Kevin Klein

Analytics and Supply Chain Leader

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Expert in end-to-end global supply chain and fulfillment strategies that cut costs, drive efficiencies, ensure compliance, generate revenue, and deliver a high level of service quality and customer satisfaction. Strengths in client enablement, change management, and department leadership. Functional experience includes sales enablement, scheduling, inventory management, procurement, and contract management, supply chain system design as liaison with IT and end users, and operations. More than 8 years of working with CPG vendors such as L’Oreal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate Palmolive, and Kellogg’s. Progressed through increased accountabilities at Walgreens from Internship to Manager at headquarters. Talent for empowering multi-disciplinary teams and persuading collaboration across the global supply chain. Earned top results on manager feedback surveys. A motivational leader with high expectations and dedication to excellence. Core Skills Include — Network Supply Chain Management • Resource & Capacity Planning • Supplier, Materials & Inventory Management • Supply Chain Business Analytics • System Design • Procurement • Vendor Optimization • Data & Metrics Creation • Customer Management • Project Management • Process Improvement • Operational Streamlining • SQL Knowledge • Sales Support • Negotiations • Budgeting • Cost Reduction

Experience

  • Director of Analytics and Supply Chain at DowellGroup-MPG, LLC
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

  • Director, Global Supply Chain at KI Industries, Inc.
    Jul 2017 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Supply Chain Manager at L'Oréal
    Nov 2014 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Senior Strategy Analyst at US Foods
    Oct 2013 - Nov 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Walgreens (8 yrs 8 mos)
    • Supply Chain Manager
      Mar 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Manager, Supply Chain Systems & Analytics
      Feb 2009 - Mar 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Promo Analyst
      Jan 2007 - Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos