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Peter Kearns

Meaford,ON

Summary

Dedicated Logistics professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in adapting the business to SAP and configuring SAP to suit the business with minimal development.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Logistics Centre of Excellence Lead

Brewers Retail
02.2022 - 04.2024
  • Identified areas for enhancement or optimization in support of continuous improvement targets.
  • Updated and resolved incidents objectively to minimize impacts
  • Optimized resource allocation, delivering projects on schedule while reducing costs.
  • Mentored team members, fostering a culture of learning and development within the organization.


SAP EWM/MM Business Team Lead

Brewers Retail
05.2012 - 05.2022
  • Worked with the business to develop a list of key deliverables for the SAP ERP/EWM implementation.
  • Performed the fit/gap analysis to develop a project scope. Found transportation planning and pallet build logic lacking in SAP standard functionality.
  • Sourced Ortec as the external partner to provide the missing functionality. SAP agreed TM could not meet our needs and Ortec already had namespace inside SAP.
  • Routing provided an already excellent tool that also included load planning. Worked with them to develop pallet building that integrated seamlessly into load planning.
  • Took the Ortec pallet build outputs and used them to create EWM Order picking warehouse orders and tasks.
  • Simplified RF functions to minimize training required to on board new employees for this entry level function. Incidentally, the support required to go-live was also substantially reduced.
  • The end result was the creation of a good deployment plan that could be executed exactly as planned.


Ontario Logistics Manager

Molson Canada
05.1989 - 04.2011
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by closely monitoring order fulfillment and addressing issues promptly.
  • Created a collaborative team consisting of the warehouse, production, forecast and fleet managers to ensure we produced optimized all operations when working to the 'right product, right place and right time' directive.
  • Negotiated contracts with outside providers and rates for facility leases to minimize costs to company.
  • Negotiated transportation and logistics contracts to reduce shipping costs.
  • Developed and implemented SAP eWM to the Ontario warehouses and TRM in the large Quebec warehouse to ensure streamlined logistics processes efficient inventory management systems.


SAP SD Business Lead

Molson Canada
05.1999 - 11.2005
  • Responsible for blue printing sales and distribution process for English Canada as well as our US export operation.
  • Only the export business was determined to be make to order. All other was make to stock.
  • Worked with the production planning team to determine a replacement for SAP APO which was unsuitable for brewery operations planning.
  • Source INFOR as the supplier for both forecasting and a cost based Advanced Planning tool that could provide detailed production plans and subsequent network deployments.
  • Worked with the developers to create interfaces with our distribution partners to provide our planning tool with near real time sales and inventory positions.
  • SAP ERP go-lives in 5 breweries and 14 warehouses went on time and in budget.
  • Championed organizational change initiatives that led to significant improvements in internal processes, culture, and eventually, employee engagement.


Transportation Planner

Molson Canada
04.1989 - 05.1999


  • Developed transparent processes to manage the company fleet and unionized work force.
  • Worked with my boss and our counterparts at our only customer (Brewers Retail) to expand the delivery window which allowed for an equipment reduction from 108 tractors to 34 in 2 facilities.
  • Moved from 2 independently managed fleets to 1 with 1 integrated dispatch plan.
  • Learned our sales order process in order to ensure both sales and distribution processes were aligned.

Skills

  • Cost analysis and savings
  • Revenue Forecasting
  • Resource Allocation
  • Program Optimization
  • Logistics
  • Decision-Making
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Strategic Planning
  • Change Management
  • Proficient in SAP ERP and EWM
  • Team Leadership

Timeline

Logistics Centre of Excellence Lead

Brewers Retail
02.2022 - 04.2024

SAP EWM/MM Business Team Lead

Brewers Retail
05.2012 - 05.2022

SAP SD Business Lead

Molson Canada
05.1999 - 11.2005

Ontario Logistics Manager

Molson Canada
05.1989 - 04.2011

Transportation Planner

Molson Canada
04.1989 - 05.1999

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