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, and inventory management. •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 a 97.8% index to prior year on 2015 FY disposals and a 98.2% index to prior year on 2016 FY disposals. •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 efficiency. •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