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Flower Mound, Texas, United States

Flower Mound, Texas, United States

Denton, Texas, United States

• I serve as the internal product specialist who applies his deep knowledge of customers and competitors to drive the development of product positioning that resonates with the target market. Key achievements include:
• Introduced innovative strategies that increased revenue by 18% ($25M) YoY with a 2% margin growth.
• Deployed a full-scope program that improved heavy industrial line with growth from $2.5M to $12M.
• Partnered with the Sales team in the development of a new retail channel at Northern Tools that generated a $5M growth.
• Delivered a vitality index of 21% that realized $24M in new product sales.
• Led annual engagement efforts with the ESAB Distributor advisor council (EDAC) to test new ideas and gather candid feedback of performance and competitive intelligence; leveraged feedback in the launch of new programs.

Denton TX

• In this role I led a team through the ideation, development, and management of a product portfolio, where I was able to advance global revenue growth through effective branding, cost structure alignment, manufacturing.
• Built a three-year roadmap that offered sustainable revenue and ongoing margin growth.
• I utilized my expertise to produce a 7% revenue growth and a 3% margin growth within a declining market.
• Championed the adoption of a global product strategy that strengthened and reinforced the brand.
• I implemented OEM accessories for ESAB machines that delivered ongoing value and growth.
• Cross-collaborated with the Sales and Marketing teams to develop new strategies that gained market share.

Denton, TX

• Here, I advanced the Policy Deployment initiative that focused on supporting the Spare parts business. Some key achievements include:
• Designed current value stream maps and to-be states that developed and drove a concise execution plan.
• Streamlined operations and product portfolio to enhance the customer experience.
• Fully overhauled the organizational structure producing a more effective and customer-centric team.
• Implemented business cases that championed an investment of $2.5M in the distribution network.
• Initiated new strategies that ensured a 94% on-time delivery, ahead of a previous 60% guarantee and shifted late order lead times from 20+ days to 7 days.

Denton

• Here, I was the global strategic backbone that steered all sourcing, demand planning, distribution, and transportation decision making. Some key achievements include:
• The development of applications that supported a wide scope of projects with an annual cost savings of $30M+.
• Designed global performance metrics, processes, and applications that enhanced operational excellence and customer service
• Spearheaded process and application development for Kanban implementation utilizing Kaizen events.
• Architected an Integrated Business Planning application that synchronized the supply chain.
• Created global freight cost and mode analytics that supported optimization efforts and delivered an annual savings of $2M+.

Richardson TX

Managed retail and distribution stocking levels for over 200 retail stores. Implemented processes to streamline new store initial stocking plans and existing store customer attrition planing. Formalized stocking policies for the distribution and retail outlets.

Denton

Design global performance metrics, processes, and application development to enhance Supply Chain operational excellence and exceptional customer service.

Strategic leadership and daily exception management of production planning, procurement and inventory control at 4 divisions in the US and Mexico. Created and implemented a strategic roadmap for the North American Materials team. Championed product and vendor rationalization to effectively manage cost basis and agility. Managed the materials budget and.

Holistic approach with business intelligence skills to effectively synchronize supply with $350M global demand and optimize inventory distribution.Facilitated S&OP meetings with senior functional management to derive consensus to plan. Oversaw forecast and MPS for ~24000 sku's across multiple sites. Managed NPI coordination, promotions, market basket and.

Strong analytical skills to statistically collect, analyze and present data to make facts based decision and thus derive optimum results by balancing with extrinsic and leading Indicators

Balance between research and real world production planning expertise to make optimal run quantities and sequences to achieve the tradeoffs between Inventory, customer satisfaction and production efficiency

Planning and execution of storage systems production and procurement with vendor managed inventory

Executive Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Ms, Industrial And Manufacturing Engineering, 3.8

Bachelor’S Degree, Automobile/Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class With Distinction

High School, Math And Science Major

High School