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Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga, Ontario

Drive the execution of Kimberly-Clark’s Indispensable Partner customer supply chain engagement strategy with customers. Collaborate with the teams in Canada & US and have regular face time with the customers to facilitate strategic supply chain actions. * Led a multi-functional team to transition 2 Loblaw ship points change that reduced total annual supply chain costs by $1MM.* Reduced McKesson's DCs inventory 50% by implementing lower ordering multiples across all DC's.* Successfully launched a product line resulting in 40% increase in shipments by creating and implementing forecast reports * Demonstrated leadership skills with reduced supply chain resources maintaining a Loblaw diaper ad that increased sales 50%.* Built strategic relationships with customers such as Loblaw, SDM, Logistics Alliance and Wal-Mart. As a result of the connection with Logistics Alliance they have been using a testimonial for their CPU program.* Revised a roles and responsibilities matrix which provided clarity for the Canadian Sales team contributing time savings of up to 20%. * Initiated and coordinated a process to streamline inconsistencies in ordering multiples for SDM which improved First Time Quality by 30%* Managed a 5 month long product allocation process through weekly forecasted volume buckets and communication improving customer relations.* Reduced annual supply chain costs of over $700K, by identifying and implementing an improved shipping strategy for Costco.* Won multiple Indispensable Partner team awards including the top President’s award for North America as a member of the Zellers and Wal-Mart Teams

• Managed KC inventory for all Zellers DC and Store orders by learning and working with their internal systems resulting in a 20% fill rate increase over 2 years. This improved on shelf availability also increased sales by 30% per year in 2000 and 2001.