Shawn May

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Global Supply Planning Manager at Target
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Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
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About Shawn May

I am an ASCM Certified Supply Chain Professional with eight years of experience with expertise in planning and supply chain strategy across the retail, food, and industrial sectors. Most recently, I worked at Target as a Global Supply Planning Manager in the Owned Brand Sourcing & Development organization.I earned my Master's in Supply Chain Management from Penn State University and my BA in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

Shawn May's Current Company Details

Global Supply Planning Manager at Target
Shawn May Work Experience Details
  • Target
    Manager, Global Supply Planning | Owned Brands
    Target Jun 2021 - May 2024
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    As a Global Supply Planning Manager, I am part of a new capability at Target that ensures supply is available to meet guest demand for Owned Brand (private label). Our team creates two-way visibility to supply and demand plans, improving surety of supply through new routines with our business partners and cross-functional teams.• Building a new Global Supply Planning capability in a start-up environment. Fostering new interaction models between GSP, Sourcing, Global Inventory Management, Merchandising, and vendors to ensure supply is available to fulfill guest demand. Build supply plans across multiple time horizons (<6 months to 3 years) and level of granularity for Home Care and Pets divisions. • Created strategic framework and process architecture for a transformational production planning model for Target Owned Brands. Leading pilot implementations with strategic vendors resulting in 8% improvement in Fill Rate and reduced out of stocks for the Essentials & Beauty Pyramid.• Developed methodology for managing get-in/get-out routines for major Owned Brand refresh to provide item-level visibility of supply and demand through a high-visibility brand refresh, process being scaled to 180+ vendors and thousands of SKUs, impacting several billion in annual revenue.• Led supply planning for Kindfull brand launch in Pets and reduced OOS by 31% for key vendor by initiating new processes and improving vendor engagement. With improved supply planning, vendor reduced order lead times from 21 to 14 days.
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  • Cargill
    Supply Chain Performance Improvement Consultant | Cocoa & Chocolate North America
    Cargill May 2019 - Jun 2021
    Wayzata, Minnesota, Us
    • Responsible for holistic supply chain assessment, clear breakdown of results into decision making processes within network design and optimization, project management, continuous improvement, core supply chain processes, deep insight into the customer experience, and systems/data management and reporting. • Lead complex SC and business analytics for Cocoa & Chocolate North America (CCNA). Implementation of future state CCNA supply chain processes and associated technology, partnering with IT. Use advanced analytical and continuous improvement techniques to identify opportunities, solutions and strategies. • Responsible for CCNA's On Time/In Full and Supply Chain Delivery Reliability (SCDR) metrics and developing and implementing improvement projects to provide optimal customer service. Standardized reporting process for OTIF and SCDR metrics at daily/weekly/monthly levels. Drove 10% improvement in OTIF year over year for $1B annual revenue business through improved supply chain planning, order management, and short-term execution.• Developed transition plans and drove execution of multiple finished-good warehouse transition projects with zero customer service interruptions to optimize CCNA's distribution network and customer service.• Functioned as Integrated Business Planning Supply Analyst. I assembled monthly IBP Supply Review decks in collaboration with Supply Planning Lead and Supply Network Planners• Provided decision support to leadership based on analysis of supply and demand plans as part of the monthly IBP supply review• Stood up a new Commodity Integrated Business Planning process to connect CCNA's traditional IBP process to raw materials. This new process drove visibility to raw material requirements and potential gaps impacting future production.• Developed a process to forecast cocoa bean requirements for chocolate and cocoa liquor production for use in the new Commodity IBP Supply Review process
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  • 3M
    Supply Planner | Display Materials & Systems Division
    3M May 2018 - May 2019
    St Paul, Mn, Us
    In this position, I managed the global supply chain for optically clear adhesive (OCA) product platforms. This included supply and demand planning for semi-finished optical film manufactured in four sites in Asia, through finished good manufacturing at a US-based subcontractor. • Supply Planner supporting Optically Clear Adhesive display technology platforms• Executed the supply chain strategy for electronic display films from planning the semi-finished material sourced from four 3M manufacturing sites in Asia, to managing finished good production at US-based subcontractors, to customers• Improved OTIF from 87% to goal of 98% and reduced expedited air freight spend by $300k• ERP deployment support• Managed make-to-stock replenishment program for key division account (E-Ink)• Subcontractor/contract manufacturer management• Manage material flow from international sources of supply supporting US customer demand• Manage make to stock and make to order supply chains• Materials management for NPI programs of display film
