Supply Chain Manager/Director
Resume:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly skilled, F&B focused, Supply Chain and Operations leader with
a passion for the outdoors. Has consistently delivered results to drive cost savings, efficient planning processes and supply chain improvements in lean, growth-focused companies. Creative problem solving, compassionate leadership and "refuse-to-lose" mentality contributes to high functioning, collaborative supply chain teams. Skilled in analytics, negotiation, strategic decision making and team leadership, enhanced by over 9 years of experience in supply chain in fast-paced, multi-national company environments.
WORK HISTORY
Director, Global Supply Chain and Procurement, 08/2014 to Current Garrett Brands LLC, Chicago, IL
Address : Dillon, CO 80435
Phone : 630-***-****
Email : *****.*****@*****.***
SKILLS
KEY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2014 - 2015 (SC Analyst/Sr.
Analyst)
2016 (SC Manager)
CHRISTOPHER
GALAT
Hired as Supply Chain Analyst, promoted 5 times in 6 years. Became Director in 2019
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Led a global team of four supply chain professionals in both the United States and Singapore, supporting both Garrett Popcorn Shops and Frango brands
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Responsible for management of all global direct materials and logistics spend categories, global sales and operations planning activities and material requirements planning activites
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Aligned departmental strategy with C-level organizational leadership, including company owner and CEO, to best position the Garrett Supply Chain to accommodate aggressive e-commerce and retail growth, grow company bottom line and EBITDA
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Delivered 1-4% in annual cost savings to company's total addressable spend each year (2015-2019) through strategic sourcing of direct materials, MRO and logistics categories; helped fuel aggressive company growth during that time period
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Led supply chain representation in steering committee for all new market entries in US and foreign markets
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Intimate working knowledge of S&OP, supply planning, demand planning and inventory management. Developed and implemented Garrett's global S&OP processes
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Led the offshoring of certain direct materials to efficiently and cost effectively supply Garrett outlets across various US and SE Asia markets
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Drives value via "best fit" cost
savings, efficiencies and process
improvements
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• Expansive vendor network
Super-user of SAP, PowerBI,
Oracle NetSuite ERP
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Excellent team leader, trainer and
on-boarding specialist
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Not afraid to "roll up the sleeves"
and "get into the weeds"
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Global 3PL, goods movement and
broadline foodservice network
strategist
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Harmonious understanding of
Supply Chain's impact to other
business verticals
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Expert-level Excel analytics and
modeling
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Strong in negotiating, budgeting
and understanding of business
P&L
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Created planning and forecasting
models that paved the way for the
implementation of Garrett's global
S&OP and MRP processes
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Transitioned US direct material to
generate $600k in Y1 savings
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Negotiated export subsidies for
critical global raw material,
generating $100k in savings
annually for APAC businesses
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Sourced and onboarded
white-glove call center to support
Customer Experience team
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Analyst, Indirect Procurement, 04/2013 to 08/2014
The Hillshire Brands Company, Chicago, IL
Materials Analyst, 07/2012 to 04/2013
The Hillshire Brands Company, Chicago, IL
Customer Service Account Manager, 01/2011 to 07/2012 The Hillshire Brands Company, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Integrated Marketing Communications, 2009 Illinois State University - Normal, IL
Operations Management And Information Systems
Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, IL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Professional references available upon request.
2017 (SC Manager)
2018 (Associate Director of SC)
2019 (Associate Director of SC)
2020 (Director of SC)
Led various RFx events, cost savings initiatives, spend analytics projects in marketing and professional services categories
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• Drove $1MM in cost savings via payable transition project Provided spend and supply analytics, managed day-to-day vendor relationships and inventory of IQF vegetable, IQF fruit, nuts, spice blends
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Drove $500K in savings due to vendor changes in Nut and IQF Apple and Cherry categories
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Managed order-to-cash cycle, bracket compliance and day-to-day customer communications with over 35 midwest and southeast retail and foodservice distributor accounts
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Completed coursework towards Bachelor's in Operations Management and Information Systems in Fall 2011
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Onboarded new supply chain team
in Hong Kong and traveled
extensively to South China and SE
Asia to finalize offshore vendor
negotiations
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Negotiated Garrett's small parcel
agreement and major critical
proprietary material resulting in
over $3MM in savings over a 3 year
period
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Integrated Frango Chocolates
brand into the Garrett Supply
Chain
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Lived in Hong Kong for 5 month
period to onboard new supply
chain team members after office
restructuring
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Transitioned Singapore-based 3PL
resulting in SGD 250,000 in Y1
savings
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Assumed duties of Senior Vice
President of Operations during her
4 month maternity leave beginning
November 2018
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Analyzed and negotiated small
parcel contract, generating a
projected $1.5MM in savings in
three year period
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Transitioned critical proprietary
material to new supplier after a
near supply disruption, resulting in
$60K in Y1 savings
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Onboarded new US Supply Chain
team
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Implemented new protocols to limit
non-essential spend and help
manage cash flow in wake of
COVID-19 pandemic
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Worked through various COVID-19
related supply issues to ensure
supply continuity for business
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Fast-tracking savings projects to
generate $500,000 in Y1 savings
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