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Rob Varner

Savannah,TN

Summary

Accomplished Supply Chain and Logistics Vice President with a proven track record, adept in strategy development and leading high-performance teams. Skilled in operational performance management and fostering a customer-focused culture, demonstrating critical thinking and decision-making excellence across distribution, transportation, logistics, and supply chain.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President, Americas Distribution & Logistics

Medtronic
Memphis, TN
04.2019 - Current
  • Responsible for distribution, transportation, and logistics operations for the Americas region, including 16 DCs (3 insourced, 13 outsourced), and 30 forward stocking locations.
  • Accountable for $206 million of distribution spend, and $291 million of transportation spend for the region.
  • Led a network optimization study for the U.S. Distribution network, leading to the planning and execution for DC consolidation and cross-dock expansion in the U.S. Delivering an expected $40M in annual savings in distribution and transportation expenses, while reducing delivery lead times, and reducing related inventories.
  • Drive a high-performance culture through the utilization of lean concepts, tier management, and the implementation of the Medtronic Operating System.
  • Lead 3PL utilization strategies, negotiations, and performance management in both distribution and transportation.
  • Developed and executed strategic plans for distribution and transportation to support the vision of the Global Operations & Supply Chain organization.

Vice President, Americas Distribution Operations

Medtronic
Memphis, TN
09.2017 - 04.2019
  • Responsible for distribution operations in 18 facilities across the Americas, serving in-country end customers, as well as providing over 70% of supply to global DCs (hub and spoke DC model).
  • Accountable for budgets in excess of $150 million.
  • Built out the organization design for the Americas regional distribution organization, aligned with the new Medtronic Global Operations & Supply Chain structure.
  • Responsible for trade execution for exports from the U.S. DCs.

Senior Director, US & Canada Logistics Operations

Medtronic
Memphis, TN
01.2009 - 09.2017
  • Led U.S. distribution network optimization project, consolidating Medtronic's 13 U.S. DCs across multiple business units, while improving cost, service, and business risk mitigation.
  • Directly responsible and accountable for U.S. and Canada distribution centers and forward stocking operations.
  • Responsible for U.S. and Canada end customer transportation performance and spend management.

Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Distribution

Medtronic Spine & Biologics
Memphis, TN
04.1999 - 01.2009
  • Responsible for distribution and transportation management for the Spine & Biologics business division.

Supply Chain and Operations

Sofamor Danek
Memphis, TN
01.1989 - 04.1999
  • In roles of increasing responsibility, managed Demand, Supply, and Inventory Planning; Customer Service; Credit and Collections; Global Distribution, Transportation, and Logistics.

Operations

PepsiCo Food Systems
Memphis, TN
08.1987 - 01.1989

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance, with minor in Operations Mgmt.

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Skills

  • Strategy development
  • Team development and leadership
  • Operational performance management
  • Deliver network optimization
  • Customer-focused culture
  • Policy Deployment
  • Continuous Improvement and Lean
  • Critical thinking and complex problem-solving

Affiliations

Advisory Board Member, Medical Device Supply Chain Council

Past Board Member, steve Orthopaedic Link

Past Board Member, United Way of the Mid-South

Past Board Member, Arthritis Foundation

Past Board Member, Leadership Memphis

Timeline

Vice President, Americas Distribution & Logistics

Medtronic
04.2019 - Current

Vice President, Americas Distribution Operations

Medtronic
09.2017 - 04.2019

Senior Director, US & Canada Logistics Operations

Medtronic
01.2009 - 09.2017

Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Distribution

Medtronic Spine & Biologics
04.1999 - 01.2009

Supply Chain and Operations

Sofamor Danek
01.1989 - 04.1999

Operations

PepsiCo Food Systems
08.1987 - 01.1989

Bachelor of Science - Finance, with minor in Operations Mgmt.

University of Memphis

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