1. Patrice M Jordan
(847)915-0369 1700 Ovaltine Court Unit 1721, Villa Park, IL pjordan@kraftfoods.com
Career Objective
Proven ability to recognize an individual’s strengths and opportunities, educational acumen, and external experiences
and leverage those attributes and make them attractive to future careers/employers. Looking to utilize these personal
and professional experiences to develop and coach individuals in their personal development and career progression.
Education/Personal Experiences
M.B.A. – Management – Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, IL
B.B.A. – Accounting – Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
High School Athletics – Softball, Basketball, Field Hockey; Female Athlete of the Year Senior Year
Key Core Competencies
Coaching, Developing, & Motivating
Others
Self-Awareness, Personal Learning, &
Relationship Building
Building and Enabling Effective
Teams; Team Leadership
Integrity and Trustworthy Listening & Effectual Communication Managerial & Interpersonal Courage
Organizational & Strategic Agility Business Acumen Process Management; Drive Results
Accomplishments Supporting Career Objective
Coaching, Developing, & Motivating Others
 Ensure every team member has personal/career development plans in place; support successful completion of
plans
 Design and Lead Job Fairs at the Corporate HQ providing visibility to all functional areas; train on relationship
building; provide avenue for scheduling 1:1s/relationship building; assist in translating career desires into plans
 Regularly requested to coach/mentor; guiding individuals in personal/career development, relationship building
Building & Enabling Effective Teams; Team Leadership
 Build plant operator capabilities using Servant Leader and Learn Do Teach Model
 As a Leader in the Navy, responsible for military team both professionally and personally; Role expanded to their
Families and activated Reservists during Operation Desert Storm - First Gulf War.
 Through athletic experiences as participant, team captain, and coach, understand the effectiveness of building and
enabling teams to be successful; successfully leveraged these experiences and learnings throughout career
Self-Awareness, Personal Learning, Relationship Building
 Independently seek out individuals and built relationships to develop myself personally and professionally.
 Seek out feedback regularly in order to create strategies to work on opportunities and further develop strengths
 Through relationships and 1:1’s, seek out what is needed to progress my career and build the skill sets for my next
desired role, implement plans for personal learning, work experiences and relationship building.
 As part of personal development/learning, attend seminars/training to increase knowledge and capabilities around
coaching, developing, motivating, and team leadership. Seminars include: Managing for Impact, Transforming
Organizational Leadership, Myers-Briggs/True Colors, and External Personal Development/Networking

2. Professional Experience
KRAFT FOODS/PHILIP MORRIS
1995 – Present
Manufacturing Business Process Excellence – Northfield, IL ▪ January 2014 – present
Lead teams which define and streamline core manufacturing processes across Kraft Foods Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) and
ensure the business processes and tools are in place to allow the employees to be successful.
Plant Manager – Campbell, NY ▪ June 2012 – January 2014
Led all functions teams across the plant focusing first on people and product safety; ensured all business objectives and short, mid,
long range plans in place and executed to increase efficiency and profitability of the facility; Implemented Servant Leadership;
Learn Do Teach model to build capabilities
Business Unit Manager – Kendallville, IN ▪ July 2010 – June 2012
Led manufacturing teams within plant focusing first on people and product safety; ensured product manufactured met the
company’s standards, policies and practices. Implemented Servant Leadership; Learn Do Teach model to build capabilities; ensu red
all business objectives of facilities were met
Associate Director, Procurement/Business Process Lead – Northfield/Glenview, IL ▪ Sep 2006 – Jul 2010
Led team responsible for strategy, organizational transformation, and business process design supporting new Indirect
Procurement tool; Team led change management efforts around impacted functions within Integrated Supply Chain.
Associate Director, Indirect Materials & Services – Northfield, IL ▪ May 2005 – September 2006
Led team focused on procurement programs around Environmental Sustainability, Engineering Services, Auxiliary Equipment,
Material Handling Equipment, and Indirect Procurement Transformation.
Associate Director, Area/Sector Procurement – Suwannee, GA / Glenview, IL ▪ August 2003 – May 2005
Led South/Great Lakes (SGL) Area and Cheese & Dairy Business Unit procurement teams, as well as establishing new centralized
Environmental Sustainability platform to support all areas.
Senior Manager, Energy – Northfield, IL ▪ May 2001 – August 2003
Managed activities related to procurement of Energy (Natural Gas and Electricity) across Kraft NA.
Category Logistics Manager – Glenview, IL ▪ April 2000 – May 2001
Developed production planning and inventory deployment strategies to meet customer service level objectives
Logistics Methods Manager/Materials Manager – Glenview, IL ▪ July 1997 – April 2000
Developed and managed inventory replenishment strategies and requirements for direct materials and led plant implementations of
the Planning and Procurement functions related to MRP System implementation
Operational Auditor, Philip Morris – Northfield, IL ▪ May 1995 – July 1997
UNITED STATES NAVY
September 1989 – March 1995
Director, Resource Management, US Naval Dental Center Europe – Naples, Italy ▪ October 1993 – March 1995
Directed teams responsible for activities related to resources including budget,construction,inventories. Led both military and
civilian (US and Italian) team members
Medical Logistics Manager/Resource Manager, U.S. Naval Hospital – Long Beach, CA ▪ Nov 1989 – Oct 1995
Led teams responsible for medical supply planning, maintenance and repair, operational budget, and hospital operations
during Desert Storm. Led both military and civilian teams.