Darryl Grover Email & Phone Number

Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Directs and oversees supply chain operations for multiple profit centers within the organization. Coordinates the movement of raw materials, in-process goods, and completed merchandise to ensure that production needs and customer expectations are met. Works closely with operations management, engineering, compliance management, and new product development teams to ensure effective sourcing of materials meet specifications and delivery criteria.Develops relationships in both domestic and international marketplaces to understand any industry changes that may impact pricing our availability of goods. Establishes and implements strategies meant to optimize organizational inventory levels and support organizational business objectives. Develops and maintains relationships with vendors that can improve efficiency or performance of supply chain networks. Sets supply chain performance standards and tracks progress against goals. Analyzes historical data to forecast demand and predict inventory needs.

Responsible for the procurement and supply management activities for Patterson Dental North America. Provide leadership, direction and evaluation to a team of 12 supply Chain Planners procuring over 100,000 lines of product from 700 vendors into 10 Fulfilment Centers across the US and Canada. Continually manage an inventory average of $225MM with a annual spend of $1.7B. Responsible for maintaining proper inventory levels to support a 98% service level to our customers while maintaining 10 inventory turns. Supply Chain SME providing leadership and direction throughout the 18 month migration process to SAP. Reorganized workflows, developed new processes/procedures for SC Planners in SAP. Institute cost savings enhancements to increase and improve gross margin by implementing and utilizing best practice processes in procurement. Develop and maintain cross-functionalinternal relationships with Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Fulfillment Centers to help identify critical supply needs and provide sourcing and procurement services that meet company expectations Work closely with vendor partners to negotiate specific cost criteria, payment terms, buy-in opportunities and rebate agreements.Monitor and communicate vendor partner performance requirements/objectives, cost reduction processes and provide supplier business reviews.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Initiated Patterson Companies Electronic Data Interchange program with key Vendor Partners and Customers. Designed companies EDI Implementation Guide for potential EDI trading partners.Business and technical contact to coordinate and support the successfull implementation of EDI transaction sets. In 2 years time, successfully added over 100 EDI trading partners on 6 different EDI transactions trading over 375k invoices worth over $700M annually.

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