Supply Chain Manager

ERIC J. PETTERSEN, MBA, CSCP

312-***-**** *********@*****.***

Senior business, logistics and supply chain professional with a proven

track record in international and domestic operations. Expertise

in supply chain, procurement, project management and

organizational effectiveness across the consumer products,

retail, food and beverage, transportation and logistics

industries. Background includes:

. 7 years of high-value management consulting services in the US, Asia and

Europe, focusing on operations strategy and operational excellence,

. 13+ years corporate experience leading key operations, transportation,

logistics and planning functions,

. Demonstrated strengths in leading change to increase revenues, drive cost

and service effectiveness, enable new capabilities and maximize

productivity, effectively making a tangible impact on profitability.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Procurement / Outsourcing / Problem Identification / Structuring /

Negotiations Solving

Transportation, Distribution and Finance, Budgeting and Analytical

Logistics Skills

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Business Case / Plan Development

Operations Strategy and Change Management / Driving innovation

Implementation

Team Leadership / Project Relationship Management /

Management Collaboration

Strategy / Concept Development 6-Sigma / Lean / Sustainability /

Green initiatives

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONTINENTAL MILLS, Seattle, WA

2007 - Present

A North American middle market consumer foods manufacturer/distributor of

dry baking mixes (Krusteaz, Ghirardelli Brownie, private label, etc.) for

the retail, mass merchandise, club, food service and food processing

channels.

Manager, North American Transportation

Manage freight transportation-related operations, administration,

procurement, process improvement and strategy. Serve as primary

relationship manager for strategic third-party Lead Logistics

Provider partnership and various transportation companies. Manage

four direct reports and various project teams encompassing 20+

company and third-party professionals. Design and execute key

initiatives and programs to enhance the operating, service and

cost effectiveness of the company's overall supply chain. Recent

accomplishments include:

. Savings Accomplishment - Led new Core Carrier sourcing/selection

processes for Truckload, Intermodal and LTL services which identified a

high quality / best value Carrier base while yielding savings off of

baseline transportation costs (Truckload = ~16%; LTL = ~26%). Set-up

KPI/efficiency dashboards and savings trackers which are enabling

sustained savings, capacity utilization and service levels.

. Contributions to Sustainability - In 2009, formally established Carrier

participation in the US EPA SmartWay Partnership as a new, key selection

criterion for all freight sourcing exercises. Used freight awarding

process to inject more SmartWay Partner Carriers into the overall mix of

Carriers. As a result, presently 85+% of total company shipments are

being serviced by SmartWay Partner Carriers with Top Scoring SmartWay

Partners handling 65+% of the total; present efforts involve leading

greater migration to greener modes of transportation.

. Organizational Transformation - Spearheaded strategic initiative to

transform company's overall logistics operations. Led cross-functional

team to source, select, acquire and rapidly implement a comprehensive and

powerful new transportation management solution enabling the company to

leapfrog to a far more advanced set of overall transportation management

capabilities within 11 months.

A.T. KEARNEY, INC., Chicago, IL

2000 - 2006

A $700 million global, high-value management consulting and professional

services firm.

Senior Project Manager (Management Consultant) - Supply Chain, Consumer

Industries and Retail Practice

Managed a wide range of engagements ranging from development of strategic

evaluations designed to challenge client's views of value

creation to implementing/executing strategies which resulted in

significant cost savings and increases in clients' key

performance indicators. Received firm recognition awards for

great client work in 2001, 2002 and 2004. Examples of supply

chain engagements included:

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A.T. KEARNEY, INC., Chicago, IL (Example supply chain engagements,

continued) 2000 - 2006

Strategic

. Tier 1 automotive supplier - conducted assessment of organization's

procurement/strategic sourcing practices and delivered summary findings

on organization's status versus leading procurement/sourcing practices;

developed customized strategic sourcing training handbook and organized a

corporate training class/workshop on strategic sourcing for 80 corporate

staff members.

. FORTUNE 150 manufacturer - led development of a strategic assessment

framework for identifying and addressing supply chain risks associated

with product designs and supplier base complexity.

. FORTUNE 100 global consumer foods manufacturer - led a network

optimization study to evaluate strategic options for integrating a key

subsidiary's product distribution into other existing supply chains.

