Sherry Keller Email & Phone Number

Stillwater, Mn, Us

Hammond, Wisconsin, United States

Responsible for establishing a Master Data Management mindset and department. This includes creating and implementing enterprise data management strategies, tools and plans to maximize employee adoption and usage of SAP with minimal resistance. Define and implement data governance and data stewardship globally driving consistent processes.• Establish a Global Master Data Management team • Lead cross functional teams in establishing processes to maintain part master data ensuring a high rate of data integrity• Implement data governance and data stewardship for data as part of the global deployment of a new ERP system • Establish data standards for part, customer, and supplier data management• Mentor and coach a team through the start up of a new department establishing roles and responsibilities• Identify, assess, and select tools to drive efficiency and integrity for maintaining data in an ERP system

Hammond, Wisconsin, United States

Responsible for developing and, managing 9 high performing professionals executing procurement, production planning, inventory management and shipping functions for a total of 18 production machines in Loparex’s two largest North America manufacturing facilities. Lead the team to work cross functionally optimizing processes.• Mentored and coached a team to function in a culture of empowerment and accountability by encouraging them to make decisions and drive the actions to support the decision. This included restructuring team member responsibility enabling 10% schedule effectiveness improvement and 15% reduction in inventory levels.• Drive cross functional discussion and decision making to enable effective and efficient problem resolution resulting in a 25% efficiency improvement within the department• Key developer of inventory entitlement model enabling the team to manage inventory levels at 10% below optimal inventory to maintain targeted service levels• Successfully implemented a visual daily management system improving delivery to customers by 15%• Successfully implemented a planning and scheduling tool including processes aligning with new functionality• Partnered with Demand Planning to drive analysis and cross functional support from marketing, engineering, operations, sales, and customer service to implement block scheduling in North America• Lead the development of a training program and documentation of processes• Selected to represent North America Supply Chain in evaluating and driving selection of a new global ERPR system• Assumed supply chain responsibility for second largest North America production facility in September 2020• Developed site supply review templates and implemented reviews following Oliver Wight IBP standards and methodologies• Implemented metrics tracking and pareto analysis for supply chain managed functions

Wyoming, Mn

Designed and implemented reporting and KPI's and was a change agent for system and process improvement initiatives. Built and managed a high performing team that developed and provided analysis and standard reporting driving cost savings. The team consisted of onshore and offshore staff of four project managers, five systems and business analysts, two systems administrators and 13 support staff. Proposed and gained approval to execute Five Year roadmap aligning analytics tools, processes and technology.Partnered with finance to launch Procure to Pay (P2P) Program in 2016 across the Supply Chain groups to improve our processes and connectivity with the goal of increasing internal efficiencies. In 2017, the program improvements reduced final payment errors by 50% vs prior year.Cross-functionally managed multiple teams implementing large, complex programs with significant change managementDeveloped business cases, gained approval and managed implementation of complex initiatives with enterprise transformationConsulted by the business on technology and process problem resolutionLed a team that monitored support tickets to identify $1M in cost savingsImproved the infrastructure and supported model for Supply Chain saving $100,000 annuallyLed identification, selection and negotiations of software contracts resulting in $500,000 in savingsManaged team to meet and exceed KPI’sManaged a total budget of $3M to be at or below budgetDefined and implemented Supply Chain Business Intelligence product ownership model including managing the teamDefined, developed and implemented user testing model and standards including managing the team.Developed and implemented KPI’s for user testing and supplier support teamTransformed team and established a shared service team based in India in 2013. Reduced organizational costs by $200K per year while upgrading talent across US and India. Successfully met business requirements and internal team metrics

Stillwater, Mn

Responsible for developing processes and ensuring technology and tools supported internal and client business requirements. Developed and managed high performing teams responsible for delivering customer service and fulfillment .Collaborated with cross-functional team to develop and implement a shipping and inventory management systemEstablished and implemented relevant KPI’s improving transparency and business performanceFacilitated change management throughout all levels of the organizationStreamlined and improved the quality of operations through educating staff, monitoring call times and warehouse staff activities to propose and implement tools modifications driving efficiencies resulting in 25% annual cost savings. Improved financial accountability and billing accuracy by 15% year-over-year by implementing standard activity tracking, creating awareness and collaborating with all staff of billing line items. Developed and managed User Acceptance Testing for internal and client changes and improvementsManaged system set up and configurations ensuring alignment with process improvementsManaged and led a team, inclusive of recruitment, on boarding and ongoing development

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed custom IT and process solutions for Fortune 100 Companies requiring significant change internally and externally. This included supporting and training the sales organization on the product offerings.Collaborated cross functionally with various client cultures, internal business and IT ensuring delivery of processes and tools enabling clients to meet business objectives and KPI'sProject managed and led business process design for large, complex, custom solutions for prospective clients (primarily Fortune 100 companies). Created, managed and communicated project plans to develop custom software and operational processes enabling on budget and on time delivery to specificationFacilitated business requirements solicitation with clients and internal departments aligning processes and technologyDeveloped the selling tools to support delivery of more than $10 million in sales.Improved the standardization of client’s retail appearance by 50%.Delivered 25%-50% cost savings and improve quality to key client’s business process. Provided accurate, on budget and on time delivery of 100% of all requests for proposals.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed business relationship with clients and internally.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided all gift certificate accounting functions to a multi-million-dollar client.

St. Paul, Mn

Provide all accounting functions for gas station, restaurant and truck washManage bank relationshipsManage vendor relationshipsManage restaurant and gas station employeesEnsure efficient and profitable operations for a 24/7/365 day a year business

St. Paul, Mn

Compliance audits of schools receiving Federal fundingCompliance audits for independent accounting firms providing audit services for the US Department of Education