Mike Brown- Mba Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Richvale, California, United States

Lead the end-to-end Supply Chain functions focused on: the development and deployment of Supply Chain programs, driving flawless execution and delivering on the business strategy and financial objectives. Responsible for seamless integration of supply chain functions with the commercial and operations teams; enhancing efficiency, improving margins and optimizing delivery performance.

Camden, New Jersey, United States

Lead all aspects of Demand Management for the Meals & Beverages Division in support of $5B annual sales.Direct 5 senior reports and a total team of 12 to deliver detailed 24 month rolling volume and financial business plans, identify gaps to AOP and work with business partners to develop effective countermeasures.

Sacramento, California, United States

Directs 3 senior reports and 12 staff through complex global integrative planning involving large-scale supply chain productions, delegating operations, customer service deliveries, and QA directives. Leads ongoing efforts for optimum ROI inside supply chain and product output divisions to ensure a quality supply chain that achieves company goals with revenue generating up to $1.5 billion annually. Assesses resources to pinpoint areas for optimizing delivery performances, integrating procedural methodologies, and forecasting consumer demand with an inventory budget of $300 million.• Catapulted ROI through the creation of a Centralized Planning Center of Excellence (CPCE) that managed Supply and Demand Planning (SDP) consisting of Commodity, Ingredients and Consumer products: Almond Breeze, Blue Diamond Almonds, Thin Dipped and Nut Thins.• Acknowledged for enabling innovation through designing, launching, and implementing a new Sales and Operations Planning process covering impactful change management directives that drove efficiencies across commercial and operational execution. • Successfully guided a complex demand review process that layered commercial insights with external data points to leverage assumption-based planning and achieve a true consensus call.

Sacramento, California Area

Headed global operational infrastructure and consumer sales engagement strategies by constructing long-term and short-term BU planning to adapt to a heavily promoted and highly variable CPG business and supply chain operations. Constructed company SOPs and scaling systems to meet business demands, increase change management efficiencies, and pinpoint sales growth within new consumer markets. Advised on best practice strategies aimed at lean and agile methodologies, project scope alignments, resource tools, business intelligence (BI), and executive partnership building.• Transformed internal processes from using a spreadsheet formula to “Best in Class" for talent, tools, and overall procedures. • Oversaw the implementation of SAPs Integrated Business Planning (IBP) system for managing supply and demand planning.• Redirected team coverage, production alignments, and output definitions to meet new product introductions and demands. • Built the organization’s demand planning from the ground up into a fully integrated operational function that orchestrated people and technical processes.

Orchestrated 7 senior leaders through integrated supply and inventory operations, overseeing cost control, service delivery, and material supply demands for the cookie, cereal, and cracker snack division for a company worth over $15 billion. Facilitated North American product planning across 8 internal manufacturing and several co-manufacturing facilities to produce snack items that generated over $3 billion in annual gross. Supervised over $300+ million in inventory while enforcing all government safety law regulations, forecasting production needs, mitigating redundant processes, and integrating best practices. • Primary SME for hiring, training, and mentoring a high-performance team dedicated to efficient production plans, project management deliveries, and risk mitigation education. • Improved onsite staff retention and managerial career progression after reorganizing the team to fit individual strengths and growth potential.

Battle Creek, Mi

Blueprinted DSD deployment arrangements for an 8-person team to manage the North American snack production of over 600+ SKUs, housing $250 million in inventory COGS and over $4.5+ billion in annual GSV. Worked closely with stakeholders, C-level partners, and 3PL vendors to maintain SLA contracts, coordinate business roadmaps and logistical operations in accordance with OSHA, EHS, LEED, and ISO architectures. Outlined sales and business advancement strategies to provide proper transport and freight solutions to complete truckload shipments across North America. • Catapulted corporate initiatives to lead process improvement and change management strategies that improved overall service, decreased inventory write-offs, and established new KPI goals. • Noted for optimizing deployment plans that service over 40+ distribution centers while exceeding forecasted outputs, budget, and transport expectations. • Selected by executive management to head the planning strategy to exit the Direct to Store Door (DSD) network in favor of centralized distribution.

Battle Creek, Mi

Calculated next-level North American sales and customer advantages focused on furthering client satisfaction rates, operational processes, KPI performances, and revenue-generating practices that grossed $10 billion in revenue. Examined critical data related to client behaviors, territory expansions, reported issues, product support, and ways to leverage consumer-building across US states. • Chosen to oversee the tactical planning team for an 18-month capacity S&OP project managing network modeling, efficiency, and alignment for the frozen foods BU. • Saved the company multi-millions by redirecting allocation to mitigate a disaster and minimize ROI loss after finding an innovation product launch issue that would have caused a 4-month supply shortage. • Delivered operations and product delivery at the lowest cost and saved expenditures within North American territories.• Grew downstream, budget, and P&L plan effectiveness across operations, finance, and BU leadership, covering production costs, supply chain budgets, procurement MRP, and monthly invoice statements.• Drove group training sessions to further team education related to internal sales promotions, new product integration, safety protocols, and troubleshooting resources.

Battle Creek, Mi

Lead Sales & Operations Planning process for Frozen Foods as well as S&OP Business Intelligence/Analytics.

Pipelined business data and analysis understanding as a liaison between stakeholders, distribution, manufacturing, sales, and operator teams for a 24/7 production. Presented KPI and past/present data reporting to help identify business development outlets, manage sales cycles, and conduct insight assessments to increase revenue drivers. Analyzed competitive data to improve the overall client bases that support buyer engagement, leverage market campaign impacts, and sustain long-term growth.• Acted as the company representative for assessing change based on performance tracking, data facts, trend analysis, and communicating consumer insights to C-levels.

Battle Creek, Mi

Strategized hands-on sales and analytical business dynamism based on company targets, supply chain productions, troubleshooting needs, market pricing, competitive intelligence, and industry trends to achieve forecasted goals. Measured KPIs within business line sales, performance data, fiscal reports, sales methodology, and process integration services.• Quickly moved from the Customer Service Analyst position into the Supply Chain Analyst role to support data analysis related to supply chain, logistics, and product management. • Spearheaded elite corporate accounts to lead lifecycle vendor partnerships, inventory management, CPFR, supply chain fundamentals, and daily executions.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General