Recommended solution was expected to generate $7+MM in annual operating

savings while maintaining existing service levels.

. FORTUNE 100 global consumer foods manufacturer - co-led the development

of a strategy for building a future-state supply chain which effectively

met emerging customer requirements and overall corporate growth

objectives; effort included examining opportunities to improve key

planning functions, enhance speed and flexibility in order fulfillment,

as well as streamline production and logistics for promotional and

special pack SKUs.

Execution

. The Gillette Company (Proctor & Gamble) - led a client and project team

of 20+ individuals in a project which addressed $165 million in global

logistics/distribution activities via strategic sourcing and

collaborative process improvement initiatives; spend addressed included

European transportation and distribution ($61MM), Asia-Pacific

transportation and distribution ($14MM), global air freight/small parcel

($15MM) and North American truckload/intermodal ($35MM); identified

annual savings of $12+MM

. Caterpillar - trained and led a client team of 20+ individuals through a

successful end-to-end sourcing program of key packaging materials (e.g.,

pallets, wood crates/boxes, corrugated, specialty packaging) and contract

packaging; sourcing program included commodity and supply market

research, RFI/RFPs;

e-Auctions, specification rationalization, supplier negotiations.

Overall annual savings of $6+MM achieved (~8%).

Mergers and Acquisition Integration

. $1B market leading candy/confectionary producer - provided post merger

integration-related supply chain start-up support by developing and

driving processes in distribution planning, logistics performance

management, customer order prioritization and tracking; effort included

leading a team of database programmers in the rapid development of an

order/shipment prioritization and tracking tool which integrated data

from the client's SAP system and two 3PLs' Warehouse Management and

Transportation Management Systems.

McKINSEY AND COMPANY, INC., Atlanta, GA

1999 - 2000

A $3.5 billion global, high-value management consulting and professional

services firm.

North American Research Analyst - Transportation, Travel and Logistics

Practice

Worked with McKinsey consultants to research and analyze issues related to

client studies in various industry sub-sectors. Responsibilities

included:

. Conducting performance metrics benchmarking, competitive industry

analysis and due diligence.

UNITED AIRLINES

1985 - 1999

Operational Management, Various positions including:

Senior Inventory Planner, Maintenance Operations Division, San Francisco,

CA

Managed $100+ million inventory; maintained extensive data sets and ran

elaborate computer models.

. Re-sized mix of inventory assets, enabling a 13%+ increase in production

with only a 4% increase in total inventory asset value.

. Key negotiator, advisor on $10 million Pan Am spare parts acquisition;

responsible for returning $300K+ over corporate expectations.

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UNITED AIRLINES (Operational Management, continued)

1985 - 1999

Business Manager, Food Service Division, San Francisco, CA

Facilitated financial analysis, planning, and control for a $5.3 million

regional food services subsidiary. Served as Assistant General Manager in

planning and executing operations.

Operations Supervisor, Food Services Division, Denver, CO and Chicago, IL

Supervised 80+ union employees. Conducted operations analyses which

yielded improvements resulting in $530K+ annual savings.

. Led planning, design and start-up of new flight kitchen facility which

achieved superior operating efficiencies.

EDUCATION

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Master of Business

Administration, June 2005*.

Emphasis in Finance (3.9 GPA - Graduated with Honors).

. President of Students for Responsible Business (1997)

. Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Scholastic Honorary

* Note: all MBA coursework except Masters' Thesis completed in 1996-97;

Masters' Thesis completed in 2004-05.

University of Denver, Denver, CO. B.S. in Business Administration, June

1985.

. President of Undergraduate Business Student Association (1983-84)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS/OBLIGATIONS

. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

. Speaker/Presenter on "Implementing Effective Inbound Logistics

Programs", 2008 Annual Conference;

selected key comments from presentation were cited in Supply Chain

Digest, Journal of Commerce and Purchasing magazines (October and

November 2008)

. Panel Reviewer & Research Advisor, Connective Technology Editorial

Review Board (2006-07)

. Earned APICS' Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designation,

March 2006

. Signed and pledged adherence to "The MBA Oath" for Responsible Value

Creation in July, 2009.

. Details on The MBA Oath can be found at http://mbaoath.org/about/the-

mba-oath/

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