcing quality candidates! Tom Clark does a great job communicating throughout the entire process. Direct Recruiters invests time in understanding company culture and strategic vision in addition to the needs of a specific placement.”
Read MoreDan Lieske, Director, Business Development – Jarrett
“I was approached by Tom Clark’s team at DRI back in October 2019 regarding a sales opportunity. Tom played an instrumental role throughout the entire process of evaluating several opportunities and helped me narrow my focus on what I felt…
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“Working with Tom was a two-way street; he knew my interest was to find a new position and he was able to guide me, offer advice, and walk me through step by step of the way. I was most happy…
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“Working with Tom and his team at DRI on a search to fill a President & COO position exceeded my expectations. I was most pleased with the quick responses, updates, and Tom’s ability to find the candidate we hired in…
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“We gave Tom an extensive list of traits and characteristics that we were hoping for in a candidate and he was able to find someone that met all of those qualifications. Tom delivered on what we were requesting, which we…
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“Tom was great to work with. I was most pleased with his follow-up, making sure all of my questions were answered, and he gave me a lot of pointers going into the interview process step-by-step the whole way through. Tom…
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“Tom exceeded my expectations. He was very professional, thorough, and went above and beyond. Tom made the extra effort to make me comfortable throughout the process and make sure I was prepared. He was well aware of the client he…
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