Supply Chain Manager Resume Example
A senior supply chain manager with 12 years in consumer goods who owns the supply plan for a housewares brand, CSCP and CPIM certified, with a disruption story and an SAP IBP go-live.
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Why it works
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“Supply chain manager, 12 years in consumer goods. Owns the supply plan for a $180M housewares brand: $72M spend, 150 suppliers in 6 countries, 2,400 SKUs.”
Opens with network scope in the field's standard measures: spend, suppliers, countries and SKUs. That sizes the job in one line.
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“Took inventory turns from 4.1 to 6.3 by renegotiating MOQs with the top 25 suppliers, freeing $4.2M in cash”
Metric before and after, the lever pulled and the cash result. Tying it to working capital is what a finance-minded director reads for.
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“Re-sourced 34% of components in 10 weeks when a tier-one supplier in Vietnam closed, holding stockouts to 6 days”
A disruption story with speed and damage held to a number. It answers the interview question before it is asked.
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“Led the SAP IBP go-live for 2,400 SKUs. Forecast error (MAPE) fell from 38% to 24% in the first two quarters”
Names the planning tool and what changed after go-live, so the system reads as a result instead of a keyword.
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“Raised fill rate from 91% to 97.5% across 1,100 SKUs by resetting safety stock on the top 200 by volume”
Says which SKUs got the attention and why. Focusing on the top 200 by volume shows planning judgment, not just a better number.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
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Dakota Brennan Senior Supply Chain Manager | S&OP, Sourcing, SAP IBP Memphis, TN | dakota.brennan@example.com SUMMARY Supply chain manager, 12 years in consumer goods. Owns the supply plan for a $180M housewares brand: $72M spend, 150 suppliers in 6 countries, 2,400 SKUs. EXPERIENCE Senior Supply Chain Manager, Ridgeway Home Goods | Apr 2020 - Present - Took inventory turns from 4.1 to 6.3 by renegotiating MOQs with the top 25 suppliers, freeing $4.2M in cash - Re-sourced 34% of components in 10 weeks when a tier-one supplier in Vietnam closed, holding stockouts to 6 days - Raised OTIF to retail customers from 88% to 96% in 18 months, ending $1.1M a year in chargebacks - Led the SAP IBP go-live for 2,400 SKUs. Forecast error (MAPE) fell from 38% to 24% in the first two quarters - Own the supply plan in monthly S&OP with the COO and 4 VPs, covering 3 DCs Supply Planning Manager, Delta Pantry Foods | Jul 2014 - Mar 2020 - Cut inbound freight spend 14% ($2.3M) by moving 3 lanes from LTL to consolidated truckload and rebidding 2 carriers - Raised fill rate from 91% to 97.5% across 1,100 SKUs by resetting safety stock on the top 200 by volume EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS B.S. Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014 CSCP (ASCM), 2019. CPIM (ASCM), 2017 SKILLS SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, Manhattan WMS, S&OP, Supplier negotiation, Inventory optimization, Freight procurement
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