Fred Krautkramer Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

• As a servant leader I specialize in building high-performing technical teams with a focus on delivering strategic value to the organization. I pride myself in placing great importance on fostering strong relationships.
• Listen to business needs.
• Collaboratively create a strategic vision to achieve business objectives.
• Develop a clear plan.
• Accountable execution to turn that vision into reality.Target Audience: Small to Mid-sized organizations seeking to align IT with Business goals.
• Companies in need of a strategic roadmap, technology leadership, and/or high-performing IT teams.

Maple Grove, MN, US

• Member of the Executive Team. Led the collective IT department including a cross-functional team of director-level technology professionals. Direct ownership responsibility of forty-four systems and indirect.
• Saved $3.4 million in annual OPEX in 2023 while increasing agility, optimizing technology footprint, and reducing company costs.
• Reduced waste, decreased OPEX 23% over three years (2020-2022) as a thought leader through purchased services, maintenance contracts, expensed software, labor, and end-to-end system improvements.
• Streamlined operations by delivering a single-source-of-truth data architecture with structured data sets, enabling high-quality analytics through Power BI, integrating multiple internal and external data sources.

Maple Grove, MN, US

• Responsible for Information Technology Business Platforms including SAP ECC, Vistex, Veeva Document Management and Quality Management System, and other line-of-business applications.Accountable for system integrations.
• Owner of company’s business platforms including enterprise-wide ERP application systems and all other line-of-business applications ensuring technical vision and overall strategy align with organizational goals while.
• Created IT strategies that ensured alignment with company goals, identified opportunities for technological advancements that enhanced operational efficiency and provided a competitive advantage.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Managed Global Deliver process team.Responsibilities spanned Global Distribution and Transportation.
• Reduced annual $650M freight costs by 3% or $20M.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Managed Enterprise Inventory Optimization team. Led and delivered a complex system, enabling an enterprise-wide process that managed, monitored and optimized inventory stocking levels for every finished product and raw.
• Reduced safety stock levels for every finished product and raw material at each stocking location throughout global supply chain by $52.6M exceeding $43.3M target, leveraging SAP and Oracle Enterprise Inventory.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Provided technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that were cost effective and met user requirements. Accountable for all project life cycle phases.

Dublin, County Dublin, IE

• Served on Perrigo Minnesota's Leadership team.Ensured computer system GxP compliance with Title 21 CFR, Part 11 and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Led global SAP enterprise applications team throughout North America, China, India, Israel, Mexico, and the UK.
• Steered Paddock Laboratories team through the M&A transition process.

US

Initiated and led ongoing five year strategic planning sessions with IT leaders and Executive Management.Led SAP Enterprise Applications team through 3-year rapid growth turn-around initiative, enabled +70% year over year growth.Ensured computer system GxP compliance with Title 21 CFR, Part 11.

Hopkins, MN, US

Managed SAP Applications Team, responsible for Supply Chain Planning & Logistics, and PMO.

Hopkins, MN, US

Project Lead and Technical Architect - SCM APO project

Hopkins, MN, US

SAP MM, PP, APO (DP, SNP), BW, Project Management

Hopkins, MN, US

Supervised retail and food service product operations