Beth Lipovsky Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Optimize the flow of all materials within our network while minimizing cost and maximizing service. Provide real-time and strategic direction to the deployers on flow decisions based on current status of the network. Identify cost savings opportunities through collaboration with other Logistics partners and the Operating Units.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives delivering efficiency across the company by establishing standard business processes, enhancing role clarity, identifying leading/lagging performance metrics and ensuring sustainability through process ownership and accountability. Influencing across levels and functions on the Continuous Improvement journey and.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed two Logistics Replenishment Planners as they facilitated the escalation process for ingredient availability issues throughout the company. Brought clarity, governance and sustainability to the process by launching a new SharePoint site with a standard form and automatic escalation emails. Delivered content & collaboration governance for the broader.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Collaborated with interal cross-functional teams and external suppliers to optimize the flow of product and information both physically and systemically while ensuring an appropriate balance of service goals, risks and complexity for all parties involved.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led the Sales and Operations Planning process gaining alignment between Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations and Logistics on current fiscal year forecasts, by PNL, by month.
• Clearly communicated risks and opportunities to the volume during consensus meetings to drive the best Logistics strategy decisions on production and capacity planning.
• Managed leadership communication regarding gaps between the financial, sales and operating estimates.
• Facilitated alignment on long-range forecasts for crop based businesses.
• Trained new employees and led the roll-out of Demand Planning in India.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Planned and communicated the new product launches for Progresso Soup, including the Progresso Soup Light launch that reached a record launch of 6 million cases delivered in year 1.
• Collaborated with cross functional team members to create a GMI operations guide supporting the startup of a new contract location in Canada. Incorporated packaging, labeling, systems integration, shipping.
• Coordinated reformulations with the plants, R&D, sourcing and Logistics, delivering HMM cost savings and reducing the write-off budget 2 years in a row despite record number of changes.

Bloomington, MN

• Logistics Compliance Program Manager - Continuous education of DC staff on program details, processes for reporting and vendor improvements specifically driven by their engagement - Continuous education of vendor.
• Designed and implemented reporting of DC compliance to yard management rules.
• Responsible for training, delegating and quality of workload for one associate.

Bloomington, MN

• Provided consistent, professional and timely support to DCs resolving trouble merchandise issues, inventory discrepancies and reporting, communicating and resolving vendor non-compliance issues.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Resources Management And Services