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  • 3M
    Supply Chain Rotational Development Program | Electronics & Energy Business Group
    3M Jun 2016 - May 2018
    St Paul, Mn, Us
    Completed three rotations across 3M's supply chain as a member of the Electronics & Energy Supply Chain Rotational Development Program.Rotation 3: Strategic Sourcing Analyst supporting the Electronics & Metals commodities Sourcing Operations teamNov 2017 - May 2018• Supplier risk analysis tool implementation for 100+ suppliers• Key supplier management activities• SAP deployment support for largest North American DC• Completed the requirements for the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional certificationRotation 2: Demand Planner/Material Requirements Planner - Electronics Materials Solutions DivisionJan 2017 - Nov 2017• Demand and supply planning for semiconductor manufacturing materials ($20.5 M)• Manage product flow from 2 US plants, lead weekly supply reviews, capacity, and lead time reviews• Business Transformation (SAP) readiness activities• Managed transition of key raw material supplier, created supply plans to supply RM of multiple sizes for multiple customers on various transition and qualification timelines, enabling over $1M annual cost savings• Key account supply chain experience• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training course completedRotation 1: Production Scheduler - 3M Menomonie PlantJun 2016 - Jan 2017• Production planning and analysis for Nextel ceramic textiles and aluminum conductor composite reinforced wire at the Menomonie, Wisconsin manufacturing plant supporting 3M's Advanced Materials Division and Electrical Markets Division• Experience working in a lean manufacturing environment• Production management, inventory management, capacity planning, labor requirements planning, customer order management, raw material procurement• Daily collaboration with sales, engineering, quality, and production personnel • Planned production for ~$2M global sales while maintaining 95% service level• 50% reduction in non-working inventory
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  • John Deere
    Supply Management Intern
    John Deere May 2015 - Aug 2015
    Moline, Il, Us
    • Fastener buyer at the Des Moines factory for new product development programs of Tillage, Cotton, and Application Equipment responsible for sourcing experimental parts including creating, analyzing, and awarding quotes to suppliers• Developed and implemented a new tool and standard process for Design Engineering across product lines to select readily available fasteners for use in new machinery, reducing lead time for standard fastener requests from 22 weeks to 4 weeks, solution to be implemented at multiple Agriculture & Turf Division factories• Researched and performed a cost/benefit analysis to determine the feasibility of using supplier developed innovative locking mechanisms for use in new machinery, made recommendations to product development team management• Maintained ongoing relationships with 15 domestic and international suppliers as a tactical buyer, worked with planners and supply base to resolve quality and delivery issues, participated in weekly supplier performance reviews• Experience with SAP, service parts inventory management systems, and supply chain visibility tools
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  • Einstein Bros Bagels
    Shift Manager
    Einstein Bros Bagels Aug 2011 - Aug 2014
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    • Managed an organized 12 coworkers• Took inventory of over 30 different products weekly• Placed weekly orders for food products, coffee, cream cheese• Served and waited on customers
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Shawn May Skills

Supply Chain Management Process Improvement Leadership Inventory Management Time Management Event Planning Teamwork Sap Project Management Management Supply Chain Microsoft Word Purchasing Processes Spend Analysis Cross Functional Problem Solving Cost/benefit Analysis Customer Service Data Analysis Public Speaking Microsoft Excel Supply Management Sourcing Manufacturing Production Planning Demand Planning Strategic Planning Business Strategy Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Project Planning Demand Supply Planning Microsoft Office Microsoft Powerpoint Strategic Sourcing Lean Manufacturing Procurement Cross Functional Team Leadership Purchasing Forecasting Supplier Management

Shawn May Education Details

  • Penn State University
    Penn State University
    Master Of Supply Chain Management (M.S.C.M.)
  • Michigan State University
    Michigan State University
    Supply Chain Management

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Shawn May's current role is Global Supply Planning Manager at Target.

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Shawn May's email address is smay@3m.com

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Shawn May attended Penn State University, Michigan State University.

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Shawn May has skills like Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, Leadership, Inventory Management, Time Management, Event Planning, Teamwork, Sap, Project Management, Management, Supply Chain, Microsoft Word.

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