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New York, Ny, Us

Lead cross-functional NPD programs from concept, creative through product launch, including commercialization activities, with a focus on on-time, on-profitability, and on-quality delivery for new business startup in Coppell Texas.• Develop and maintain comprehensive program project plans, milestones, timelines, and budgets for new product initiatives utilizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to manage demand intake, prioritization, governance, project setup, resource management, monitoring, and KPI reporting.• Negotiated, drove decision-making processes by presenting data-driven insights and recommendations to global stakeholders.• Proactively monitored portfolio program health, identified risks, and implemented mitigation strategies to keep projects on time. • Managed relationships with external manufacturing partners and tier 1 vendors, ensuring smooth coordination.• Worked hands-on with product development, creative network teams, technical manufacturing, commercial teams to ensure program details were executed effectively and within timelines.• Provided leadership daily, clearly communicating plans, schedules, costs, and risks to working teams, stakeholders and senior management.• Oversaw and enforced the implementation and improvement of new product development, global team creative networks, prepress, marketing, commercialization teams and engineering processes/methods.• Ensured effective communication across cross-functional global teams (Product Development, Marketing, Creative, Prepress, Manufacturing, Logistics, Sales, etc.)• Allocated resources and ensured quality across multiple global projects concurrently.• Supported senior management's goals and direction while onboarding and training new team members.

Northbrook, Us

Achievements:• Consulting Services - Onboarded & trained 300 + employees in first-ever content management, eProcurement (Print, Digital Delivery) storefront solution for a large insurance company in Chicago and assembled onsite team SME's to transition from on-premise capabilities to a centralized online procurement services within 90 days with no service disruption at 40% below budget by initating a discovery & audit, implementing detailed project plans, workflows execution (setup, test, employee training, go-live) and enforcing strict change management controls.• Lead onsite cross-functional teams for the digital electronic procurement storefront of custom marketing personalization print & digital media, online supply chain and product maximization of current and future tools and platforms that improved go-to-market, efficiency from 30 days to two weeks.• Managed technical creation and optimization of complex automations, lifecycle program workflows and led a team of front-end developers, data analysts, and digital technologists to build solutions for each business case use, developed project plans, and brought new capabilities and digital marketing products to market.• Established strong relationship with outsourcing global provider RR Donnelley to develop mutually agreeable working processes for rehosting migration solutions using rigorous issue, risk, and change management systems for handling customer-driven campaigns and contractual changes during project execution.• Integrated a 24/7 self-service assistance contact center with AI-powered chatbots. Established more efficient communication across every digital channel with bots — and easily transfer interactions to a live agent while keeping the conversational context for simple to complex system orders to the supply chain. Trained employees to find, select, and order print & digital orders from a single source online system after outsourcing internal operations to RRD’s global production networks.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Client facing, point of contact on the global business solutions team developing and executing procurement solutions, category commercialization programs for major consumer packaged goods, food & beverage and healthcare pharmaceutical clients, multitasking simultaneously with key stakeholders, engineering, IT team, sales, clients and vendors. Extensive experience with procurement, global sourcing, vendor scaling, vendor performance management, manufacturing resource planning (ERP), material resource planning, fulfillment, budgeting, R&D, automated, content management, eProcurement solutions (Print-On-Demand), production management, global end-to-end supply chain management, forecasting, risk analysis, identifying cost benefit opportunities and improving global tier 1 production vendor service levels.Successfully identified material specifications (MRP), developed program statements of work (SOW), bill of materials (BOM), negotiated program pricing (eRFx, RFI, RFP, RFQ), while achieving budget, project milestones, on time product go-to-market (GTM) delivery and quality manufacturing compliance in alignment with contractual service level agreements and KPI scorecard metrics.Procurement Global Sourcing (SME) supported sales and clients on marketing product programs, budgeting strategy that met customer expectations (QMS), compliance management, digital automated product release management (B2B SaaS), e-commerce product order, (ePS) go lives to manufacturing, warehouse fulfillment distribution and logistics management. Successfully well versed with all product manufacturing platforms, which included global program product manufacturing, digital marketing product releases, print, packaging, ad hoc, direct mail, corrugated in-store displays, product labels, inventory management and procure-to-pay.Cross-functional team member, analyzed and transformed Donnelley’s product and technology offerings, into high impact, marketing vehicles for various top tier clients.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Managed 3D prototyping, manufacturing resource planning (ERP), materials resource planning (MRP) sourcing, fulfillment, procurement, product life cycle management, manufacturing management for Frito-Lay’s regional and global product programs.• Served as supply chain primary point of contact (SME) to clients, sales, engineers, suppliers, vendors and manufacturing teams to ensure requirements and client expectations were meet (QMS).• Generated electronic 3D renderings and prototypes for preproduction decision-making by clients and engineering to ensure most cost effective options. • Submitted procurement RFP’s, solicited bids to suppliers or vendors and negotiated pricing to ensure most advantageous price, terms, quality, speed to market delivery, and quality compliance for each product sourcing strategy. • Managed projects using enterprise resource planning software (ERP) through the pricing, manufacturing planning phase (BOMs), product specification analysis, risk analysis to ensure strict adherence to budget, cost, quality, terms and on time delivery within the supply chain and distribution points. • Oversaw pricing, vendor compliance management, service level agreements (SLAs), quality control and on time delivery utilizing metric reports and scorecards.• Conducted production meetings with Frito-Lay’s c-level management and global supply chain to ensure project planning milestones were met and proper creation of product adhered to client expectations. Achievements:• Introduced 3-D prototyping before the manufacturing stage to expedite the approval process and improve the speed to market from 60 days to 30 days.• Vastly reduced manufacturing lead times and procure-to-pay 60 days to 30 days, leveraging lean manufacturing/Six Sigma techniques by eliminating duplicate steps in the manufacturing process. • Reviewed, analyzed, negotiated and improved production lead times from 60 days to 30 days with standardized product manufacturing specifications.

