ChristophSupply Chain Manager with two decades of experience

Relevant Skills

Leading a cross-functional inventory scrum teams, leading numerous projects to improve retail and operations sales, developing a SKU-based demand plans

Expertise Summary

Christoph is a seasoned cannabis Supply Chain Planning Leader with a wealth of experience across Cannabis & CPG companies.

- During his tenure at one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, he led a 15-member Supply Chain Planning team, achieving significant improvements in supply, demand, and inventory planning.

- - Christoph has extensive experience at premier food and beverage companies.
  - He also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Iona College and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance.

Christoph developed a regional S&OP process, leading a cross-functional inventory scrum team, resulting in over $50MM (20%) working capital improvements.

- He also created a SKU-based forecasting system generating over $100MM in incremental new product revenue while reducing production plans and inventory levels.
- He successfully integrated new acquisitions into the planning process and recommending SKU rationalization processes, eliminating bottom and low-margin SKUs.

Christoph led numerous projects to improve retail and operations sales and profitability, including identifying a new warehouse location, saving over $2MM in transportation costs/year.
In his most recent role as Vice President of Planning at a cannabis business, Christoph led the demand and production planning team, providing guidance for multiple brands and standardizing planning templates.

- He developed a SKU-based demand plan for the Southeast business, resulting in a 77% growth in Net Sales with inventory growing at half the rate.
- Christoph initiated a cross-functional inventory task force, reducing inventory by $50MM (20%) in the past 6 months.
- He also created a new SKU-based production planning model, leading to $10MM in Finished Goods savings.
- He recommended capacity and price increases on concentrates, high potency flower and gummies, driving millions of dollars of additional revenue.

LOOKING FOR:

Permanent

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

20

EXPERTISE:

Supply chain management for Cannabis & CPG companies

ChristophSupply Chain Manager with two decades of experience

Relevant Skills

Expertise Summary

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