Aaron Eaton
St Louis,MO
Summary
Industrious Supply Chain expert with extensive experience in supply chain financials and business operations. Spent several years in a highly leveraged operational role at a rapid growth start-up before moving into the financial side of supply chain at a Fortune 500 company. Focused on building a balance of very strong technical skills combined with creative and effective business problem solving. Track record of sole management of a $60M+ package while providing world class analysis and tools to help empower stakeholders. Proud of the work I've done but still passionate to continue to grow.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Strategy & Performance Mgr
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, MO
02.2024 - Current
- Managed budget, LE, and performance for a $60M+ package
- Lead monthly LE process for $800M+ package
- Established completely new routines for enhanced costing, world class freight KPIs, advanced P&P analytics and more
- Prepared and presented results at executive level on a routine basis
- Awarded 2025 ABinbev Top Performer - company-wide award designated for 1% of employees
- Awarded 2025 Team MVP - recognized as most valuable contributor amongst full Logistics Finance team
Craft Planning Mgr
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis, MO
12.2022 - 02.2023
- Handled production planning for 4 different breweries with production portfolios of $15M+
- Worked hand-in-hand with Sales & Marketing and the Supply Chain teams to balance the politics of both sides of the P&L
- Created core routines for forecasting, sales alignment, production planning, and 1YP
- Lead the charge on the successful integration of post-acquisition breweries with external + internal stakeholders
Supply Chain Manager
Maxfind LLC - Ecommerce Retailer
12.2017 - Current
- Built and managed entire supply chain process from scratch. Starting with 35 SKUs and $4.5 million annual revenue in 2017 up to the current 180+ SKUs and $25 million annual revenue.
- Sole employee planning and executing strategy end to end from managing supplier relationships, building forecasting models, purchasing, arranging freight, calculating and optimizing costs, managing forwarder relationships, customs compliance and more.
- As role evolved and workload as a single point of failure increased, self-taught to code in VBA and Python to build a system of programs to fully automate the forecasting, accounting, and product re-ordering. As well as provide a database for data analytics on forecasting, advertising strategy, and cost optimization.
Logistics Associate
Dsquared International
St. Charles, Missouri
05.2017 - 12.2017
- Managed all forecasting, purchasing, and supplier negotiations for 15 SKUs at $5.5 million annual revenue.
- Built a custom tailored forecasting model and product management process that provided immediate improvement on managing product seasonality and cash flow optimization.
- Ran all pay-per-click advertising and SEO optimization for an ecommerce business spending $5,000+ a day on advertising.
- Spent 8 weeks in China for supplier negotiation, product research at Canton Fair, and new factory procurement.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Truman State Unviersity
Kirksville, MO05-2017
Skills
- Excellent understanding of supply chain financials - sole managed a $60M package
- Experience presenting at executive level on a monthly cadence
- Strong technical skills - highly proficient in PowerBI, Python, SQL, SAP, Excel, and more
- Budgeting/LEing - ran bottoms up LE process for $800M package on a monthly basis
- Stakeholder management - strong understanding of company politics and finding alignment in conflicting interests
- Vast experience in forecasting, production planning, and network allocation
- Production planning - planned production schedule for multiple plants with portfolios of $50M annual revenue
- Mastered eCommerce channels such as Amazon, Shopify, Deliverr, and more
Affiliations
Happily married, father of 2 kids under the age of 3. I find great joy in being a dad among many other things. Time allowing, hobbies include weight lifting, reading, being a diehard WI sports fan, and keeping a not-so-young pup as happy as can be.
Truly find my best self being a dad, but also am very passionate about my career with goals to one day be a leader that can help people find joy in their careers. I believe we all deserve to find fulfillment in the things we do and hope to find a way to create an environment that does that.
Timeline
Strategy & Performance Mgr
Anheuser-Busch
02.2024 - Current
Craft Planning Mgr
Anheuser-Busch
12.2022 - 02.2023
Supply Chain Manager
Maxfind LLC - Ecommerce Retailer
12.2017 - Current
Logistics Associate
Dsquared International
05.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
Truman State Unviersity