Christopher Varnes Email & Phone Number

Niles, IL

• Leader of the Supply Chain Planning function including product supply planning, demand planning and raw material planning.
• 140MM cases produced annually
• 45,000 truckloads shipped to 20 distribution centers
• Responsible for accurate forecasts, product availability and sourcing strategy at the lowest landed cost.

Chicago, IL

• Lead a team of Supply and Demand Planners to effectively deliver the National Fountain Account business against the following metrics: Fill Rate, Old age/disposal avoidance, Forecast Accuracy, delivering innovation.
• Contributed to year over year improvement on key KPI’s. Realized improving Order Fill Rates from 99.08% to 99.19% to 99.44% in years 2015, 2016, and 2017 YTD respectively, against a target of 99.0%. Further, delivered.
• Collaborated with cross functional leads in Operations, Sales, Finance and Transportation to continuously optimize the Go To Market strategy, inventory targets, sourcing strategy, and bottler supply network to drive.
• Supported the annual AOP development process, communicating volume, space and production requirements to all cross functional partners.

Schaumburg, IL

• Lead and supported 16 Supply Planners across 18 manufacturing facilities, to support their objective of providing unparalleled customer service at the lowest cost.
• Contributed to the reduction of Out of Stocks by alleviating production concerns, raw material delays and warehouse & transportation issues.
• Created a national innovation process to track pre-launch and post-launch procedures to ensure 100% in stock inventory in all warehouses.
• Lead the SKU innovation roll out by coordinating with IT systems, marketing, sales, warehouse, supply chain and manufacturing teams to launch more than 200 SKUs annually.
• Analyzed production and transport costs to identify and implement sourcing changes to save money year over year.

Twinsburg, OH

• Managed the demand forecast in coordination with the sales and supply chain teams to ensure continuous improvement of forecast accuracy.
• Generated weekly forecasts and analyzed inventory levels for 400 + SKU's at 21 warehouses.
• Assisted in the development of forecasts for all new product launches based on trends in historical data and local market intelligence.
• Performed root cause analysis on forecast errors to create and implement action plans with the sales and production teams to minimize future concerns.
• Integrated Safeguard application across the Demand Planning process to reduce Out of Stocks and Full Goods Inventory.

Twinsburg, OH

• Led a grocery channel sales territory of eight large format stores in the Cleveland area.
• Directed 6 full time and 4 part time merchandisers to ensure the successful completion of daily tasks, such as selling, merchandising and servicing accounts.
• Executed all national and local marketing and sales programs aggressively to increase market share.

Cleveland, OH

• Achieved company profit goals and individual objectives by managing, merchandising, and servicing small format convenience stores and petroleum accounts.
• Managed and coordinated a group of driver/ merchandisers to the successful completion of daily routes.
• Communicated with driver /merchandisers within territory to assist in the timely resolution of customer issues.

Westlake, OH