ERIC CONTREL ALEXANDER

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Senior Supply Chain Leader with broad industry experience leading and developing teams, standardizing processes, increasing organizational efficiencies, and delivering bottom line results

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Supply Chain Management Six Sigma, FI, LEAN, YY P&L Management

Project Management/Engineering Leadership Development 3PL Management

Performance Management Contract Negotiation & RFP SAP, WMS, S&OP

Change Management Virtual Leadership Regulatory Compliance

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

General Mills 4/2008-present

Logistics Business Owner Minneapolis, MN (WHQ) 3/2015-present

Manage all Logistics aspects of the Product Life Cycle including supply planning, materials management, scheduling, deployment, and customer service for the 8.5M case C&F Yogurt business

Tracking to the delivery of $200K in waste reduction through supply and shelf life management

Reduced tube yogurt product transition expense by $150K (vs FY15 comp) through strong cross-functional strategy alignment, increased meeting frequency, customer product age extensions, packaging material management, and tight plant production run control

Led the execution of a manufacturing source change delivering over $100K in transportation savings

Lead a matrixed team of plant, international, and corporate Logistics resources to develop and execute strategies, identify and monitor critical KPIs, and differentially support business priorities

Logistics point contact for all new product launches, promotions, discontinuances, and reformulations

Logistics Service Manager Minneapolis, MN (WHQ) 8/2014-3/2015

Co-built the framework for this brand new proactive service detection and prevention capability

Crafted and presented all Executive and Director level service analysis, risk mitigation plans, and communication for the North American Meals ($1.5B) and Canadian (1.2B) businesses

Coached and trained 16 indirect reports to ensure accurate and timely action and updates

Leveraged partnerships with Sales, Planning, Deployment, and Demand Planning to ensure alignment on customer replenishment requirements, organizational priorities, and reactive lever limitations

Sr. Deployment Team Leader (SC Replenishment Manager) Minneapolis, MN (WHQ) 2/2012-8/2014

Led a virtual (international) Deployment team with responsibility for all replenishment strategies, network execution, service management, and transportation efficiency($30M spend) for US retail Snacks ($1.7B) and SPF Snacks ($100M) businesses

Delivered $2.2M in cost savings through strategic planning and execution, leveraging business partnerships, and utilizing CI tools to identify and mitigate business risk and service customer demand

Plant Logistics Manager (Department Head) Kansas City, MO 4/2008-2/2012

Delivered $1.2M in savings, a 20 point climate score increase, with 0 OSHA recordable injuries

Provided direction and goal setting, coaching and career development, recognition, and resource allocation to ensure the success of salaried direct reports (4) and unionized warehouse staff (22)

Plant Senior Leadership Team member (reported to Plant Manager), CI steering team, actively engaged in plant strategy decisions, and liaison to corporate Logistics, Sales, and the local community

Responsibility for annual budget planning and management (5 P&Ls /$5.7M), $1M shuttle contract, 3PL warehouse, all plant Logistics functions (Planning, Warehousing, Transportation, and Scheduling)

Owens Corning- Operations Team Leader (Mid-Manager) Amarillo, TX 4/2006-4/2008

Managed 32 employees (including 2 first line Managers) with a focus on the safe and quality production of fiberglass composites while developing leaders and maximizing talent

Generated $68.5K /yr. in increased efficiency, reduced labor by 5%, and hold product by 25%

Mervyns- DC Loss Prevention Manager and Distribution Manager Plano, TX 6/2003-12/2005

Delivered $80K in contract and shortage savings while ensuring physical security of 538K sq. ft. site

Lead a tugger and cage cart execution which increased employee safety and cut travel time by 50%

WorldCom-Lead Project Engineer and Senior Design Engineer Richardson, TX 2/2000-12/2002

Engineered, supervised, and analyzed fiber optic network projects with budgets in excess of $1M

Project management, engineering, technical support and training of a 16 member engineering team

United States Marine Corps Reserves- Squad Leader and Team Leader (E-4) 8/1992-8/1998

EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

MBA, Amberton University-Garland, Texas 2002

BS Electronics Engineering Technology, Grambling State University-Grambling, LA 1998

Six Sigma Green Belt, Quality America 2005

Lean Applications & Kaizen Facilitator -Certificate, Owens Corning, Amarillo, TX 2007

Board Chair, TC BANDD, Twin Cities Black Affinity Network Development Day Current Board Chair, North Community YMCA Board of Directors, Minneapolis, MN Current

Division Quarterly Award ●Annual Deployment Service Award ● Quarterly Deployment Service Award(2) Volunteer of the Year ● TSE Bulls Eye Award (4) ●Star Performance Award ● Logistics CI Award (2)

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