Relevant Experience
Doug joined P&C after 15 years of Fortune 200 industry and Big-4 consulting experience focused on global supply chain operations with extensive experience in multi-tier distribution industries. Specific functional processes include sales and operations planning (S&OP), procurement, international logistics, and distribution planning. The engagements are typically rapid analysis methodologies demonstrating operational and financial improvement opportunities, which in turn enable our clients to realize sustainable supply chain process improvements.

Prior to P&C, Doug served as a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Advisory Practice. In industry, he served as Vice President of Supply Chain and Systems for Golden Distributing/Coors Brewing Company.

Specific Global Clients
T-Mobile
BP
Raytheon
SC Johnson
MolsonCoors
Detroit Diesel
American Eagle Outfitters
Michael’s

Specific Client Accomplishments
· Lead the supply chain transformation efforts of a $300B global, integrated energy company. Conducted an initial ‘private equity’ style financial analysis to identify process improvement hypotheses and detailed field work to incorporate specific costs, working capital, and service level improvements. Follow on work included redefining the decision processes between the core business units and centralized supply chain organizations.
· Lead the 5 week rapid assessment of a $ 25B global industrial manufacturer’s sales and operations planning processes to identify a portfolio of potential cost take outs. We identified millions of dollars in savings (1.8% of COGS) that will improve the overall material planning and execution processes, from source to customer, by improving management’s ability to better utilize a continuous improvement decision making framework.
· Conducted an analysis of a $ 10B global CPG’s multi-tier European supply chain network from outsourced manufacturing, in-house manufacturing to the marketing companies and customer distribution centers of 15 nations.
· Led the supply chain working capital improvement effort for a $22B global defense contractor.
Additional Client Accomplishments
· Lead the strategic logistics business unit transformation effort of a $4B industrial manufacturer to integrate core supply chain processes into the S&Op program.
· Lead an operational productivity analysis for a global parcel and 3pl provider.
· Developed a strategic outsourcing engagement model for a global parcel and 3pl provider.
· Lead the analysis of a major US retailer’s international transportation business unit, domestic distribution and logistics organizations to identify reductions in cost and working capital.
· Conducted operational due diligence and supply chain integration for industrial and consumer companies involved in M&A effort.
· Conducted a transportation rate and mode analysis for the US operations of a global industrial manufacturer.
· Conducted an outsourcing feasibility study for a major US retailer’s warehouse operations.
· Designed a demand driven supply chain architecture for a global CPG company utilizing a KPI metric continuous improvement structure for service, sales forecasting, and replenishment.
· Conducted trade process improvements in multi-tiered product environment that improved net-landed inventory costs (including sourcing, transportation, distribution, and pricing).
· Lead the international supply chain sustainability analysis for a top 15 US based Asian importer.
· Designed a supply chain system integrating the core sales and operations functions across a 600 company, multi-tiered DSD market model. This system outlined an operational dashboard across the entire system to provide better information for the core business drivers of sales and inventory metrics, as well as other key financial components.
· Conducted an efficiency analysis of a major US retailer’s warehouse QA organization. Performed Trade Funds analysis and optimization across supplier, distributor, and retail processes to determine the balance of profit, inventory, customer channel, and operational service requirements.
· Served on RFID Leadership team that performed business case analysis, tag/reader lab tests and analysis, and packaging requirements for both Wal-Mart retailer mandate and internal utilization as well.
· Implemented a P-Card initiative for the procurement/sourcing of direct/in-direct materials that incorporated pricing policy, time restriction, product procedures, and corporate roles.
· Performed CPG brand analysis and profitability studies that involved transportation route optimization, governance modeling, and sales best practices.
· Developed a Quality at Retail program that helped ensure product freshness with route planning, replenishment execution, and sales forecasting.
· Developed an on-line, real time seat inventory system for a theater chain.
· Delivered a business impact analysis study to determine disaster recovery processes and procedures for a global retailer.

Background
Mr. Cochran’s experience in industry, consulting, and business development leadership provides him with a unique capability of supply chain thought leadership. He brings an ability to examine a customer’s business and technical challenges throughout their supply chain and creatively develop successful solutions that deliver measurable results, value, and trust.