Eric Riha Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Regional Manager leading team of 10+ analysts responsible for material master data creation and maintenance supporting Bayer's $7bn Seeds and Chemistry portfolio in North America. Responsible for driving master data governance and strategy in SAP and downstream systems.• Brought in to rescue business critical material master data team after key employee exits, establishing leadership reliability and process knowledge expertise with remaining novice staff.• Rebuilt and expanded team to support newly integrated Monsanto-Bayer material master data models, improve support of key product supply functional teams, and re-establish positive internal stakeholder relationships.• Drove several post-integration initiatives to harmonize data across legacy product portfolios, create new processes to cover integration gaps, and establish new data governance strategies throughout the product supply organization.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Selected as a Supply Chain Planning Business Manager, supporting the Bayer-Monsanto integration effort for North America. Responsible for serving as an SAP Business Process Subject Matter Expert, actively designing and end-to-end product supply business processes. Primary responsibilities focused on Sales Forecasting, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Material Master Data.• Developed future-state integrated business processes to support a regional $3 billion USD Crop Protection chemistry portfolio• Managed relationships between regional business managers and global IT organization to ensure product supply planning and master data models were accurately translated and developed as SAP or SAP-bolt-on applications• Responsible for E2E development and deployment of product supply applications, ensuring solutions were well-tested and delivered according to regional business VP expectations.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Promoted to IT Business Partner supporting the US Supply Chain Management group. Responsible for developing strategic IT objectives in close collaboration with the US Supply Chain Leadership team and translating those objectives into a robust IT project portfolio.• Developed a digital roadmap for US Product Supply, focused on strategies for piloting new advancements in Blockchain and Data Visualization• Led multiple projects to develop second generation IT solutions supporting Distribution Resource Planning with improved operational capacity and diagnostic data visualizations

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Responsible for special projects, strategy development, and tactical implementation within the US Supply Chain Management group. Lead or served on project teams that reached across functions within the Supply Chain group, and often had an IT development aspect as well. Also served as Citizen Developer for SCM, developing IT systems to support pilot program initiatives that went on to serve as model for enterprise IT development.• Lead effort to develop new Supply Chain Data Visualization framework and strategy to support highly visible Distribution Resource Planning function• Developed future vision and IT strategy surrounding Distribution Resource Planning operational data and its integration with existing Supply Chain Planning data

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Promoted to analyst position maintaining and generating Master Data to support Seeds business, and leading/analyzing inventory performance for ~$300M USD annual inventory in Region North America. Also continued to provide support as SAP Business Warehouse Key User and serve as technical developer for Supply Chain services.• Developed future vision and IT strategy for novel Vendor Managed Inventory operational systems and data; utilized self-developed system as learning model for second generation enterprise-level solution• Oversaw Regional Inventory Performance during period of market contraction; promoted focus on working capital and steered Regional Inventory towards year-end stretch targets

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Directly responsible for managing inventory/inbounds/outbounds at eight 3rd Party public warehouses, with in-direct responsibilities for all US managed public warehouses. Actively participate in SAP Key User community and as a developer in SAP Analysis/BEX Query Designer for Bayer Product Supply North America. Continue to provide expert MS Excel and Macro-based support for project teams within Product Supply.

Retained Sales Operations Assistant responsibilities, and continued to expand responsibilities to include QAD System Process Development/Improvement, Product Supply Technical Troubleshooting, Sales Forecast Consolidation/Analysis, and Advanced Report/Query Development in CyberQuery. Since being acquired by Bayer, responsibilities have increased and shifted further towards a technical/IT support role to include SAP/BEX Analyzer Query Development, Report & Forecast Management (AgraQuest de Mexico Integration), and general Data Analysis (Product Supply, Marketing, Sales, Controlling).• Key Member of the 2012 AgraQuest US Integration Team• Reporting Lead for the 2013 AgraQuest de Mexico Integration Team• Developed and Currently Manage SAP-to-QAD Mexico Production Forecast Process• Developed a Multitude of Reporting Suites, Data Marts, and Technical Queries via CyberQuery

Responsible for Warehouse Inventory Reconciliation, Inter-Warehouse Transportation, Back-Up Sales Order Processing, and Customer Service. With introduction of QAD in June 2010, began expanding role as Report Developer with CyberQuery software and became known as a technical resource for troubleshooting QAD system issues.• Greatly Improved Batch-Managed Inventory Count Accuracy• Contributing Member of QAD Go-Live Team• Redefined and Aligned Inventory Reconciliation Process with new ERP System• Constantly Investigated QAD System Capabilities to Deliver Efficiency Increases

Managed on-site Finished Goods Inventory, Process Job-Cost Transactions, and manage small Shipping/Receiving Department. Role expanded to include additional Manufacturing Process Development (Lean Mfg Implementations), ERP Software Customization, and Report Development via Crystal Reports software.• Developed and Implemented Modern Bin-Location System for On-Site Finished Goods Stock• Created Weekly Cycle Count Procedures and Metrics for Measuring FG Count Accuracy• Developed and Managed Customer Consignment Inventory Program• Created Sell-From-Stock Inventory Program to Reduce Costs and Increase Inventory Turns

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Supply Chain Management

B.A., Economics