SARA RAUSCH
Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul,MN
Summary
Dynamic management operations professional recognized for driving high productivity and achieving operational excellence. Expertise in strategic planning, team leadership, and continuous improvement initiatives has led to enhanced business performance. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities facilitate seamless execution of strategies and foster team collaboration. Committed to leveraging skills to contribute to organizational growth and efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Director/Head of Demand Planning North America (S&OP / IBP)
HAIN CELESTIAL
Hoboken, NJ
02.2023 - 08.2024
- Communication, cross-functional collaboration and team re-building to take a demand/supply process from its infancy to a more inclusive and collaborative S&OP process
- Executive alignment with the roll-out of a new process and the implementation of a new planning system
- Restructure of entire demand planning team and expanded focus from the US to North America
- Thought partner with VP/GMs to hold brand teams more accountable for forecast ownership
- Development and implementation of standardized business rules for the broader supply chain team, inclusive of supply planning and warehousing/inventory management
- Expanded responsibility to six business units across North America representing $1.3B in annual gross revenue
- Improved forecast accuracy to 68%, up 10+ basis points
- Creation of an unplanned demand planning process for any new volume within the next 12 weeks
- Consolidation of Excel-based trackers to a sophisticated SharePoint process to improve communication and timeliness of information sharing
Director Business Team Supply Chain: Baby, Yogurt & Meal Prep Business Units
HAIN CELESTIAL
Hoboken, NJ
02.2023 - 12.2023
- Cross-collaboration and strategic management with Marketing, Trade and broader Supply Chain to drive the best decision-making opportunity for the organization
- Responsible for 10+ unique product categories that delivered over $500MM in annual gross revenue
- Product categories were fully co-manufactured
- Managed through recall of Similac infant formula that put significant supply constraints on the Earth's Best branded formula
- Allocation process for Earth's Best pouches due to quality issues at several co-manufacturers
- Improved service levels on Earth's Best pouches by 20 basis points
- Identified less successful brands to discontinue to improve capacity on key brands to support growth
- Pre-building production plan to support upcoming soup season during the midst of a capacity issue
Senior Director/Head of Integrated Business & Strategic Planning
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
Lakeville, MN
08.2020 - 12.2021
- Employing strong leadership, business acumen and creative problem-solving skills to drive continued growth in a declining category
- Influenced executive leaders to strengthen understanding of business performance and align on strategic priorities
- Amplified a successful S&OP process into an Integrated Business Planning process to drive business unit alignment
- Thought partner and Chief of Staff to the Chief Growth Officer to prioritize business strategies, identify and measure key performance indicators, ensure cross-functional alignment, and improve the deployment of strategic initiatives
- Promoted to lead the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Annual Planning (AOP) process across the company
- Improved forecast accuracy to +/- 5%, over-deliver Net Sales $/lb. by 4%, and capacity utilization is at 95+%
- Senior leadership alignment on a multi-year new product calendar
Senior Director: Business Transformation (TMO)
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
Lakeville, MN
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Designed, drove, and influenced a newly formed Transformation Management Office
- Delivered major and complex change to business units, structure, and integrated business planning process
- Achieved $35MM in cost savings by across multiple transformation projects
- Utilized change management tools to ensure cross-functional alignment
Senior Director / General Manager
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
Lakeville, MN
10.2013 - 09.2018
- General management responsibility for business platforms that represent $660+MM in annual net sales sold globally
- Product life-cycle management including white space identification, go-to-market strategies and execution
- Streamlined new product development process through the implementation of a stage gate process
- Ownership of long-range demand plan for business platforms as part of the S&OP process
- Launched 20+ new products from concept to commercialization, generating $200MM in incremental sales
- Drove $1.7MM in cost savings through manufacturing and operations optimization
Education
MBA -
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, MNBachelor of Science -
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Skills
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Analytical Problem-Solving
- Goal setting
- Informed Decision-Making
- Issues resolution
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Change management
- Continuous Process Refinement
- Integrated Business Planning
- Sales & Operations Planning
Timeline
Director/Head of Demand Planning North America (S&OP / IBP)
HAIN CELESTIAL
02.2023 - 08.2024
Director Business Team Supply Chain: Baby, Yogurt & Meal Prep Business Units
HAIN CELESTIAL
02.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Director/Head of Integrated Business & Strategic Planning
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
08.2020 - 12.2021
Senior Director: Business Transformation (TMO)
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
09.2018 - 08.2020
Senior Director / General Manager
POST CONSUMER BRANDS
10.2013 - 09.2018
MBA -
University of St. Thomas
Bachelor of Science -
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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