David Pollack Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Aimargues, France, Fr

- Identify opportunities and partner with Royal Canin leaders to set priorities, manageexpectations, facilitate change needed to activate insights, measure impact, and driveprojects to scale- Deconstruct problems and goals to form a clear picture for hypothesis generation and usebest practices around analytic approaches and technology to solve business challenges- Support analytical experiment and test design- Support insight generation and storytelling from analytical findings- Drive action from analytics use cases to generate pet health and commercial value- Identify and specify new analytic product requirements aligned to strategy delivery- Support the successful rollout and usage of analytics products into business throughstakeholder management, training, and business process change when and where needed- Lead Powered by Data roadmap creation and delivery- Orchestrate value delivery from Powered by Data strategy with RC leadership- Partner with data science and analytics teams to deliver priority initiatives

Aimargues, France, Fr

- Responsible for transportation from 5 factories to 2 central distribution hubs- Created and led cross functional supply chain team focused on de-bottlenecking shipping hub– 86% reduction in blocked staging lanes achieved- FedEx parcel account management including analytics and invoice management- Discovered historical errors in accrual process freeing up $1.4M cash for the business.- Delivered DiB activities worth $4.5M in 2021- Created a carrier scorecard and montly meetings to drive carrier performance (service, cost, process improvements) and drive efficiency from insights gained - Improved on-time carrier performance by 9% from the first to the second half of 2021- Provide operations perspective into overall carrier management strategy, including carrier incentive programs, seasonal capacity management.- Mitigated $5M in freight rate increases through carrier selection on the annual freight bid- Share long-term transportation needs with the Supply Chain Department, and participate in the development of a comprehensive transport management strategy

Aimargues, France, Fr

• Executed food safety standards to maintain ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 certifications• Leader for the regional production manager team and reduced network NQC by $2.8M in 2018• Created Do it Best roadmap to reduce operating costs by $861k for 2020• Implemented Mars Factory Operating System methods to drive actions to the lowest level• Drove engagement of associates through removing roadblocks - Gallup 80/80 last 3 years• Managed direct labor budget of $8.4M to achieve DiB plan• Lead through change during a realignment of Mars and Royal Canin global quality standards • Created robust development plans for shift managers and built capability for them to do the same• Achieved 6x reduction in recordable incidents from first year vs last two years in role • Line Manger of 5 shift managers who lead 75 direct production associates and 25 contractors

Aimargues, France, Fr

• Interfaced with R&D and Global Engineering to design and implement improvements• Assessed impact of new raw materials on the factory and ensured successful product launches• Used bottleneck analysis to find an opportunity that for $945 increased system throughput by 22%• Acted as North American network on extrusion process troubleshooting • Successfully managed projects with a combined budget over $2 Million• Participated in de-certification of the local union

Beira, Sofala, Mz

• Participated with team to create vision, values and goals targeted at reducing poverty• Guided team to achieve 501c3 status• Moderated board meetings with multinational members located on multiple continents

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

• Served as primary company representative for ISO, DNR, and OSHA audits• Interfaced with union shop steward on a regular basis for safety committee actions • Managed water and air permits for the site• Acted as company interface for customers in regards to technical product challenges• Assisted safety coordinator with updating policies, running meetings and correcting safety hazards

• Managed 6 full time and 3 part time employees at one time including all HR functions• Developed business vision and created goals and strategies to accomplish it• Created curriculum and standards for teachers to train several hundred low-income students

Master Of Science In Analytics, Analytical Model Creation And Interpretation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering