Jake Kerk
Supply Chain & Operations Leader | Strategy, Risk & Organizational Enablement
- Role
- Senior Manager, Delivery Logistics & Planning at I-CAR
- Location
- Appleton, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jake Kerk
I’m a supply chain and operations leader focused on organizational enablement — designing systems, processes, and capabilities that help teams operate more effectively and reduce risk over time.I began my career in sales and account management, which gave me a strong customer perspective early on. Over time, I found my greatest impact came not from frontline execution, but from identifying structural issues, building durable processes, and enabling leaders and teams to perform at a higher level. That path led me into supply chain, operations, and cross-organizational problem solving.My work centers on translating complexity into clarity — whether that’s improving planning and fulfillment flows, standing up vendor and contract management capabilities, or aligning stakeholders across departments to drive sustainable results. I’m especially energized by internal-facing work that strengthens how an organization functions as a whole.I’m known for calm, thoughtful leadership, strong judgment in ambiguous situations, and the ability to bring structure to complex, cross-functional challenges. I value collaboration, clear decision-making, and building solutions that hold up over time, and I take pride in developing leaders and teams who can operate confidently without reliance on heroics.
Experience
Senior Manager, Delivery Logistics & Planning
May 2019 — Present · Appleton, WI, US
Education
Fox Valley Technical College
Management Development
2007 — 2010
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Business Administration
2010 — 2012
Skills
- Vendor Managed Inventory
- Problem Solving
- Purchase Requisitions
- Personnel Supervision
- Interdepartmental Relations
- Accounts Payable
- Warehouse Management
- Epicor
- Project Management
- Analytics
- Internal Communications
- Cycle Counting
- Purchase Orders
- Inventory Planning
- Pricing Analysis
- Responsiveness
- Transfer Pricing
- Cost Savings
- Manufacturing
- Accounts Receivable
- Supplier Negotiation
- Negotiation
- Sales
- Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
- Customer Service
- Budgets
- Erp
- Business Process Improvement
- Purchasing Processes
- Competitive
- Account Management
- Purchasing
- Vendor Relationships
- Process Improvement
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