Director Supply Chain

Chris R. Beachy

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Summary:

I am a highly qualified executive looking for a new opportunity. My accomplishments include the following.

- Led the build, staffing, & start-up of the Keurig Green Mountain flagship plant in Knoxville. Capacity: $5 billion annual sales.

- Responsible for all of supply chain activities and launch of Campbell’s Soup in K-cups. Annual Sales: $100MM+.

- Led the North American launch and engineering for Uncle Ben’s rice products in microwave pouches. Annual Sales $100MM+.

- Led lean, continuous improvement for business segments with which I worked. Annual Savings: $10MM+ per year.

- My training is technical & financial, but my passion is people & operations. I mentored many helping them reach their potential sooner.

I knew early on that I wanted to become a supply chain executive. So I volunteered for lateral moves and enjoyed a broad range of experiences including engineering, operations management, planning & scheduling, purchasing, human resources, maintenance, distribution and logistics, and marketing. I have served in both plant and corporate roles. I have enjoyed key, exciting roles that helped the businesses for whom I worked grow and prosper. I would be excited to speak with you to discuss mutual fit.

Highlights:

Operations: Line Management, Reliability, MRP, Team Building & Empowerment, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, HR, Purchasing

Engineering: Greenfield Construction and Start-up, Lean, Continuous Improvement, Layouts, Six Sigma, De-Bottlenecking, Project & Program Management, New Product Development & Launch

Logistics: Transportation, Distribution, Warehouse Management, Planning & Scheduling

Financial: Financial Analysis, IRR/ROI, P&L Optimization, Optimal Sourcing, Business Turn-Around

Planning: SIOP, Scheduling, Strategic & Capacity Planning, Budgeting, SAP, Systems Installation, Simulation

Experience: I am happy to discuss work experience after Keurig Green Mountain with you when we meet.

Keurig Green Mountain:

2012-2014: Innovation Product Supply Chain Director

- Accountable for all internal & external supply chain efforts to get new, innovative products to the marketplace.

- My team launched VUE with $200MM annual sales & Bolt full pot brewing into foodservice with $150MM/year revenue.

- Also provided the initial engineering and supply support for COLD carbonated beverage.

2009-2011: Plant Engineering Manager - Knoxville Plant

- Responsible for site engineering, maintenance, sanitation, safety, and continuous improvement.

- Led build out of virtual green field site. Installed process, high speed packaging, & distribution facilities.

- Fully refitted facility with roasting, grinding, and high-speed K-cup packaging with on-site logistics that is now the flagship

Plant in North America with an associate headcount approaching 1000 and annual capacity of $4 billion in revenue.

Engineering & Business Application Consulting:

2008: Implemented SAP business application software at Mars, Inc. Mars has 30+ sites in North America and the mission was to determine how best to apply this tool, and then implement and teach the application to all key users.

Mars, Incorporated (Confectionery, Ice Cream, Rice Divisions):

1999-2007: Engineering Director @ Uncle Ben’s Rice

- Managed all plant engineering in Canada and the U.S. Responsible for capital budgeting, operating & capacity plans.

- Implemented strategic outsourcing & partnering, reducing annual operating costs by $10MM and asset base by $40MM.

- Led evaluation and transition to very successful/profitable microwaveable pouch technology.

- Also assumed the Plant Manager role over the flagship plant as we developed high-potential talent for assignment.

1997-1998: North America Rice Logistics Director

- Responsible for all logistics, scheduling, capacity planning. Also managed the SIOP process. $25MM/year budget.

- Initiated inventory consolidation, distribution, simplification. Increased inventory turns by 20% in the first year.

- Transitioned production to fewer sites, saving $20 million/year. Also implemented shipping savings of $2.5 million/year.

1985-1996: Various Engineering & Manager Positions

- Held several developmental & contributory roles in the confectionery division. Managed M&Ms scheduling & planning.

Philip Morris, Tobacco Division & Eastman Kodak, Chemicals Division:

Prior: Engineering & Operational Manager Positions

- Operations Manager over factory scheduling, administration, IE, & shipping & receiving for a factory of 1000 associates.

Also responsible for Accounting, Purchasing, Engineering, & Support

- Plant IE roles. Project Engineer in design & implementation of advanced warehousing. Senior Staff IE.

Interests: Knoxville Leadership, Mississippi Industrial Development, IIE Chapter President, Professional Engineer (PE)

Education: MBA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. BS Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Virginia Tech

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