Project Supply Chain

Richard Kang

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City: Aurora

State: IL

Zip: 60502

Country: USA

Phone: 331-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $225,000

Willing to Relocate

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SUMMARY

Information technology executive with demonstrated success at Fortune 500 Companies and prestige business consulting firm.

Result orientated individual, innovative thinker with demonstrated leadership skills and multi-culture background.

Seasoned program / project leader with expertise in managing complex, multi-site global business transformation projects.

Worked closely with senior business leaders in strategizing and delivering solutions to create competitive advantage, enable top-line growth and improve operation efficiencies.

In-depth knowledge in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain.

Broad experience with different technology disciplines

Specialties: Business Transformation, Business Process Optimization,Business Partnership, People Development, Solution Architect, Business Intelligence, Big Data, Mobility, Program Management, Leadership, Consulting, Director

Senior Manager - Business Partnership

Wrigley

October 2005 - February 2013 (7 years 5 months)Greater Chicago Area

Partnering with cross-functional senior business leaders responsible for multi-million dollar IT investment portfolio to drive business growth in the North America.

Defined and delivered business solutions including:

*Trade Promotion Management and Optimization - Developed a Trade Promotion Management, Customer P&L and Predictive Analytics tool to optimize trade spend and improve trade efficiency.

*Share of the Shelf Initiative in Category Management.

*Management Dashboard for the North American business.

*Retail POS Data/ Demand Signal Repository to optimized assortment and maximized ROI at retail

*Leveraged SaaS platform Salesforce.com and Agile development methodology to manage multi-million dollar new product launches.

*Productivity Improvement Project (SKU Rationalization/Supply Chain Optimization).

*Mobility Strategy.

*Retail Execution strategy and van sell program

*Starburst and Skittles Integration

Sr. Consulting Manager

Accenture

September 1994 - June 2005 (10 years 10 months)

Sold, oversaw and contributed to the success of multiple consulting and large business transformation project engagements.

Client: Global Consumer Goods Company in Chicago

A project that transformed the finance, purchasing, manufacturing, supply chain and sales and marketing areas of the organization to achieve synergy amongst three divisions.

Client: Global Auto Manufacture in Detroit

A project to establish a Program Management Office for the Shared Service Group.

Client: Global Consumer Goods Manufacture in Richmond

A business transformation project that enabled the company to create an enhanced marketing strategy, execute promotions more effectively and achieve improved ROI.

Client: Global Heavy Equipment Manufacture in Peoria

A project to transform the service process and integrate it with the dealer network.

Client: Vision Care Division of a Global Consumer Goods Manufacture

A project to develop and implement a strategy to drive strong global growth in the contact lens segment.

Client: Global Chemical Company

A multi-faceted project including the implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning system to replace several legacy information systems and the implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) suite of applications in Canadian and U.S. business units.

Other Clients/Projects: Business Transformation project for Purolator, ERP implementation for Conoco Philips, Design of a retail business for a joint venture of Wangfujing and Silver Grant, Carrefour Merchandising solution, Customer Service project for Florida Power.

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