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Kathy Burke-Friedrichs

Cold Spring,KY

Summary

Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including demand planning, manufacturing and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Supply Chain Manager-Data Process Analytics

Novolex
06.2023 - Current
  • Co-created PowerBI reports to enable visibility and tracking of KPIs to Supply Chain, Sourcing, and transportation teams
  • Implemented standardized documentation of best business practices across multiple business units and ERPs
  • Built auditing tools for for ongoing data accuracy and cleanliness
  • Currently designing Part Management System to combine item set up, pricing and standardization across 13 ERPs
  • Ability to combine and standardize reporting outputs from multiple sources and creat automated reports based on end user needs
  • Provide ongoing training for end users on Rapid Response as well as technical support for IT as Supply Chain team subject matter expert

Supply Chain Manager

Novolex
Florence, KY
09.2020 - 06.2023
  • Manage team of five employees who plan and execute inbound inventory into eleven North American locations and cover 330 work centers.
  • Manage approximately $400 million annual spend across all locations.
  • Streamline data tracking tools for planners to check accuracy of forecast and consumption.
  • Create processes for newly acquired locations to get up to speed to better planning and S&OP procedures.
  • Work cross functionally with Operations and S&OP to create plans for future machine implementations and potential volume changes.
  • Ongoing process improvement to drive better results for OTIF numbers with S&OE team.
  • Creating and validating data to implement Kinaxis/Rapid Response to give better visibility to long term forecasts and short-term potential shortages.
  • Established inventory targets, stock level and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.

SAP Functional Implementation Lead

Novolex
Richwood, KY
04.2018 - 01.2021
  • Purchasing/Supply Chain Lead for SAP implementation across 27 plants.
  • Documented gaps between various current processes and steps to reach best practices within system, also created associated process maps.
  • Test gaps between S/4 HANA Fiori app and SAP GUI to identify potential enhancements utilizing Agile methodology.
  • Created material hierarchy for Raw Materials to facilitate multi-level financial spend and material requirement by attributes.
  • Built extensive training documentation for ongoing training and support for end users for purchasing functions and MM (materials management)
  • Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.

Senior Raw Material Planner

Novolex
Florence, KY
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Facilitated conversations with S&OP to improve gaps between production plan and system requirements.
  • Led team of Raw Material Planners through increasing analytical efficiencies via excel workshops.
  • Created Days on Hand inventory reporting for three plants that was then mirrored to nine plants.
  • Worked within SAP, Microsoft AX, and AS400 system to pull reporting, demand and troubleshooting for production issues with material substitution.
  • Mitigated costs when Anti-Dumping and Countervailing was approved on Aluminum Foil by qualifying new suppliers and transferring existing supplies within our network.

Project Supply Chain Planner/Scheduler

Valeo
Hamilton, OH
04.2016 - 06.2017
  • Manage inventory engineer changes in new project, making sure correct level of inventory used for design validation builds and minimize obsolescence.
  • Handled production, manufacturing, purchasing, procurement, warehouse management, logistics management, import and exporting and other supply chain functions to facilitate project goals.
  • Schedule production of subcomponents through production as well as finished good production for customer delivery dates.
  • Cycle count inventory levels for approximately 110 components in order to provide forecasts for 25 different suppliers.
  • Work with suppliers and engineering to ensure any quality issues are met with recovery plan and followed to protect new line production build.
  • Ship and track new part revisions to line builder for testing to make certain line ship date is on track.

Transportation Planner

Valeo
Hamilton, OH
11.2013 - 06.2016
  • Managed inbound material of 30 international suppliers (Asia, Europe, Mexico) and 50 domestic suppliers.
  • Utilized cost analysis to consolidate both domestic and international suppliers to save freight costs, as well as to establish new transportation lanes for new suppliers.
  • Established troubleshooting process to track shipments to ensure timely arrival to avoid plant shut down and customer shut down.
  • Partnered with finance to find budget improvements through container utilization and to reduce landed cost
  • Maintained NAFTA certificates as well as Custom file information to maintain compliance.
  • Head CTPAT compliance for site through audits and revalidation.
  • Control SAP inbounds for international material and troubleshoot issues to decrease inventory and eliminate Accounts Payable issues.
  • Optimized shipping methods to reduce time in transit and lower costs, decreasing transit time 20%.

Customer Logistics Analyst

Reckitt-Benckiser
West Chester, OH
06.2012 - 11.2013
  • Successfully forecasted and delivered over 30 promotions for Publix servicing over 1,200 stores, utilizing product lead-time to effectively communicate production lifts to Demand Planning,
  • Initiated H.E.B truck consolidation, decreasing outbound shipments by 50%, increasing overall truck weight 5,000lbs and annual savings of $273K in LTL costs.
  • Developed two stop method for H.E.B San Antonio and San Antonio pharmacy that reduced order cycle time and allowed H.E.B to maintain lower inventory levels.
  • Tasked with achieving case fill rate of 98% for both Publix and H.E.B.; daily activities include communicating account details between sales and demand planning, taking proactive action with customer buyers and category management to mitigate case fill and delivery issues, order consolidation, and allocating product.
  • Write weekly VMI orders for two Ralph's (Kroger) warehouses, servicing approximately 300 stores, ensuring acceptable level of inventory to service stores as well as to keep down carrying cost.

Production Supervisor

SanMar
West Chester, OH
02.2011 - 05.2012
  • Supervised and evaluated production performance of 70 associates including reaching productivity goals and bonus levels that incentivized team members.
  • Implemented process improvements throughout picking floor to minimize order cycle.
  • Utilized projections and production statistics to minimize overtime and correctly allocate labor.
  • Developed productivity spreadsheet for peers to use in respective departments to predict labor needs.
  • Structured processes and resolved inventory issues associated with opening of third mezzanine.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration- Supply Chain

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

MBA -

Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
2021

Skills

  • ERP/SCM experience: Manugistics, Influe, AS 400, WMS, JD Edwards, SAP, S/4 HANA, Microsoft Dynamics, Rapid Response
  • Continuous Improvement Strategies
  • CTPAT and import compliance training
  • International Logistics
  • Data Visualization and Presentations
  • Forecasting and Planning
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), DOH, inventory cost savings, decreasing E&O, optimal stocking levels

Websites

Timeline

Supply Chain Manager-Data Process Analytics

Novolex
06.2023 - Current

Supply Chain Manager

Novolex
09.2020 - 06.2023

SAP Functional Implementation Lead

Novolex
04.2018 - 01.2021

Senior Raw Material Planner

Novolex
06.2017 - 06.2018

Project Supply Chain Planner/Scheduler

Valeo
04.2016 - 06.2017

Transportation Planner

Valeo
11.2013 - 06.2016

Customer Logistics Analyst

Reckitt-Benckiser
06.2012 - 11.2013

Production Supervisor

SanMar
02.2011 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration- Supply Chain

The Ohio State University

MBA -

Xavier University

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