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, key focuses include designing and implementing the global footprint network, mitigating supply risk, and optimizing the organization's operation process. This person will also report to the CEO to help manage the overseas plants. Global Footprint Strategy: Design and implement a global sourcing strategy to position key products as cost leaders in the industry. Assess sourcing options and identify cost-saving opportunities. Optimize the global supply chain network to streamline operations and reduce costs.Policy and Process Development: Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.Demand Management and Forecasting: Develop a high-performing team, processes, and tools for accurate demand forecasting and inventory management. Implement IT system support to enhance forecasting accuracy. Lead the team to ensure products are available on time to meet customer demands while minimizing excess inventory.Risk Management and Contingency Planning: Identify potential risks in the supply chain and develop contingency plans to mitigate them. Ensure resilience and flexibility in the supply chain to respond to disruptions effectively. Identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to optimize processes and increase efficiency.Leadership and Talent Development: Lead and develop the supply chain team, including hiring, training, and mentoring personnel.

- 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 consistent with Company's growth direction. - Work with CEO directly to optimize China operations such as manufacturing efficiency, productivity, quality control and delivery etc. - Develop, coach and lead supply chain teams, while setting measurable goals and objectives to measure success. Improve Employee satisfaction score.

- 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 Centralized Spend Management, and Brand Merchandising teams to identify and bring to market compelling innovation in support of the Serta Brand products. - Provides leadership and influence during New Product Development efforts to maximize value opportunity (margin) through the supply chain and product design process, Design to Value, VAVE, and 3PL. - Applies project management tools to ensure 100% supplier readiness at launch and minimize material exposure/obsolescence at end of life.

• 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 assigned commodities. • 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 supply risks.• 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. Plan phase-in of new materials and phase-out of obsolete materials. • Work with Sales/Marketing and STAR to develop and promote programs to use obsolete materials.• Continuously improve supply chain performance against Innovation, Safety, Quality, Service, and Cost objectives.• Develop tools and solutions to improve current Sourcing processes and remove waste/cost from the business Develop and track cost drivers for assigned commodities. Use cost drivers as predictive tool for cost/pricing of raw 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 global sourcing strategies with Operations, Quality, Finance and Marketing.Accountabilities: 
• 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 sourcing activities including product development, OEM/ODM, pricing negotiation, production, logistical operation and inventory control.• 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 deviations, excessive costs, material shortages and other deterrent factors. • 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 the company from site selection and personnel selection to training and development.• 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 and technology transfer.

• 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.