Aaron Van Hout Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

As the Brand Planning Manager, I lead our central Brand Planning team consisting of 35+ Brand Planners and 4 Strategic Event Leads, 2 Brand Planning Associate Managers and 2 Process Leads. The BP Manager works in close partnership with Supply Chain Managers (SCMs) in the OUs, teams at the GIC such as PLPM and SARM teams, Plant planning, Sourcing and Materials Management. They are accountable for a $25MM+ raw material write-off budget for North America. • Serve as direct manager and leader to ≈8 individuals: 2 Brand Planning Associate Mangers, 2 process leads and 4 Strategic Event Leads. Indirect manager to 35+ additional Brand Planners who report into the Associate Managers • Foster a positive team culture. Form and shape team operating norms • Elevate collective team acumen and capabilities through coaching, training, and development. Develop managers of people to effectively coach and support their teams • Set priorities for the team as a whole • Establish connections with leaders across the org to advance shared goals • Be a point of escalation to help remove barriers for your team to deliver more effectively • Lead continued integration of the Strategic Event team into the Planning space to focus on role clarity, and process definitions • Lead organization and role strategy – be an advocate for change and continue to develop the team onto a glidepath that continues to improve maturity and role clarity • Support standard work and help drive process excellence over time. Identify gaps and bring forward improvement ideas to advance total Planning Pillar maturity • Support initiatives and provide consultation to other GMI teams who regularly intersect with Brand Planning (PLPM, Materials Management, etc.) • Represent monthly Brand Planning RUN processes through Business Process Management and lead the team through monthly financial reporting processes for Raw Material Write-Off (RMWO) Budgets

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Own operational planning in week 5-13 and strategic planning from months 4-36• Run scenarios based on total capacity, net requirements, inventory targets, segmentation strategies, and volume plans across locations based on cost-benefit analysis• Drive execution against selected Supply Plan scenarios that balances constraints in consideration of Capacity, Distribution Requirements, and Volume Planning• Partner with (distribution) Network Management to support mid to long-term distribution strategies• Support mid to long-term volume plans (production volume)• Build annual supply strategies to meet financial, operational, & business targets of each market he/she supports• Balance supply plan & drive adherence according to Shared Resources market supply agreements• Partners closely with Demand Planners to understand levers and make decisions regarding supply chain and business trade-offs • Monitor & drive improvement through KPI tracking to reconcile performance against plans to drive ongoing improvements in costs, time, capacity, and asset utilization• Perform root cause analysis for key service issues, as well as share output with appropriate leadership • Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders, encourage and enhance cross function collaborations-• Build relationships with Market Planners & understand all market supply agreements supported by his/her supply chain• Build relationship with finite scheduler, deployment, network manager and material planner, ESC and Region Planning COE

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Customer facing member of the E2E Logistics team in C&F• Team Lead responsibility for 7-10 Customer Operation Specialists• Ensure ongoing compliance to order operations, controls/policies• Foster and maintain a strong professional relationship with key manager/Sr-level customer contacts, GMI sales regions, supply chain, and other functional organizations • Interface with leaders across Logistics, Finance, GBS, Trade and Sales• Deep understanding of customer supply chain programs and systems• Enhanced skills in collaborating, communication and influencing across teams

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Manage inventory, eliminate out-of-stocks, meet or exceed customer business goals and objectives , and conduct analysis and reporting• Lead and participate in strategic initiatives to lower customer and General Mills costs• Contact point to enable merchandising for promotional ordering and forecasting; communicate and resolve potential issues with promotional product fulfillment

