Michael R. Meissner

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Fort Smith, AR • 903-***-****

Director – Supply Chain Operations

Strategic thinking and influential leader, adds value through creation of innovative supply chain solutions and process improvements

Transformational senior supply chain professional, skilled at collaborating with clients, suppliers, and stakeholders to achieve objectives. Highly experienced in developing and implementing sustainable approaches to supply chain strategy, policies, and standards, with emphasis on high levels of quality, cost, and productivity. Expert problem solver. Recognized as a strong and motivational leader of successful teams, even in rapidly changing, dynamic, and pressurized environments. Actively promotes an environment of continuous improvement and talent development.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic Planning Supply Chain Management Procurement Strategic Sourcing Inventory Management Contract Negotiations Project Management Change Management Analytics Team Leadership & Training Talent Development Resource Management Budget Management Cost Control Process Improvement Change Management Operations Management Compliance Report Writing Problem Solving Quality, Health & Safety

Career Experience

Senior Director of Scheduling, Bachoco OK Foods, Fort Smith, AR 2019 – Present

Envision and implement procurement strategy. Hire, train, and lead a high performing, cross-functional, team. Offer leadership to drive multiple projects and promote operational excellence methodologies. Determine, introduce, and share supply chain best practices with a keen focus applied to identifying improvement opportunities. Oversee S&OP, transportation, and staff scheduling. Direct management of 375 finished SKUs and 150 raw material SKUs. Formulate and execute innovative sourcing solutions to expand scope of alternative options. Perform extensive market analysis to gather and consolidate procurement intelligence, including new suppliers and price fluctuations.

●Preside over budgeting, product costing, production forecast and analysis, inventory, and demand planning; originate and improve processes, in addition to levels of compliance

●Build and grow teams, advance talent; educate individuals to identify and exploit promotional opportunities

●Coordinate efforts across all facets of supply chain and procurement activities, manage spend in line with P&L; achieve positive results allowing improvements in future forecasting

●Define and execute Master Production Schedule; effectively develop program to integrate data from legacy systems and Excel, project future production needs to realize 10% reduction in plant downtime

●Spearhead procurement of external raw materials, in accordance with demand; examined utilization of 12MM pounds of raw materials, each week, reviewed and recommended further purchase requirements

●Liaise with senior executives; influence multiple business units to examine and adopt cost saving initiatives; trigger $10MM in bottom line improvements

Customer Development Manager – Military, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR 2018 – 2019

Provided oversight across all aspects of forecasting, issue resolution, team management, and order to cash management. Recommended sourcing strategies and spending. Advocated new tools and processes, implemented action plans. Coordinated efforts with cross functional groups, streamlined procedures and reports, while developing annual growth plans. Managed an internal team and 3 distribution partners, across 10 warehouse locations.

●Presented consumer, category, and marketplace insights; designed and delivered effective internal and external communications to improve processes and decision making

●Led negotiations in pursuance of government contracts; obtained $365M annual government contract bid with annual volume of 60M pounds

●Agreed freight rates and material handling fees; secured annual savings of $1M

●Drove teams in the attainment of order fill rate, quality, and customer service standards, throughout 178 global commissary locations, oversaw weekly pricing of 160 SKUs; accomplished forecasting accuracy of 88%

●Governed development, pricing, and launch of new products, collaborated with Scheduling, Production, QA, Marketing, and Innovation teams; fulfilled 100M pounds of annual pork and beef sales

Production Planning Manager, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR 2013 – 2018

Planned production operations. Collaborated with customers and key stakeholders to agree and define operational requirements. Forecast resources for production schedule development. Ensured department had future capacity to meet all targets. Devised and issued reports, including waste management and stock auditing. Stored and handled equipment and materials in line with safety requirements. Scheduled transportation.

●Controlled procurement and inventory of raw materials; consistently met targets for planned consumption for 3 case ready production facilities, grew production volume from 10K to 100K per week

●Identified deficiencies and opportunities, recommended solutions; enhanced processes and confirmed on time ordering and delivery of raw materials

●Project managed update of scheduling software, incorporated new SKUs and raw materials codes; allowed effective ordering

●Conceptualized and integrated new production processes; elevated productivity

●Acted as a point of escalation for complex technical queries and concerns; resolved issues

Production Planner, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR 2012 – 2013

Instrumental in the formulation of accurate daily production schedules. Monitored inventory and shipment of materials.

●Designed production strategies in alignment with customer demand; optimized availability of line capacities and raw materials to minimize costs and reduce waste

●Played a pivotal function in the roll out of new kit codes; confirmed line capacities and raw materials met forecasted demand to deliver a fill rate of 99.5%

Previous Experience:

●Fleet Manager, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR

●Manager, Distribution Center, Tyson Foods, Olathe, KS

●Management Trainee, Tyson Foods, Dakota Dunes, SD

Education

Master of Business Administration

Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science, Transportation & Logistics, Minor in Business Management

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Other Skills

Software: Microsoft Office, WMS & LMS Systems, SAP, Zoom, ERP Programs

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