Lance Parker Email & Phone Number

Roswell, Ga, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Businesses across the consumer products, retail, and life sciences industries partner with Clarkston Consulting to enhance strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiencies, implement new technologies, and promote business growth and market diversification. Leveraging deep functional and industry expertise, our people discover, design, and deliver solutions that fit your business, your goals, and your future. At Clarkston, your purpose is our purpose.

- Collaborated with client Supply Chain Executives to establish future state vision, develop multi-year supply chain strategy, and deliver immediate impact while supporting long term goals of the client company- Led gap analysis workshops to clarify current state opportunities, identify supply chain requirements, roadmap toward future-state optimizations (process, organization, and technology), and align on transformation initiatives- Developed multi-year transformation maps to meet client’s key KPIs, prioritizing supply chain initiatives based on client business needs and resource requirements- Identified and recommended the optimal technology platforms, guiding client software selection for a prescriptive transformation (e.g., SAP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, E2Open)- Created future state supply planning process maps grounded in user stories to enable configuration of SAP and RapidResponse planning systems

Atlanta, Ga, Us

- Led and developed a team of professionals, setting direction and ensuring capability development to oversee supply chain activities across Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Inventory Management, Forecasting, Warehouse Operations, and Logistics- Developed supply planning strategy, transformation road map, operating model, and project management plans to drive the re-franchising effort of 350 Distribution Centers & 50 Manufacturing Plants- Championed business requirements gathering, collaborated on design, tested, trained, and successfully implemented a large and complex ERP transformation- Executed complex project management plans to seamlessly transition business operations representing 1.3B physical cases without business disruptions- Successfully influenced twelve independent companies to adopt a new Product Supply Agreement promoting strategic cost reductions and operational efficiencies- Built sustainable partnerships across management levels of key customers enabling long term business success- Selected to coach/mentor several high-potential individuals to drive organizational growth & diversity

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

- Led a team of 30 supply chain professionals supporting $5B in sales across a network of 18 Manufacturing Plants and 100 Distribution Centers- Managed strategic functions (e.g., sourcing strategy, network optimization, vendor forecasting, lifecycle management) as well as execution functions (e.g., production planning, purchasing, inventory management, replenishment planning, and logistics) - Implemented SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (APO) and modeling supply constraints to drive business optimization & improve service - Reduced OOS 54% while increasing OTIF 15% by standardizing planning processes and proactively managing master data settings (e.g., vendor lead times, EOQ, MOQ, days supply, safety stock settings, time fences, shelf life, etc.) to provide greater inventory visibility and promoting product life cycle management - Pioneered S&OP approach in Region to balance supply and demand successfully improving product availability and reducing inventory

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

- Identified supply chain process improvement opportunities and implemented optimization projects in North America leveraging continuous improvement techniques (e.g., Lean and Six Sigma)- Improve service, optimized capital, and maximized business efficiency by transforming supply planning processes in SAP APO and driving consensus & standardization across 7 regional planning shops- Reduced inventory 22% and OOS 62% by developing inventory strategy ties to service level and demand volatility- Collaborated across business functions (e.g., Manufacturing, Procurement, IT, Planning, & Transportation) and supply chain stakeholders to identify opportunities to streamline and improve business efficiency

Uxbridge, West London, Gb

• Identified future state supply chain strategy for global bottlers based on business needs leveraging technological advances• Led implementation of SAP Warehouse Management System innovations for bottlers in Australia, China and Germany• Led key customer facing initiatives with Wal-Mart, Target, & Meijer, driving target savings & operational change in Scan Based Trading (SBT) & Advanced Ship Notification (ASN)

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

- Led global supply chain integration, including transfer of production lines to locations in Austria, Indianapolis, and Rhode Island, in compliance with cGMP guidelines- Improved customer service levels (OOS) by 15% by streamlining order promise process & inventory policy- Delivered $2.5M in savings by identifying new electronics (circuit board) supplier- Secured ISO9001 site certification with policy development and process documentation effort

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

• Directed Global SAP integration with US and European affiliate• Managed 25 direct and indirect reports across planning, purchasing, warehouse, and customer service

Toledo, Oh, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Mba, Logistics & Transportation

Bs, Marketing