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N. Bernard

Fairburn,GA

Summary

Strategic, results-driven professional seeking a role in procurement and supply chain management, focused on driving operational excellence, leading cross-functional initiatives, and delivering cost and performance improvements. Adept at solving complex business problems through data-driven decision-making, supplier collaboration, and end-to-end process optimization to support enterprise-wide goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Commodity Manager (Contract)

DELTA AIR LINES
Atlanta, Georgia
06.2024 - Current
  • Manage a $250M+ commodity portfolio, driving supply chain efficiency through strategic sourcing and cost-saving initiatives.
  • Lead cross-functional teams that support the development, enhancement, and maintenance of Delta’s onboard food program, aligned with commercial and operational priorities.
  • Partner cross-functionally with departments such as Operations, Finance, and Product Development to ensure sourcing strategies meet budget targets and project scopes.
  • Conduct comprehensive market research to assess and qualify domestic and international suppliers based on total cost of ownership, quality, capability, and scalability.
  • Oversee end-to-end sourcing events (RFPs, RFQs), negotiating favorable terms and ensuring contract compliance and supplier performance.
  • Analyze supplier cost structures, industry trends, and risk factors to inform sourcing strategy and enhance supply chain resilience.
  • Negotiate and execute multi-year agreements with key suppliers, fostering strategic partnerships that drive long-term value and mitigate risk.
  • Strengthen supplier relationships through structured performance reviews, KPI scorecards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supply Chain Manager

AMAZON
Atlanta, Georgia
04.2022 - 04.2024
  • Plan and execute inventory strategies to optimize sales, in-stock rates, turns and inventory health for owned category.
  • Collaborate with the Ad Sales Team & Marketing to understand market trends and promotional activities that may affect demand.
  • Monitor, analyze and own continuous improvement on key performance indicators such as in-stock rate, demand forecast accuracy, procurement lead time, fill rate, fast track and inventory turns.
  • Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance demand/supply planning processes.
  • Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows and health, including forecasting, purchasing, and removing unproductive inventory.
  • Interface with vendors to review forecast and lead with strategic recommendations to improve and/or resolve in stock issues to foster strong relationships for mutual success.
  • Review Weeks of Cover on high demand items for upcoming promotional events; Monitor inventory levels and work with vendors to ensure adequate inventory availability.
  • Perform quarterly business reviews on vendors to evaluate performance; identify operational improvement areas and support conversation with recommendations to drive growth & improvement.
  • Drive root cause analysis/reporting on operational issues, develop action plans and project manage improvements with the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
  • Work with internal teams collaboratively, to help drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and procurement workflows, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually.
  • Work with internal Amazon program and Customer teams and to understand issues impacting vendor lead time and develop solutions in partnership with internal Amazon and external Customer teams.
  • Work with internal Amazon program and external Customer teams to optimize item enrollment in various Supply Chain programs.

Logistics Operations Specialist

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2022 - 04.2022
  • Partnered with plant operations, logistics, and NA procurement teams to ensure the effective manufacturing of concentrates and beverage bases.
  • Investigated materials at risk and alerted relevant buyers and plant leadership as needed.

Supply Planner II

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for procuring raw materials, planning production, & distributing finished goods across the network while achieving desired service, inventory, and capacity targets.
  • Translate forecasted demand into actionable production & capacity plans.
  • Manage enterprise resource planning system (SAP) parameters to support the inventory strategy; identify gaps in master data that are driving sub-optimal MRP results.
  • Define and execute inventory deployment strategy to maintain service and optimize transportation costs.
  • Communicate product shortages and provide timelines for replenishing materials to customer service and/or other leadership personnel.
  • Adjust production and purchasing needs based on actual sales performance against demand forecast, current and/or past utilization trends.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for supply chain issues/variances and perform corrective action plans to avoid reoccurrence.
  • Analyze historical sales data to identify trends, seasonality, and sales patterns.
  • Work in partnership with Program Managers, Commercialization, and Demand Planning to ensure flawless execution of new product launches, packaging/graphic changes, promotional activities, and product discontinuations.
  • Work to continuously maintain productive co-packer, 3rd party warehousing, & vendor relationships by conducting weekly meetings to review service performance and execute any corrective action steps.
  • Manage relationships with suppliers to ensure compliance with company policies (e.g. audits) and legal compliance (MSA Modification Letters, Price schedules, UISS letters, NDAs, Material Transfer, insurance certificates, etc.); update pricing and supplier data in databases.
  • Identify and manage potential inventory obsolescence to minimize BD&L write-offs.

Supply Planner I

COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS
Atlanta, Georgia
12.2012 - 12.2015
  • Responsible for the planning, production, and distribution of the Odwalla Bars.
  • Procured packaging & labels to meet weekly production scheduling requirements.
  • Maintained strong working relationships and communications directly with contract suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules to ensure on-time delivery target dates.
  • Tracked all packaging, labels, and unique Odwalla ingredient inventories at the 3rd party co-manufacturing production facility.
  • Participated in daily/weekly conference calls to discuss key facts related to customer service performance metrics, production issues, forecasting issues, product issues, etc. to find collaborative approaches to resolve issues.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Atlanta, Georgia

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

Skills

  • ERP & SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS: SAP (Materials Management, Procurement, Supply Chain modules), BW/BI Reporting for spend analysis, supplier scorecards, and inventory tracking
  • Data Analysis & Visualization: Power BI (dashboard creation, KPI reporting), SQL (data extraction for procurement and supply chain insights), Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, scenario modeling)
  • Sourcing & Documentation Tools: Microsoft Word (contracting, RFx documentation), PowerPoint (executive-level presentations and strategy decks)
  • Communication & Collaboration: Microsoft Outlook (vendor communication, scheduling, coordination), Lotus Notes (workflow and cross-functional collaboration)

SUMMARY OF SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

  • Expertise in supply chain optimization, strategic sourcing, capacity planning, production efficiency, and supplier relationship management
  • Proficient in analyzing complex data and delivering operational reports that support executive decision-making and performance improvement
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on trend analysis, cost drivers, and root cause problem-solving
  • Collaborative team player with proven ability to lead and engage cross-functional stakeholders
  • Skilled in managing multiple concurrent projects, driving timelines, and aligning resources to meet strategic business objectives
  • Adaptable, growth-oriented professional with a strong work ethic and a proactive approach to learning and leadership development

Timeline

Commodity Manager (Contract)

DELTA AIR LINES
06.2024 - Current

Supply Chain Manager

AMAZON
04.2022 - 04.2024

Logistics Operations Specialist

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA
01.2022 - 04.2022

Supply Planner II

COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA
01.2016 - 01.2022

Supply Planner I

COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS
12.2012 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

Georgia State University

Master of Business Administration - Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University