Robert A. Mason Email & Phone Number

Oshawa, On, Ca

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

-Oversee all aspects of supply chain operations for the first US-based super-site. Consistently offer advice, recommendations, and direction that informs key decision-making processes, including the development of team/ organization structures, roles/ responsibilities, and goals/ objectives.-Hire supply chain operations leadership team members and provide mentorship, training, and coaching to assist in the development of core competencies necessary for corporate success. -Key… Show more -Oversee all aspects of supply chain operations for the first US-based super-site. Consistently offer advice, recommendations, and direction that informs key decision-making processes, including the development of team/ organization structures, roles/ responsibilities, and goals/ objectives.-Hire supply chain operations leadership team members and provide mentorship, training, and coaching to assist in the development of core competencies necessary for corporate success. -Key Achievements: Spearheaded the implementation of a new warehouse management system after sourcing/ negotiating and procuring the platform; developed working capital strategies and processes which significantly reduced working capital by 25% within 3 months while meeting customer service expectations; and, set up warehouse/ distribution centre processes which met and exceeded new customer requirements. Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Maintained accountability for end-to-end supply chain, including the development of a costing model used to determine annual standard costs and compare against actual costs/ current metrics. -Served as a member of the global leadership purchasing team supporting international corporate requirements by developing purchasing strategies.-Contributed to the development of 1, 3, and 5-year strategic supply chain objectives.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-As part of the senior operational leadership team, oversaw demand planning, raw material planning, supply planning, capacity, planning, SAP Master Data, and franchise partners forecasting. -As part of the Project Steering Committee for a $93 million Fairlife plant in Peterborough, ON, led the Supply Chain workstream. Developed and implemented a dairy supply chain model with existing MRP and APO systems, as well as a customer base for dairy by-products ($15 million/ year), and led the… Show more -As part of the senior operational leadership team, oversaw demand planning, raw material planning, supply planning, capacity, planning, SAP Master Data, and franchise partners forecasting. -As part of the Project Steering Committee for a $93 million Fairlife plant in Peterborough, ON, led the Supply Chain workstream. Developed and implemented a dairy supply chain model with existing MRP and APO systems, as well as a customer base for dairy by-products ($15 million/ year), and led the process to gain approval into the Canadian Dairy Commission’s Dairy Innovation Program ($10 million over 3 years).-Developed COVID-19 supply chain and operational responses. Served as a member of the global project team responsible for Canadian interests in the design of SAP Hana. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

-As part of the Executive team, maintained accountability for business strategic planning, COGS, PPV, trade spending, direct marketing, and the development of a forecast tool used to detect forecast accuracy challenges. Led monthly S&OP process and served as Supply Chain lead for the Incident Management and Critical Response team.-Managed national demand planning, raw material planning, supply planning, finished goods planning, and SAP Master Data in addition to over $500 million in… Show more -As part of the Executive team, maintained accountability for business strategic planning, COGS, PPV, trade spending, direct marketing, and the development of a forecast tool used to detect forecast accuracy challenges. Led monthly S&OP process and served as Supply Chain lead for the Incident Management and Critical Response team.-Managed national demand planning, raw material planning, supply planning, finished goods planning, and SAP Master Data in addition to over $500 million in COGS spending (time/ temperature-sensitive juice supply chain).-Actively contributed as a member of the corporate Joint Health, Safety, and Environment committee. Show less

Peterborough Ontario

-Managed purchasing, planning, engineering change management, and inventory controls supporting various customers from high complexity-low volume accounts to low complexity-high volume accountsImplemented Lean Manufacturing process for supply chain including Kanban order process, and lead Kaizen Blitz events -Negotiated over $30 million in customer inventory liability recoveriesImplemented outbound Vendor Managed Inventory for customer including local 3rd party warehousing, and… Show more -Managed purchasing, planning, engineering change management, and inventory controls supporting various customers from high complexity-low volume accounts to low complexity-high volume accountsImplemented Lean Manufacturing process for supply chain including Kanban order process, and lead Kaizen Blitz events -Negotiated over $30 million in customer inventory liability recoveriesImplemented outbound Vendor Managed Inventory for customer including local 3rd party warehousing, and inbound Vendor Managed Inventory for suppliers impacting more than $100 million of inventory annually-Transferred production and operations from Toronto to various company locations in Asia valued at more than $100 million in revenue per year-Member of team responsible for implementation of SAP (R3/ECC) Show less