Matt Palzkill
Carver,MN
Summary
Have developed a well-rounded business skill set by working in multiple operations, supply chain and commercial roles. Proven leadership skills that have led to success and improvement. Driven and focused to achieve both personal and professional goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Manager- Cooked Meats
Cargill Protein
2022.05 - Current
- Business lead with direct decision rights and P/L responsibility for a $125 million business
- Lead Sales strategy to penetrate wanted markets
- Initiate and manage new projects for both product launches and manufacturing equipment
- Manage all products through their full life cycle
- Indirectly lead a cross functional team toward meeting our goals and objectives
- Serve as the product line expert for both foodservice and food manufacturing customers.
Distribution/Retail Market Manager (Sales)
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
2019.07 - 2022.04
- Account Manager for Distribution/Retail with $100 million of sales
- Helped develop detailed strategic distribution/retail strategies to continue to grow long term
- Have led distribution/retail to over 10% growth year over year
- Created and driven detailed customer plans to achieve desired results.
Supply Network Planner
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
2016.04 - 2019.07
- Manage a team of 4 high performing production schedulers that ensure we are meeting all of our customer’s needs through the planning of production in SAP
- Heavily involved in new commercial projects and execution
- Execute monthly Capacity/S+OP calls with the plants to ensure we are in line with supply/demand
- Have been highly involved with a team that has raised the on time in full rates almost 15%
- Heavily involved in IBP by providing valuable input for the Supply Review
- Responsible for executing medium- and long-term supply plans for all CCCNA facilities.
Supply Network Planner
Cargill Salt
2014.05 - 2016.04
- Successfully developed and executed an effective deicing plan that exceeded budget by 15,000 tons
- Have helped to improve relationships with the SPF’s and Mines to get them on board with our goals
- Have led and executed many effective S+OP calls for each of the rock salt sites, which has led to clarity and direction.
Operations Supervisor
Cargill Kitchen Solutions
2013.01 - 2014.05
- Work daily on planning out the production schedule in SAP APO based on customer orders and past trends
- Was a vital part in leading the successful expansion of the plant where it is now over three times the size from where we started
- Proven continuous improvement through increased yields and throughputs.
Operations Supervisor
Cargill Kitchen Solutions
2010.06 - 2013.01
- Identified and analyzed ways to increase throughputs and yields resulting in an increase of 200 cases a day and 2% yield
- Work hard to lead, train, and develop a highly engaged team of 21 direct reports and received a 94% on the last engagement survey
- Create and develop a zero-injury culture where the team has not had an injury for over a year
- Have created and implemented a plan to save the plant a projected $10,000 a year in chemical costs
- Work with our BU Corporate and plan out the weekly production schedule based on customer orders.
Education
Master’s in business administration - Management Focus
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural and Food Business Management
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
05.2010
Skills
- Project Management
- Business Development
- Decision-Making
- Customer Relations
- Business Planning
- Business Management
Computerprograms
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- SAP
- Salesforce
Timeline
Business Manager- Cooked Meats
Cargill Protein
2022.05 - Current
Distribution/Retail Market Manager (Sales)
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
2019.07 - 2022.04
Supply Network Planner
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate NA
2016.04 - 2019.07
Supply Network Planner
Cargill Salt
2014.05 - 2016.04
Operations Supervisor
Cargill Kitchen Solutions
2013.01 - 2014.05
Operations Supervisor
Cargill Kitchen Solutions
2010.06 - 2013.01
Master’s in business administration - Management Focus
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural and Food Business Management
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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