Mike Cate Email & Phone Number

Greenfield, In, Us

Greenfield, In, Us

• Facilitate the transportation of $210M worth of export shipments for 25 SKUs across 11 product lines, coordinating transportation with freight forwarders, GTP AES filing and completing customs clearance, and ensuring local LATAM affiliates have all requisite documentation.• Facilitated 50+ monthly domestic finished goods movements from contract manufacturers to 3PLs, communicating regularly to receiving Affiliate and expediting as appropriate• Maintained weekly calls with receiving Affiliates, Forwarders, and Production Planners to prioritize and ensure timely shipment departures for 300 export shipments to 10 countries • Supported company-owned manufacturing site for domestic and export shipments of USDA vaccines, coordinating 40 production releases & shipments per month and reconciling capacity & production constraints • Proposed and implemented alternative business process to reduce lead time from 14 days to 2 days for Level 0 Inventory product, directly contributing to company’s largest quarterly sales total for product with limited availability • Volunteered for temporary assignment as Production Planner for three product lines spanning over 100 global SKUs, planning 60 purchase orders to support continued production while company filled vacancy• Worked directly with contract manufacturers as Production Scheduler to improve deadlines on purchase orders for products with low supply by reviewing production schedule and identifying PO’s that had higher priority and collaborating with CM’s to escalate, as needed.

• Reduced Channel damage from $800k annually to <$10k by working directly with specialty carriers shipping from our 3PL directly to the distribution partners• Responsible for managing delivery orders, outbound freight, and customer relationship management for over 47% of U.S. Affiliate business, totaling $600m annually • Collaborated with Marketing by proactively communicating looming obsolescence of products to ensure establishment of allocations• Key contributor in new product launch teams to understand shipping requirements, troubleshooting SAP issues, and communication to distribution partners• Supported SAP S/4HANA Informal Integration Testing & Formal Integration Testing for U.S. Affiliate, executing testing scenarios for Sales Orders and Stock Transfer Orders

Greenfield, Indiana, United States

• Implemented weekly milk-run routes and managed all outbound cold chain and dry shipments from largest U.S. Affiliate distribution center, achieving $700k annual savings and reduction in freight miles of 230k • Collaborated with Poultry Business Unit and U.S. Logistics to revise shipping procedures for USDA-regulated vaccine, resulting in 99.69% quality metric and waste reduction of approximately 2,500 coolers/extra-large boxes • Coordinated with Pet Health and Food Animal senior leadership to manage and achieve month-end goals by highlighting cut-off times for EOM shipments, impending stock-outs and resupplies, and allocations • Supported compilation of monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for company’s largest warehouse and transportation 3PLs

Greenfield, Indiana, United States

• Integrated Lohmann Animal Health poultry business, facilitating on-site requirements gathering, supporting SAP configuration, and leading test scenario execution in Informal Integration Testing & Formal Integration Testing • Partnered with Global Master Data team to capture and upload correct Unit of Measure conversions for 100+ new Poultry vaccine SKUs • Collaborated with Brand Managers to appropriately allocate Level 1 inventory items to poultry customers • Actively worked with Finance and P2P to resolve all invoicing and pricing issues