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Order Processing• Receive and process customer orders, ensuring that orders filed meet GMI policies relating to pricing and promotional offerings and order guidelines (order lead time, weight/space requirements). Communicate all discrepancies to customer buyer/category manager and resolve accordingly.• Communicate with Field Sales and ICS to ensure that customer receives promotional monies due on each order, taking a proactive approach to minimizing invoice discrepancies.Service Issues• Manage service issues on a regular basis. Must quickly identify the source of a problem, gather and analyze information related to the issue, and devise a solution that best meets both GMI's and the customer's needs. Coordination across GMI divisions may be required. Involved parties might include Technology & Operations, Customer Service Facilities (CSF), Marketing/Trade Marketing, Credit, and customers.• Identify and analyze business opportunities to maximize efficiencies and/or enhance GMI's relationship with the customer. Present proposals to Field Sales and customers. Maintain a proactive approach to doing business with customers by evaluating results and adjusting plans as needed to reach objectives.• Work closely with CSF, customer, and Field Sales to execute merchandising events. Coordinate orders, pricing, and Efficient Replenishment programs, such as Customer Pick-up (CPU), Direct Plant Shipments (DPS), Direct Store Deliveries (DSD), and cross-docking.• Manage allocation of product for customers and Field Sales during severe service issues. Monitor and evaluate orders to ensure that GMI maintains service levels without exceeding allocation numbers. Accounts Receivable• Support ICS in resolution of service-related AR.• Maintain awareness & accurately document all order-related issues which may result in service AR discrepancies.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

• Experience in maintaining control of twenty five middle school boys • Organized and executed three tryouts and over seventy five practices• Licensed to coach in Wisconsin through the WYSA program• By focusing on fundamentals and basic soccer strategy, 75% of players moved up to the next level• Won two out of three first place trophies due to the determination of players and coaching staff

Burnsville, Minnesota, Us

• Report to the Order Process Manager and supervise four employees while continuing all duties of the Order Process Specialist • Responsible for the personal and professional development of the four employees on the Order Process Team• Monitor work flow and team morale by conducing bi-monthly team meetings • Set performance standards, conduct yearly performance reviews, and hold bi-monthly one on one meetings to observe employee moraleAwards and AcknowledgementsReach for Excellence Award 2012, 2014 and 2016"Step Up Award” for covering the position of an employee out on long term disabilityElected to the Metro Sales Presidents Club for 2011, 2012, 2014,2015 and 2016 to represent the Accounting Department and present the opinions of the Accounting Department to the Controller and President

Burnsville, Minnesota, Us

• Continue all duties as an Inventory analyst• Assist the Metro Sales Leasing Team to audit, process, and maintain all Metro Sales Leasing Orders• Refurbished the “Cost Up/Don’t Lose” process allowing Metro Sales to be competitive in deals that were previously unattainable • Assist the Sales Commission Team and Customer Service/Accounts Receivable Team while working in a team environment to complete tasks by deadlines and improve team productivity• Analyze data to suggest improvements to continually progress and develop strategies to help better Metro Sales policies and procedures using the Six Sigma process

Burnsville, Minnesota, Us

• Enter, process, and maintain transaction activity for office imaging solution products for fifty sales representatives. • Enter transactions into our Order Tracking Software to schedule delivery dates to; ensure on time delivery to all customers, organize network installation for necessary transactions, and track mistakes to improve the quality of service to customers and other employees. • Monitor and control back orders on a daily basis to ensure prompt notification and action to fill each open order for delivery to meet the needs of each customer. • Assist in inventory control; review empty bin locations, work with Supervisor of Purchasing and Marketing to replenish equipment and support in cycle counts. Communicate with customers, sales representatives and supervisor to ensure any customer questions, regarding invoice payments and account maintenance, are answered in a timely manner• Assist in sales commissions and customer service while working in a team environment to complete tasks by deadlines and improve team productivity • Use the Six Sigma process, through specialized projects assigned by supervisor to analyze data and suggest improvements based on data collected, to continually improve and develop strategies to help improve Metro Sales policies and procedures.

Chanhassen, Mn, Us

• Accurately track statistics for recreation basketball league for over one hundred games• Statistics are entered into website for players to track their progress from each game• Work in a team environment and create close relationships with players, referees, and other co-workers to provide a fun, exceptional experience for all

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Us

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Studies