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Atlanta

The Vice President of Global Supply Chain will be responsible for driving operational excellence and maximizing efficiency across our global supply chain network. This position will play a key role in developing and executing supply chain strategies and policies to ensure product availability while minimizing costs and optimizing processes. In addition.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Leads the strategy design and execution of the global sourcing team in the areas related to sourcing, transportation, warehousing, distribution and modification shops. - Leads to source finished goods and raw materials for the business needs. - Define and enhance Company's world-wide logistic strategy with a quality/service/cost optimization focus.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Leverages Company sourcing strategies and realizes maximum scale benefits, while meeting Brand merchandising objectives for product innovation and differentiation. - Enhances Brand New Product Development/Introduction process and ensures supplier readiness at product launch. Scope covers $700MM of direct material spend. - Works with suppliers, Company.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Manage the materials, identify cost reduction projects, develop recommendations, and implement initiatives that drive global sourcing improvements leveraging AOT and Simmons Canada, and assure lowest total cost of.
• Manage the supplier relationship to ensure suppliers’ performance meet in Simmons Products Material Strategy.
• Work with suppliers to innovate appealing, cost-effective & durable raw materials meeting all cost, regulatory, safety, quality, service, and exclusivity objectives.
• Lead systematic on-boarding of new suppliers and evaluation of existing supply base including Supplier Risk Assessments, Capacity Assessments, etc. Identify and develop alternative sources of supply to manage cost and.
• Manage product development programs for assigned commodities. Work with Advanced Sourcing, New Product Development and Testing/Compliance to assure timely launch of new components/suppliers for New Product Launches..
• Work with Sales/Marketing and STAR to develop and promote programs to use obsolete materials.

• To manage all global supplier relationships and to perform day to day supplier management activities that support the global purchasing process in Asia, Europe and South America. To facilitate stakeholder support for.
• Develop and execute strategies for key global commodities and suppliers to achieve year-on-year improvement in quality, delivery and cost in support of MBCI objectives.
• Identify, develop and manage new global sources in Asia, Europe and South America.
• Ensure the smooth operation of business units through continuous supply of goods and service.
• Work with suppliers to reduce costs through product standardization and consolidating supplier site locations.
• Develop requests for quotations and proposals, analyze supplier responses, negotiate and award contracts, and manage post-aware supplier activities

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team to initiate and execute Kimball’s Hospitality global supply chain processes. Develope strategic plan to gain a competitive edge by maximizing the efficiency of international.
• Team in National Brand marketing group and successfully launched 1st office furniture import program. Lead supplier chain actions and improved supply chain efficiency by initiating actions to correct schedule.
• Lead cost saving activities across current projects and new product developments which consisted of components standardization.
• Negotiate contract terms with major ODM / OEM subcontractors & their second tier raw material sub-supplier.
• Lead to improve the business process with 2 international representative offices.

• Analyzed market trends & opportunities of international furniture industry. Developed global sourcing strategic plans & implemented multinational industry competitive analysis. Strategically planned various aspects of.
• Acted as an advisor to the VP of Operations on matters of plant and supplier selection, risk management projects plans and production expansion.
• Teamed to establish & develop Asian branch offices in China & Malaysia. Initiated & refined standardize operation systems between Kimball US & Asian vendors in China achieving seamless information workflows, processes.

• Develop strategic marketing plan to target market segments for Popular Mechanics.
• Establish long-range and short-term marketing and sales and budget objectives consistent with Hurst Global marketing & sales initiatives.

Mba, Supply Chain Management & Marketing

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Bachelor, Economics/ International Business

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