Benjamin Brand

About

Self motivated business professional with 15+ years of broad Supply Chain and Inventory Management experience with Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Companies. Strong interpersonal skills to support, develop, and lead global teams while fostering relationships at all levels of a matrix organization. I have led continuous improvement of planning, and forecasting organizations while working relentlessly improving foundational process and developing leaders to drive future change.

Experience

• Sr Manager Global Supply Chain Planning at Boston Scientific
  Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

• Master Planning Manager at Michael Foods
  Jul 2017 - Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 10 mos

• General Mills (10 yrs 9 mos)
  • Logistics Business Manager
    Jul 2012 - Jul 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Logistics Business Planner
    Oct 2009 - Jul 2012 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Customer Demand Planner
    Jul 2008 - Oct 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Best Buy (4 yrs 11 mos)
  • CPFR Planner
    Nov 2005 - Nov 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Drove benefits for the CPFR program for FY06 exceeded benefit goal by 40% • Devlop business process that improved the efficiency of the CPFR process between cross functional team whil also driving results via CPFR. • Lead the process to establish best practices to share with the cross functional team • Lead negotiation with the Joint Business Plan for new suppliers

  • CPFR Specialist
    Jan 2004 - Nov 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Inventory Analyst
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2003 · 2 yrs

    Inventory Analyst for Major Appliances