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Middlebury, CT, US

New York, NY, US

• Reporting to CEO, responsible for the supply chain operations, delivering a stellar quality customer experience and build scale for double digit growth. Led a team of ~120 with a $27M operating budget.
• Designed a value chain vision and launched a 3-year supply chain technology roadmap to innovate, automate and integrate operations in support of the company’s strategic 2X growth goals.
• Drastically improved vendor delivery and quality performance from 40% to 95%+ on time and from 6%+ to less than 2% quality rejection rate, reduced inventory by $5M and cut lead-times through vendor management.
• Delivered 20%/$1M in annual freight savings and 30%/$500K packaging savings while migrating to sustainable materials through launch and execution of freight RFQ and packaging resourcing.
• Created a culture of continuous improvement which drove significant operational efficiencies and lead time reduction, cutting in half customer repairs turn-around-time, through Lean training of 30% of the workforce.

Middlebury, CT, US

• Reporting to CEO, responsible for the global operations management including factories in the Philippines (2000+ employees), India (300+ employees), China (300+ employees), France (100+ employees), sourcing, demand and.
• Increased Group gross margin by 5% and realized $80M savings over 5 years through the creation and execution of a 5-year strategic plan to cut supply chain costs with quarterly update to the Timex board.
• Captured $10M in sourcing annual savings and mitigated supply risks with vendor bases in India and China which allowed producing and selling products without disruption throughout the COVID crisis.
• Captured $6M in overhead annual savings, increased asset utilization by 25% through manufacturing and distribution network optimization while adding new core manufacturing capabilities.
• Radically cut manufacturing cycle time from 5 weeks to 4 days through operations transformation from build-to-forecast to Lean 1-piece flow build-to-order and Visual Factory implementation.
• Established Quality development program to align standards across factories, train vendors and establish customer feedback loop to drive continuous quality improvement.

Middlebury, CT, US

• Led global demand & supply planning team of 20 and New Product Development team (NPD) of 20 employees US and Hong Kong responsible for on-time and at-cost for over 1K new product launches per year.
• Revamped Stage Gate NPD process leading to 98% on time performance, at cost.
• Created design guidelines and supporting CAD files to help product teams meet gross margin targets.
• Reduced NPD cycle from 18 to 6 months on selected products through a “quick react” process.

Middlebury, CT, US

• Led global demand & supply planning team with 20 employees in the US, UK, Hong Kong and Mexico to generate a monthly, 18-month rolling SKU level sales forecast and drove S&OP to create one company operating plan. Drove.
• Implemented and led Integrated Business Planning S&OP discipline with sales, product, marketing and finance teams leading to full year operating plan monthly sign-off with CEO and executive team.
• Deployed Oracle Demantra demand planning tool to create a statistical driven SKU level 18 month rolling sales forecast shaped with regional sales a customer specific promotional insights.
• Improved mix forecast accuracy (6500 SKUs) from 21% to 64% and increased fill rates from 86% to 95% through collaborative planning with key accounts such as Walmart, Amazon and Target.
• Executed $20M inventory reduction and $5M annual obsolescence reduction.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Led program management team of 5 and cost management team of 5, responsible for the timeliness and accuracy of product costs and support for large commercial bids.
• Delivered $500M cost of sale reductions by collaborating with R&D and procurement teams to use Design For Cost and Absolute Best Costing discipline.
• Repurposed the costing team from data accuracy tracking to supporting profitable costumer bids yielding higher success rates by linking commercial bids with targeted vendor cost negotiations.
• Led market research and financial analysis supporting the launch of entry level commercial products for emerging markets.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Led program management team of 5 responsible for driving transformation and optimization projects through problem solving, cross Business Unit collaboration and cross functional teamwork.
• Managed program to merge HP and Compaq manufacturing networks successfully implementing a hybrid model of inhouse and outsourced manufacturing yielding $30M in cost savings per year.
• Led HP’s Argentina & Brazil supply chain optimization and CM selection resulting in $2M savings/year.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Managed portfolio of 70 corporate accounts including Philips, Delta Airlines, John Deere, AOL, Fedex, 3M with $300M revenue. Led account fulfillment and inventory management teams with a total of 12 employees.
• Helped grow HP Direct revenue from $200M to $300M through stellar service levels (Fedex award).
• Improved on time delivery from 70% to 90% and forecast accuracy from 40% to 80%.
• Drove HP Direct account operations merger with Compaq Direct account operations.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Responsible for providing global project management leadership for the manufacturing of motherboards across China, France, Mexico, Singapore, U.S to reduce cost of sales and working capital.
• Re-engineered supply processes from sub-assembly component suppliers to final assembly sites.
• Reduced inventory liability from $80 to $20M and yearly inventory excess from $20M to $5M.
• Implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) processes worldwide.
• Contributed to RFQ and selection of motherboard Contract Manufacturer in Mexico (NatSteel).

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Responsible to ensure product availability for 6 factories in China (Shanghai), France (Grenoble), Mexico (Guadalajara), Singapore, US (Roseville, Huntsville) while optimizing delivery costs and working capital.
• Negotiated contractual terms and implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) process and supporting Web based tool (LiteWeb) with factories worldwide leading to $15M inventory reduction from 4 weeks to 1 week of supply.
• Supported quarterly performance reviews of vendors for business allocation award based on Technology, Quality, Responsiveness, Delivery and Costs (HP TQRDC methodology).

Paris, Île-de-France, FR

• Supported UK Distribution Division Controller with reporting (daily flash, weekly sales, monthly Gross Margin, Quarterly P&L, Annual Balance sheet reconciliation), operations process improvements and special projects.
• Standardized financial and quality reporting.
• Developed and implemented distribution costs monthly reporting.
• Put under control warranty returns of car alternator cores.
• Drove financial analysis on new distribution center leading to the relocations to a new site.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration

Master Of Science - Ms, Finance

Classes Preparatoires Hec (Undergrad), Business

French Baccalaureate, Mathematics & Physics