Mark Whalen

Experience

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  Valin Corporation

  Jan 1996 - Aug 1999

  Materials Manager

  Led materials operations, including planning, purchasing, and inventory management. Played a key role in systems integration projects. Earned 4 promotions in 3 years.

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  Metricom

  Jul 1999 - Jan 2001

  Senior Staff Logistics & Materials Manager

  For a VC funded start-up wire-less networking venture, led corporate logistics and materials flow supporting nationwide EPC construction of some 3,000 cellular sites at $100,000-$200,000 per site. Drove achievement of complex requirements via third-party integrators and logistics companies. Performed comprehensive demand forecasting to ensure on-time ordering and delivery of materials.

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  Microsemi Corporation

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2007

  Sr. Director, Global Materials

  Formerly Symmetricom, aquired by Microsemi. Directed Source to Pay (S2P) and Order to Cash (O2C) activities for High Tech manufacturer of atomic clocks serving major Telcos globally (ATT, VZ, DT, BT, CHL, VOD) and USA DOD contractors (LMT, NOC, GD). Responsible for:• Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Customer Order scheduling with On Time In Full (OTIF) KPI Metrics.• Master-production scheduling (MPS) including product life cycle phase in – phase out cycles.• Supplier sourcing, procurement, and inventory management including Supplier Score Card KPI metrics.• Co-owned supplier quality.• Expertise as business user lead for Oracle ERP full suite multi-site implementation. Show less

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  SanDisk

  Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

  Director, Production Control Management

  Owned back-end master production schedule (MPS), contract manufacturer forecast, and supporting processes. Hired, developed, and managed MPS team of business-unit advocates. Owned supply side response in strategic S&OP review, including monthly F/C Roll and F/C SKU Netting issues.• Aligned operations with supply plan managing key supply constraints. Developed and refined MPS metrics to mitigate systematic forecast roll inaccuracies due to unconsumed demand and smooth manufacturing capacity allocation.• Provided strategic supply-chain management expertise to leadership teams, articulating supply-chain strategy to internal business units. Show less

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  SunPower Corporation

  Apr 2008 - Apr 2018

  Directed regional distribution logistics and manufacturing logistics (inbound, outbound, and warehousing). Owned inventory optimization across distribution centers, international import/export compliance, and operations business process excellence program management.• With $90M+ (annual) Global Logistics spend, upgraded USA 3rd-party logistics provider (3PL) for incremental savings of $6M (annual) and dropped rates with international transportation partners for incremental savings of $3M (annual). • Reengineered outbound transportation logistics (from factories to regional distribution centers) including transportation planning, load consolidations, and leveraging over the road vs. intermodal methods.• Boosted in-house web-based dashboard KPI solutions for air, sea and truck shipment visibility (EDI, API and SQL ) of in transit sea container loads and truck loads.• Introduced concept of Total Cost of Fulfillment (TCOF) of Budget vs Actual with on-line dashboard KPI metrics (e.g. Logistics cost as % of Revenue, Cost per kg/km, Cost per region, Cost per BU P&L). Show less Transformed Order to Cash (O2C) process by aligning customer demand with manufacturing capacity. Focused on re-engineering business systems (Salesforce.com, Oracle ERP, e2Open) to optimize supply planning, inventory strategies, and SKU mix by Location to meet daily customer demand objectives across multiple channels.• Utilized Lean/Six Sigma methods to establish core performance metrics that included: Customer On-Time-Delivery (OTD) with demonstrated improvement from 84% to 98%. The Perfect Order with demonstrated improvement from 5% to 30%. Total Cost of Fulfillment (TCOF): Set goal of reducing this expense from 13% to 6% of revenue.• Committed resources focused on 100% automation of customer order scheduling with demonstrated improvement from 47% to 94% auto scheduling for highest volume sales channel. Show less Owned downstream (installation & financing) procurement activities during a period of high growth and transformation (from $750M to $2.4B annual run rate), including establishing teams in North America, Europe, and Asia regions. Managed procurement spend $1B+ (annual).• Drove process standardization for Procure to Pay (P2P) activities for Direct & Indirect commodities and org structures.• Launched automated spend analysis dashboards with drill down capabilities per commodities and per regions.• Recognized as strategic business-side ERP expert for both sustaining and development processes for multi-site, multi-currency, multi-country Oracle ERP implementation. Show less

  • Sr. Director, Global Logistics

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Sr. Director, Supply Chain Strategy

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Director, Procurement

    Apr 2008 - Jan 2014
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  YETI

  Aug 2018 - May 2020

  Director, Fulfillment Network Optimization

  First as a consultant then full-time employee. Enlarged Direct to Consumer (E-Commerce) and Wholesale fulfillment supply chain operations for rapidly growing CPG company. Based on network optimization studies both inhouse and with consultants, expanded 3PL partnerships and added fulfillment distribution centers. Integrated SAP ERP with 3PL WMS systems.• Led major cross-functional project to achieve maximum 2-Day ground delivery to consumer, improve product placement in regional distribution centers, strengthen asset tracking, and create inbound supply strategies to meet business objectives. Completed RFP with key global 3PL providers. Awarded detailed MSA contract.• Expanded from 1 to 3 North American distribution centers reducing fulfillment costs while improving customer service. Improved 2-Day ground delivery footprint from 35% to 54%.• Authenticated network optimization analysis to further boost 2-Day ground delivery footprint from 54% to 90% with incremental $3.5M annual savings. Show less

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  Whalen Supply Chain Consulting

  May 2020 - Nov 2023

  Principal

  Specializing in fulfillment network optimization, systems integration of planning, sourcing, procurement, distribution, shipping, logistics, for process improvement. markjwhalen@yahoo.com