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

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