Michael Coldiron
St Louis,MO
Summary
Professional with over 10 years of industry experiencing working in ORM, Trade Promotion Management Design & Customer Facing Supply Chain. Within that timeframe I’ve driven Supply Chain efficiencies on both Brick & Mortar/E-Commerce Customers, led the designing of a new Trade Tool for Purina & Nestle in North America, as well led the first TPM Automated Testing Program for total Nestle. The above experiences have provided me with deep business & system knowledge that I’ve been able to leverage in my interactions with multiple organizational verticals both internally & externally.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager Ecommerce Supply Chain
Nestle Purina PetCare
2023.02 - Current
- Lead enhancement of Chewy & Nestle CPFR Program, driving improvements in key metrics such as In Stock, Autoship Backorder & Optimal Placement.
- Transformed Customer Inventory Strategy focusing on implementing industry standard Safety Stock model on high velocity items.
- Consistently leveraged internal production network by negotiating out-of-network shipments, responsibly increase Customer On-Hand & reducing internal carrying costs.
- Initiated multiple internal and external discussions focused on improving Supply Chain Quality Assurance, focusing on Vendor Compliance & increasing effective speed to Consumer strategies.
Functional Testing Lead
Nestle Purina PetCare
2019.12 - 2023.02
- Organized multiple User Acceptance & Performance Testing cycle's in the newly designed TPM solution from 2019-2020.
- Led Functional & Technical experts, gathering business requirements, writing test scripts & managing system defects.
- Currently leading Automated Testing with vendor partner Tech Mahindra. Team is composed of 1 developer & 2 functional experts.
Subject Matter Expert-Supply Chain
Nestle Purina PetCare
2018.12 - 2019.12
- Selected by Purina leadership to represent CFSC in the designing of a new Trade Promotion Tool for all North American Nestle Op-Co's.
- Facilitated multiple design sessions across Norther American Op-Co's, gathering and validating business requirements.
- Drove key supply chain needs to implement into the tool, ensuring Nestle Purina maintained it's principle functionalities.
Customer Supply Chain Manager
Nestle Purina PetCare
2017.09 - 2018.12
- Tracked Product fill rates & carrier performance against targets to achieve operational performance.
- Coordinated $15MM+ in special Merchandising programs across 15 Albertsons Banners, achieving over 90% fill rates.
- Recognized by Albertsons Procurement leadership as one of their top performing Vendors.
Supply Chain Analyst
Nestle Purina PetCare
2016.11 - 2017.09
- Improved Supervalu's performance with multiple efficiency programs, i.e. EBP, PEC & Case Pick.
- Coordinated over $10MM+ in special pallet programming for Supervalu resulting from EXPO sales.
- Conducted multiple VMI reviews with Supervalu & Purina's Order Revenue group resulting in maintaining set inventory goals.
ORM Business Analyst
Nestle Purina PetCare
2015.04 - 2016.11
- Managed day to day order and invoice processing for Albertsons effectively.
- Key point of contact for customer on order fulfillment, on time and product availability.
- Collaborated with multiple internal stakeholders such as Sales, CFSC, Transportation & Warehousing.
- Recognized as Regional KPI Champion for Dispute Management & Accounts Receivable, driving reporting insights & actions needing to be taken.
Recruiter
Nestle Purina
2014.06 - 2015.04
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University Of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO4 2012
Skills
- Kantar XTEL (Trade Promotion Management)
- Microsoft Office Suite
- SAP
- Business Objects
- Power BI
- Microsoft Teams
- Retail Solutions Inc
- Work-Soft Automation Tool
- JIRA Ticket Resolution
Certification
- Gateway Leadership Development Center Completion
- Nestle Leadership Programme Certification (Rive Reine)
- Mental Health First Aid Completion
Timeline
Manager Ecommerce Supply Chain
Nestle Purina PetCare
2023.02 - Current
Functional Testing Lead
Nestle Purina PetCare
2019.12 - 2023.02
Subject Matter Expert-Supply Chain
Nestle Purina PetCare
2018.12 - 2019.12
Customer Supply Chain Manager
Nestle Purina PetCare
2017.09 - 2018.12
Supply Chain Analyst
Nestle Purina PetCare
2016.11 - 2017.09
ORM Business Analyst
Nestle Purina PetCare
2015.04 - 2016.11
Recruiter
Nestle Purina
2014.06 - 2015.04
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University Of Missouri - Columbia