Christopher Dudek Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Greater Pittsburgh Region

United States

Neenah, Wi

Managed and supported sourcing strategies for several categories in a procurement department that governed $2B in spend among multiple brands including Kleenex®, Huggies®, and Scott®. Identified, evaluated and selected 20 suppliers through RFx activities. Led cross-functional meetings with planning, marketing, operations, sales, and engineering to build a viable multi-year value pipeline to guide future marketing spend. • Exceeded value creation targets by 20% using customer focus, negotiation, market knowledge• Increased stakeholder engagement 3X through contagious enthusiasm and delivering results• Reduced purchasing violations by 73% by building stakeholder talent through training

Neenah, Wi

Owned raw material inventory ($6.5MM) for large brands (Depend®, Poise®, Kotex®) through precise management of 300+ materials and 27 suppliers to seamlessly supply 14 production assets. Actively engaged operations to build trust and execute with excellence.• Acheived >=98.5% Customer Service Fill Rate and reduced material Days On Hand by 23%• Delivered cost savings (YOY) of $540,000 through meticulous inventory management • Achieved a 71.9% reduction (YOY) of unplanned downtime hours

White Plains, Ny

Managed 72 ingredient SKUs across 32 vendors at 5 site locations for Oikos®, Light & Fit®, Activia®. Monitored inventory to effectively supply materials to production sites by exercising clear communication cross-functionally and challenging previous ordering cadences and safety stock methods (time vs static).• Reduced corrugate lead time by 4 days by creating process maps of corrugate supply chain.• Delivered cost savings of $100,000 by implementing new JIT management of corrugate supply.• Developed team system skills, utilizing system knowledge, training individually or in groups.

University Park, Pennsylvania

Operated as a student manager, cashier, sandwich artist, and dishwasher at the West Wing. Interviewed employees for promotional opportunities and provided employee attendance and behavior concerns to leadership for disciplinary decisions.• Hired and trained 100 new employees in compliance with OSHA regulations.• Improved shift turnout, temperature logging, restaurant closing time by exuding care for work.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Planned $2.8MM worth of raw materials at 2 production facilities exercising proficiency in SAP R/3 to manage inventory, orders, and recipes. Practiced problem-solving and prioritization development.• Streamlined new hire on-boarding by developing standard 4-week hands-on program.• Delivered cost savings of $40,000 by optimizing communications across supply network.

Butler, Pennsylvania

Exercised an entrepreneurial mindset to create a mowing business. Created 350 flyers to secure 24 clients. Utilized natural attention to detail by focusing on unique requests from each client. Exceeded expectations with complete lawn care. • Earned annual revenue of $12,000 fueled by customer focus and business relationships• Grew customer base by 15% annually

Butler, Pennsylvania

Practiced schedule creation, inventory management, order management, customer service exceeding annual service objectives. Presented insights from data collection, staff interviews, and analysis. • Created standard work to identify most efficient slitting pattern, reducing waste• Trained supervisor in MS Excel, reducing scheduling time by 2 hours weekly