Mark Catrambone Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Responsible for leading Central Area Region Adaptive Supply Chain Programs to deliver savings to the customer and Kraft.• Manage the supply chain for over $1MM multi-vendor and Cross BU mod programs with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Logistics, and external vendors to deliver superior in-store promotions at Meijer.• Analyze customer data on invoice accuracy opportunity at Meijer, organize the data into an actionable manner to educate the customer and Kraft of causals, and make recommendations to deliver solutions on improving results from beginning of the year 69% to 85% batch match rate. • Project manager of the Beverage Rack Program for over $2MM in revenue for Central Area customers; HyVee, Fareway, and Roundy’s.• Exhibit drive for results everyday by implementing new programs with superior collaboration with the customer and all internal stakeholders; i.e. implementing two permanent DPS lanes for AWG Oklahoma City which increase DPS lanes by 34% Q1 vs. prior year.• Earned Manager’s Award for support of VMI buying transition to Wilkes-Barre.• Subject Matter Expert on On-Shelf Availability tool in KIDS for Meijer which will benefit product availability and increase revenue by using POS data to fix internal buying parameters at Meijer.• System user of all MS Office Applications, Nielsen, KIDS, Business Objects, Bex Analyzer, QlikView, SAP, Matrics, InSites, VMI.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Managed inventory for two AWG warehouses in Fort Worth ($34MM of inventory) and Oklahoma City ($36MM of inventory) to optimize product shelf availability around regular turn and high promotional periods.• Forecasted inventory levels by developing partnership with Sales, Demand Planners, and NFP’s.• Achieved supply chain efficiency goals by gathering reports out of Business Objects and VMI to develop a plan that meets target goals for service level (98%), turns (16 inventory turns), and DOS (23 days) for 1H2011. • Maintained VMI Buying tool to safeguard safety stock levels, fix data integrity errors, and ensure all environments were properly set up.• Collaborated with Sales and the customer to proactively manage at risk inventory by utilizing the AWG aged inventory report to minimize potential waste.• Exceeded compliance expectations for scheduling outbound and inbound shipments at Kraft and AWG warehouses. • Directed the transition of a complex Military business from Grocery Supply to AWG by developing forecast model in VMI and transferring inventory to AWG by analyzing customer data and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a seamless transition.• Delivered results by increasing full pallet percentage (6% increase), ordered CAW (372 CAW increase/order), one truck per PO percentage (25% increase) to help AWG qualify for super efficiency bracket pricing. • Coordinated and executed efforts to bring Oscar Mayer buying in house to VMI for AWG Fort Worth and Oklahoma City by working with AWG buyers to achieve better service level, DPS, and days of supply.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Managed a staff of twelve CCM Coordinators across the country that administered bill pay, submitted contracts, verified performance verification, and maintained standard files.• Created new contract submission process with coordinators taking the lead on all contract submissions to alleviate administrative task from the CCM’s day to day workload.• Implemented checks and balance with performance verification against bump charts from Nielsen on SuperValu’s retail business to minimize any negative impact to trade.• Received Manager’s award for leading the effort of transitioning administrative work off CCM’s desk to coordinator’s workload to increase CCM’s face to face time with their customer. • Improved average deduction balance by $1.5MM which was a 24% improvement from prior year.• Interacted heavily with Sales and SUPERVALU to recoup monies on invalid deductions. • Coordinated Key Banners transitions for superfusion initiative to centralize planning efforts at SUPERVALU EVIC.• Encourage sharing of knowledge and best practices across the SUPERVALU CBT.• Systems user of AOD, Nielsen, ISR, TPM, KOSTARS and all MS Office Applications.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Exceeded 98% service levels goals for SuperValu Southeast region by coordinating efforts with cross functional teams, understanding the expectations of the customer, and using all technical tools available to interpret data and execute plans in a timely manner.• Formulated and implemented operational strategy to improve forecast accuracy resulting in improvements for two years. • Responsible for procuring Kraft product on behalf of SuperValu ensuring optimal service level to key retail partners.• Implemented VMI buying tool for twenty million dollar account to gain operational efficiencies. • Planned and executed 100% first week ship of new item launches with sales, planners, logistics, and the customer.• Developed a plan to increase DPS resulting into an increase of 203,000 pounds in plant shipments a month.• Initiated new Far East Military forecasting process with weekly customer collaboration calls achieving 20% gains in service level.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Planned and implemented strategy to reduce module waste in Aurora mixing center.• Assisted customer business team volume goals by running and analyzing reports out of business objects.• Managed complete order to cash cycle for SuperValu Northern region accounts.• Provided Supervalu with superior and dependable customer service

Battle Creek, Michigan, Us

• Generated preliminary and period end balance statements for sales channels within Snacks Division. • Analyzed and communicated significant balance changes to high-level executives on a weekly basis.• Completed period end account reconciliation for critical general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy.• Reconciled income statements by channel from the reporting system to the source system.• Facilitated meetings with sales force highlighting Kellogg’s financials and focusing on their trade expense.

• Assisted in record setting 17 million dollar mark for part sales to Norfolk Southern in 2002.• Identified, developed and managed co-Marketing/Material Management plan to streamline parts to Norfolk Southern which won our client five star rating and the purchase of fifty locomotives.• Managed export accounts for GM Mexico, Crosland Peru, Coraza Mexico, several contract maintenance facilities and vendors.• Negotiated contracts and invoices on a daily basis to recover approximately two million dollars.• Formulated action plan model to reduce account receivable ratio from 44 days to 28 days.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Managed contingency planning databases for 900 businesses and vendors for Year 2000 Program.• Coordinated aid for contingency planning for all domestic and international sites.

Mba, Management And Marketing

Bs, Business