Jon McKinney has over 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and logistics management. He has held various leadership roles at companies like Kraft Foods, Farleys and Sathers Candy Company, Regions Financial Corporation, and Coca-Cola North America. Throughout his career, McKinney has delivered significant cost savings through initiatives like inventory reduction, contract negotiations, and commodity purchasing. He has also improved business operations by implementing new planning systems, coordinating production across multiple facilities, and integrating departments. McKinney's experience spans categories such as food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and more.
2. Education Eastern Illinois University BA in Business Management Completed degree while working full time and with an active family at home Kraft provided continuous improvement education throughout my career. 2
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4. Team leader for implementation of the Logility Supply Planning module
14. Coordinated the installation of nine new carton fillers for chilled juices across seven facilities, including four co-manufacturing facilities6
15. Key Learnings – Take-Aways Increased knowledge for coordinating operations of multiple facilities Enhanced communications skills in presenting to upper management and to the co-manufacturing partners Development of product factsheets 7
16. International Diverse Foods (HJ Heinz)Director of Procurement Major Accomplishments: Achieved a $1.3 mm savings in commodity purchases in one year for a $100 million dollar company Integrated the Production Planning and Scheduling and the Inventory Control areas into the Purchasing Department Implemented a cycle counting process and reduced the number of physical inventories for the company Implemented a new planning system 8
17. Key Learnings - Take-Aways New knowledge gained for the purchasing of commodities Gained Marketing and Sales knowledge Increased knowledge of MRO and capital purchasing 9