As the senior Supply Chain and Operations Executive for a multi-billion dollar Private Brands business, Brad leads a large and diverse team of associates located in the USA, the Netherlands and China in the functions of Product Development, Quality, Product Regulatory Compliance, Global Sourcing, Manufacturing, Operations, Global Logistics and Customs Compliance. He has direct responsibility for private brand product development and purchases from Staples’ global contract manufacturers and he also provides cost management leadership for national brand purchases from OEM suppliers.A published author on the subject of negotiation, Brad has strong expertise in diverse and complex negotiations. He led the development of the sourcing strategies and the creation of sourcing teams to heavily leverage Staples’ strengths & market knowledge to achieve challenging profit improvement targets, delivering hundreds of millions of dollars of cost improvement over his tenure at Staples.Brad has extensive international business experience and has a proven track record of leveraging and deploying best practices across global teams. He is a creative and logical thinker and is not afraid to take risks. Brad is a strong and courageous technical leader with proven success starting new teams and ventures to achieve new company strategies.Brad holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Skilled at building, managing, and motivating teams, Brad has over 25 years of direct personnel management experience.Prior to Staples, Brad has a strong track record of success within the CPG, Automotive, and Industrial business segments. He served in business management, engineering, product development, production, quality and maintenance roles and holds expert knowledge about product manufacturing.