Recruited to serve as lead consultant to build a profitable eCommerce, (ePS) niche as a firearms drop shipping dealership and GLOCK armorer service center in Denton, Texas; obtained regulatory federal ATF license, managed IT contractor solutions, hired/trained staff, coordinated with procurement government officials on contract orders, negotiated and established firearms product vendor partnerships as well as managing supply chain from initial online order and FBI background check to final delivery. Achievements:•Developed and deployed an online, e-commerce, end-to-end, product management solution to procure, process orders, inventory management, financial reporting, e4473 ATF compliance to final delivery.•Led category management, product sourcing, digital content engagement marketing, product procurement, inventory control/logistics, weapons maintenance records & product online sales in alignment with company marketing strategy and government ATF compliance.•Addressed specific needs of the firearm marketplace to enable Cerberus to become a market leader within the firearm industry and e-auction marketplace; delivering the most trusted, sophisticated, and intuitive online platform services in the firearms industry.•Developed relationships with law enforcement agencies and liquidation vendors in the US to accommodate e-bidding clients nationwide. •Created a successful business plan to source and sell to law enforcement agencies, rare firearm collectors and investors.•Established a national presence enabling Cerberus to become a eCommerce auctioneer and point of contact for providing functional support and assistance for ePS procurement systems supporting the North Texas Procure-to-Pay process applications.•Featured in the Annual Glock Autopistols Magazine by Harris Publications at the Shot Show in Las Vegas.• GLOCK Certified Armorer 2008 - 2027•Established, managed and facilitated startup operations within five months, increasing revenue 100% YOY.

