Mark Flatley, Mba Email & Phone Number

Naperville, IL, US

Naperville, IL, US

• Founded and grew a team of 14 analysts responsible for innovations in supplier onboarding & support, vendor master data management, and strategic projects. Provided financial oversight & forecasting of freight income..
• Built, trained, and led a flexible and dynamic team that has been recognized as an incubator for high-ceiling talent, with 70% of former analysts earning a promotion to management roles within KeHE.
• Spearheaded numerous cross-functional initiatives with key internal and external leaders to improve supplier experience with KeHE by improving communication strategy and replacing legacy processes with SaaS solutions.
• Grew operational efficiencies by over 30% by pioneering KeHE’s Freight Services Program, an innovative program which empowers suppliers’ control of net landed cost while outsourcing logistics to KeHE
• Increased KeHE freight program adoption from 49% to 78% and grew both topline and bottom line by launching the Supplier Onboarding team, a group which advocates for best-fit strategies to maximize new suppliers’ path.

Naperville, IL, US

• Led a team of 8 FTEs responsible for providing item and vendor master data management, financial reporting, forecasting, and analytical oversight of $339MM in marketing margin. This team of Enterprise Data Coordinators.
• Guided a cross-functional team of 6 to implement financial and data integration projects supporting business acquisition and national retailer onboarding representing $1.2 Bn in topline sales with minimal disruption to.
• Overhauled item and vendor master data intake processes through CRM technology and focus on improved customer support, increasing vendor satisfaction score by 29% and freeing up 60 man-hours per week
• Collaborated with Accounting, Finance, IT, and Operations leadership to develop end-to-end supplier profitability model, delivering unprecedented level of transparency and insight to the organization

Naperville, IL, US

• Led a team of 3 FTEs responsible for developing innovative analytical solutions that would improve management of KPIs at category and brand level, as well as projects focused on M&A integration and business.
• Oversaw two data projects centered on key business integration into KeHE business representing $900MM in topline sales; resulted in seamless integration of acquired companies’ item and vendor master data into.
• Trained, coached, and empowered team of 3 analysts, engendered an atmosphere of ownership and accountability that yielded stronger analytical capabilities for vendor and brand management
• Saved $1.1MM/year by reducing process waste through transaction audits and process optimization

Naperville, IL, US

• Led a team to deliver over $2.5MM in COGS by improving inbound transportation efficiencies while growing net freight income
• Negotiated and collaborated with leading vendors on supply chain partnership, resulting in over $1MM in bottom-line savings based on high efficiency purchasing
• Partnered with stakeholders to increase KeHE’s fleet utilization by 9% through converting suppliers to FOB program

Naperville, IL, US

• Reduced inventory landed cost by an average of 4% by implementing purchasing and inbound routing enhancements
• Developed inbound cost calculation method that provided unprecedented visibility to inbound KPDs
• Created and streamlined cut case process, enabling cross-functional visibility to multi-DC case cuts

Naperville, IL, US

• Partnered with Supply Chain and Marketing to coordinate reducing SKU-level in-stock issues at Walmart
• Created comprehensive inventory purchase model to provide a long-term solution that solved chronic service level issues with Target fill rate issues and improved fill rate by 9%

Naperville, IL, US

• Crafted and executed national planogram sales program for small retailers; projected to grow sales by $4.5MM
• Built gap reports for both account- and marketing-side analysis, with an eye on optimizing sales

Chicago, IL, US

Teaching an undergraduate night class in International Finance.

Purchase, New York, US

• Coordinated with sales and customers to identify, document, research, and resolve payment issues
• Created and developed infrastructure around Independent customer analyst role, which was responsible for supporting audit process of rebate incentive program
• Maintained a 97% compliance rate on deductions taken by wholesalers through contract validation
• Process deductions taken by wholesalers by verifying contract compliance and cases shipped. Coordinate with sales to pursue collection from customer on invalid deductions

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management; Leadership And Change Management

Bachelor Of Science, Finance, Economics