Joe Ferris Email & Phone Number

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Led a 70+ person team and network of 3rd party logistics providers in the warehousing and transportation of General Mills Canada Corporation product across multiple temperature states. Accountable for the efficient delivery of 70 million cases of product annually. Managed a $36 million-dollar budget operating nine warehouses and three regional truck fleets. * Developed and implemented multi-year strategy to transform distribution network to eliminate redundancies and non-core work saving over $10 million. * Consolidated four warehouses into one to reduce cost and complexity while providing customers with one point of contact. * Redesigned direct store delivery model to reduce inventory; cut waste by $6 million; improved customer service eight points.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Tasked to aggressively reduce working capital by $200 million for General Mills. Built a purchased finished goods model and evaluation tool for External Supply Chain team to improve new partner setup. Chartered three projects; Bulk Cereal Stocking Strategy, Crop Planning, and Saleable Semi-Finished Goods Planning Model.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Led the adoption of the Global Product Hierarchy (GPH) within the Logistics organization.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Led team of six (two direct and four indirect) responsible for product life cycle management, production planning, distribution, capacity planning and inventory management supporting multiple business units. Delivered $750K via total delivered cost analysis; slashed write-offs by $400K through diligent reviews of 30-60-90-day age reports and collaboration with business partners. Created and deployed best practice for Sales and Operations Planning process to drive business alignment; process adopted.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Led cross-functional team executing new product launches across 18 different organic manufacturing platforms and delivering supply chain productivity improvements and improved profit margins an average of 10 points. Moved three major organic production platforms to new locations saving the company over $2 million annually. Integrated Lärabar manufacturing platform; greatly improved throughput and significantly reduced waste. Integrated organic product into retail distribution network saving $1.1 million and eliminating a million truck miles. Increased interplant truckload factor and optimized transportation mode mix saving $330K annually. Drove inventory down 15% using an inventory baseline model to identify safety stock requirements. Converted spreadsheet planning tools to ERP planning tools integrated with SAP.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Developed standard warehouse capacity planning process and identified long term reporting for all temperature channels. Reduced excess storage by over 12,000 pallets saving over $200K.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Planned a $35 million, 100+ SKU business through the entire product life-cycle. Consolidated four contract production facilities into one ahead of plan and $500k under budget. Reduced days of supply, improved intermodal freight mix 10 points and reduced raw material write-offs 20%

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Planned production for several global platforms. Coordinated daily production requirements with sales, logistics, vendors, and operations to ensure product was ready to support demand. Managed raw material inventory to ensure minimal waste. Identified redundant planning processes and gained support to invest in time-saving tools that improved communication.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Retired August 2011.

Master'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, General Studies