Robert Borden Email & Phone Number

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Battle Creek, Mi

Lead team of 3 Supply Planners (master schedulers), responsible for various Morning Foods equities including Pop Tarts and various Health & Wellness products, and 4 Deployment Planners, responsible for distribution of Kellogg Dry and Frozen products within separate networksAccountable for inventory targets (cash), case fill (service), inventory write off (cash), transportation utilization (cost) for responsible brandsResponsible for creating optimal tactical and long range strategic production plan across 4 internal manufacturing facilities and multiple Co-manufacturer sites.Create and lead discussion of business cases for review in S&OE and S&OP forums for unresolved service or age risk to commercial and financial business partnersWork with Plant Operations teams to identify and resolve capacity constraints and production assumptions for everyday and innovation items to ensure appropriate capacity for production to meet all service and financial targetsPromote best practices and continuous improvement among my team in system operation and business practicesCollaborate with Demand Planning and Commercial teams to identify and address demand variances and provide supply solutions for incremental volume opportunitiesUse of various reporting platforms including BI and TableauDevelopment and implementation of new end-to-end deployment monitoring and tracking team and processSupply Planning department lead on various network projects, such as introduction of new distribution nodes to network. Work closely with Project Management and cross-functional partners to execute project deliverables by implementing necessary system changes, identifying and providing solutions for gaps, providing outlooks to project team and stakeholders on timelines and projections related to service or inventory, directing other Supply Planning leads and Supply Planners on daily execution and system set up, and providing communication and risk outlook to Senior Supply Planning leadership

Battle Creek, Mi

Managed team of 7 Deployment Planners responsible for supplying network of DSD Distribution Centers for Kellogg's Snacks productsAccountable for maximizing case fill, utilizing cost effective transportation modes, network space, trailer utilization, innovation and display distributionTeam also responsible for deployment from primary Snacks bakery facilities, including bypass of primary warehouse network and space management of bakery warehousesPartnered with internal Supply Chain partners in Operations, Transportation, Customer Service; corporate commercial partners in Customer Marketing and Demand Planning; field Operations and Sales partners to ensure timely delivery of finished goods to 39 DSD DCs for turn and promotional ordersResponsible for minimizing age risk and write off by enforcing forward coverage of deployment based on forecast and other inputsWorked on and led for department several network projects related to warehouse network, including expatriating and repatriating distribution of Snacks products to DSD DCsLeveraged prior systems experience to introduce system and process enhancements used by my team as well as the larger department

Battle Creek, Mi

Led go-live of APO SNP for Supply Planning group that managed over $8B in annual GSVDeveloped training documentation, including training courses, job aids, and SOP'sDelivered training to 40+ Supply Planners to prepare for go-liveIdentified, tested, and coordinated delivery of multiple system enhancements and fixes in APO SNPPrimary troubleshooter for APO SNP, CIF, and ECC issues for Supply PlanningLiaison between business and ITWorked with Department Leadership to implement and audit best practices within Supply PlanningCoordinated with multiple Departments that interfaced with Supply Planning to identify process improvements, technical solutions, and system enhancementsParticipated in extra-Departmental Data Governance Board to advance standardized Master Data governance practices