Dan Hoelke Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Managed staff of seven analysts responsible for delivering production and distribution planning for the North American Supply Chain totaling $2 billion in sales across 26 brand portfolios.
• Acted as project sponsor for development and implementation of standardized Supply Chain Issue Management (SCIM) processes for the department including issue escalation, root cause, and corrective action communication.
• Responsible for development and successful execution of both short and longer term strategic inventory planning for $330M new product OTC switch of Flonase.
• Represented division in multiple global site inventory diagnostics to align and optimize inventory settings which drove a 16% overall reduction in finished goods inventory totaling $26M in savings over a 3 year period.
• Managed several successful brand re-supply turnarounds due to product quality issues thru effective crisis management skills and close collaboration with internal partners. Received GSK Winning formula award in 2013.
• Partnered with other Supply Chain divisions on executing key initiatives such as distribution network optimization and implementation of more efficient modes of transportation (intermodal) in distribution planning.

• Managed staff of six direct reports in US Supply Chain Customer Order Fulfillment who processed approximately 12 million tons of shipments annually.
• Led implementation of the Sales and Distribution module of SAP Version 5.0 as the key business owner for Supply Chain including development, testing, and process training.
• Responsible for standardizing and documenting department order, invoicing, and delivery schedule process to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supported Sales, Logistics, and Operations with key customer information and analysis to better improve supply communication both internally and externally to stakeholders and customers.

• Managed staff of four direct reports responsible for delivering and executing production/distribution supply plans within a budgeted $77M spend.
• Assisted in leading the optimization of Manugistics supply planning tool (implemented in 2004) and identified model logic changes to enhance decision capabilities.
• Represented Supply Planning in Executive S&OP process and communicated issues/recommendations for resolution to Brand Marketing, Operations Directors, and Plant Managers.
• Drove 13% reduction in finished goods inventory in 2005 while maintaining 98% customer service levels thru optimization and standardization of inventory parameter settings.
• Successfully led planning activities to execute conversion of corporate owned distribution services to 3rd Party facilities.