Sussex, Wi, Us

Recruited by senior management to serve as a strategic product & technology sourcing, procurement, business process outsourcing (BPO) advisor for packaging commercialization, manufacturing services and liaison to major consumer products goods (CPG) retail and pharmaceutical clients; managed multichannel company relationships with tier 1 global vendors, suppliers, new product development (NPD), R&D, IT technology team, production operations, clients, creative team, supply chain management, globally dispersed project teams in the Asia specific region as well as in USA. •Key advisor on all business technology platforms, Print-On-Demand, including digital and traditional print production, prepress and photography, retail point-of-purchase, packaging, creative management.•Oversaw vendor relationship management, service level agreements, statements of work (SOW), bill of materials (BOMs), KPI metric vendor quality compliance, sourcing, procurement; managed competitive bid strategy to identify cost reductions buy soliciting bids via eRFx, RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, budgets, contacts, purchase orders that established best price, service, delivery times and terms, manufacturing speciations in alignment with the go-to-market strategy for product and technology service programs.Achievements:•Led team in landing a contract with PETCO in China as a result of deploying a product online order service solution (Print-On-Demand) for packaging orders and fulfillment orders to manufacturing vendors in the supply chain locations in China. This also gave the customer the ability to perform online proof approvals before final mass production and quality control compliance online. Led on-boarding and training onsite at the client location in San Diego and at the vendor sites in China. •Increased service offerings by 45% optimizing tier 1vendor partnerships and expanding international strategic business alliances.Vertis was an LBO that included The LTC Group (Laser Tech).

Negotiated and executed multimillion-dollar, electronics product commercialization programs from prototyping, creative development, packaging, sourcing, end-to-end procurement while writing final specifications for mass production orders (Oracle, BOMs) and managed globally dispersed teams. Accountable for full P&L responsibilities and contract manufacturing. Highlights:•Managed all product category management of orders from initial creative brief, go-to-market plans, manufacturing plans, raw materials (MRP) end-to-end procurement RFPs, BOMs, budgets, contracts, approvals to final distribution; negotiated on-time global delivery to our distribution centers and provided subject-matter expertise for all international product releases.•Recruited, hired, trained and managed procurement managers in China and served as key liaison between USA and China C-level executives; conducted market research, managed global vendor selection, metrics and quality compliance.•Used inter-company software Oracle ERP to manage enterprise planning, project tasks, production operations, creating budgets, soliciting bids for executing mass production for product orders and attending final pack-out in China on high visibility product launches for C-level management.Achievements:•Built a preferred vendor certification process to strengthen business partnerships between RadioShack and vendors in China; reduced the vendor base in China from 150 vendors to eight certified vendors leveraging global buy from $145M to $75M one year ahead of schedule and rate card pricing for each business case use. •Contributed to the redesign and implementation of new production processes as well as a global brand assurance program to improve quality, service levels and speed-to-market for product manufacturing in China.•Increased profitability significantly by reducing the packaging manufacturing operations process from 60 to 35 days.•Reduced production costs 40% by negotiating standardized pricing.

Irving, Tx, Us

Managed global sourcing, end-to-end procurement and manufacturing of licensed trading card and sport memorabilia products from design concept, prepress through supply chain, fulfillment & distribution. Identified and vetted vendor supplier manufacturers, vendor relationship management, soliciting bids for competitive bid analysis via RFI / RFP / RFQ / for raw materials and manufacturing production costs to identify cost savings. Produced the master manufacturing plan and specifications (ERP) (BOMs), purchase orders, managed raw materials, mass production, logistics, service level agreements (SLAs) and quality control levels. Coordinated design and development for product prototypes, packaging, and in-store point of purchase. Achievements:•Recruited by senior management to increase profitability by developing and implementing plans to secure international sourcing and manufacturing for licensed products and packaging in China. Served as Global Sourcing (SME) through the manufacturing supply chain process, logistics and fulfillment in China. •Consistently delivered production savings of 50% to 75% compared to domestic pricing•Gaining adaptability/flexibility in a dynamic market reducing product lead times from 14 weeks to 6 weeks.•Set company’s highest record for sales and profit margins by introducing newly sourced overseas manufacturing options and iconic collectable tin packaging in China.