Kris Erik Pedersen
847-***-**** & https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-pedersen-35922874
Ownership is Leadership
Lead by Doing: ‘See It, Own It, Solve It, Do It’
Deliver Core: Timely performance results with all stake holders
Build Together: Diversity and Inclusion brings the best talent together for results
Win as One: Learn, Mentor, and Communicate for sustainable people and business results
Engage: Candor and tact build dividends of trust resulting in yields of productivity
Structured, Logical & Creative Thinker
Solve to Goal: Root-cause, organize, and align to objectives
Focus on Needs: Able to evaluate status quo Fix/support or build to vision
Vision: Synthesize actionable plans from resources & objectives
Execute: Proven development and implementation of wining strategies
Facts-Based: Lengthy experience utilizing rational tools and data to inform (MS Excel & Access, SQL, & SA)
Career
Chamberlain Group
Data Management Office (August 2015 – Current)
BI/Project Data Management
Cross-Functional management of SAP data related to New Product Development. Resolve blockers to system readiness. Align Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Finance, and Marketing functions with project milestone and commitment dates.
Develop and utilize BI tools and processes aligned with Agile/Scrum methodology, reducing delay and expedited freight.
Developed impactful visualization tools to clearly relay blockers, risks, and key milestones.
Lead capability enhancement and optimization projects to increase utility, greatly reduce requirements, and deliver incremental improvements to Team bandwidth.
PepsiCo:
R&D Global Functions, Governance & Compliance (November 2014 – August 2015)
Knowledge Management
Develop and facilitate communities of practice and their collaboration behaviors. Aligned global knowledge management systems for productivity gains. Champion best practice and global standard operating procedures to drastically increase quality and consistency of outputs. Manage external vendors, software development, and training Programs
Increased key system usage & confidence by over 300%
Delivered collaboration platforms that aligned 3 businesses in 8 global labs across 12 different functions
Fostered 3 Super User Groups resulting in reduced downtime and learning curves to sustain KPI targets
Supply Chain Capability and Optimization (June 2013 – November 2014)
BI/Data Management
Eliminate existing recurring business process issues, and gaps. Design and optimize integrated business processes, reporting, and oversight solutions to deliver YoY cost and time... Advise cross-functional teams on execution best practices. Deliver projects to Annual Operating Plan. Represent Supply Chain data interests for CAB approvals.
Eliminated 28 hrs. /wk. reporting time via solutions that reduced staff requirements by 2 full-time employees
End-to-end Innovation process: knowledge management strategy, utility interface, and impactful KPI metrics
Demonstrated organizational need for professional capabilities, earning in-level promotion
Master Data Management (November 2010 – June 2013)
Business Intelligence
Proactively identify and engage key stake-holders to drive quality of enterprise master data. Audit enterprise systems, data, and configurations for optimal performance. Continuous improvement project leadership. CAB ownership for SAP module changes/implementations. Technical resource: analysis, data modeling and tool creation/design. Advise leadership and stake-holders on technical requirements and outcomes.
Improved processing time for data changes by 70% programmatically
Enabled productivity and capability initiatives to meet observed future requirements
Designed, tested and implemented Product Hierarchy tool-set, data audits, and enhanced forms
Integrated Supply Chain Planning (October 2008 – November 2010)
Senior Analyst
Lead cross-functional experts to ensure integrated solutions eliminate recurring process and/or data failures. Organize focused CAB groups and present to Global CAB board. Develop master data life-cycle strategies to align supply chain solution ecosystem. Metadata analysis of related data elements, systems, structures, and configuration to enhance integrated solution. Enterprise data analysis and reporting.
Increased Team capacity & capabilities via sustainable metrics, analysis, and quality audit tools
Built a solid coalition of business, technical, and executive contacts to facilitate change and growth
Designed, tested and implemented transportation utilization and replenishment planning tools
Brightstar
Supply Chain Distribution (August 2006 – December 2007)
Program / Inventory Manager
Program and Change management. VMI, forecasting, and distribution planning. Advised business partners on ROI, inventory turns, and sales performance yielding increased plan accuracy, capacity utilization, and actual YoY sales across 42 DCs and ~2,800 retail locations. New product launches. Financial reconciliation and PO tracking. Retail Link MS SharePoint admin.
Improved in-stocks from 85% to SLA 98.5% or better
Earned most improved vendor award: Wal-Mart / Verizon
Reduced liable inventory from $32MM to $14.2MM/yr.
Identified and corrected $15MM/yr. shipping systems error
Reduced reporting times by 83% + increased utility, clarity, and function
Laser Tek
Purchasing, Inventory, and Controls (June 2005 – June 2006)
Manager
Managed 4 employees. Vendor relations, purchase terms negotiation, and order generation. Demand planning and scheduling for long lead-time production supplies. Manage inventory, cycle counts, and inventory/system adjustments. New Product Introductions, systems data maintenance, initial forecasting and supply settings. Audits, adjustments, order reconciliations, and vendor returns. Supply chain reporting in support of VP Operations and Controller.
ERP system implementation
Implemented forecasting methodology resulting in 2MM inventory reduction
Mitigated production stops by implementing forecasting methodology
Stabilized supply planning functions via integration with sales and production planning
Follett
Sales & Customer Support (January 2004 - January 2005)
Support Specialist
Internal account manager on multi-million dollar state accounts (N/S Caroline Government Accounts). Primary point of contact for all purchases, questions, and customer needs. Coordination of services and problem resolution with 5 field Sales Account Managers.
Greatly improved customer ease of purchase through process restructuring
Guided team to implement and improve methods of order management
Managed the workload of 2-3 FTE to maintain customer satisfaction and operational requirements
Education
Bachelors of Science Natural Sciences: Shimer College
Associates of Science Engineering & Economics: College of Lake County
Pursuing edx.org Microsoft Certificate in Data Science