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Happily pursing FIRE, open to consultancy or coaching situations

Mountain View, CA, US

Lead the global supply chain for a high growth, fast paced organization where we empower people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives. Responsibilities include S&OP, planning, forecasting, inventory management, risk management, forward and reverse logistics and manufacturing operations.

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Joined 23andMe to lead the supply chain organization including planning, procurement, sourcing, inventory management, and logistics. Guided the organization through its most significant growth period since inception.
• Enabled explosive growth (500% in 2 years) by launching new products, channels, and enabling new customer experiences such as gifting and product customization. Worked across multiple channels including eCommerce.
• Ultimate responsibility to ensure product is available for sale globally to all customers across all channels (eCommerce, Retail customers, and Amazon). Required strategically planning and working proactively with.
• Increased manufacturing and fulfillment throughput by >500% across the entire supply chain to sustain a 1-day customer SLA commitment with minimal investment.
• Worked with an existing partner to open a 2nd domestic distribution center in less than 6 months to double capacity and ensure continuity of supply to customers.
• Strategically developed the supply chain organization adding key new competencies to the organization that facilitated company success. Starting with a team of three, added (at the appropriate time) planning.

San Jose, CA, US

• In December the company laid off >50% of the workforce when it cancelled the commercial launch of Revolocity and transformed to an organisation to solely support the clinical work of the parent company BGI. Prior to.
• Mitigated 30% cost to the company by negotiating new commercial terms with multiple suppliers when the company halted commercialization efforts.
• Partnered with the CFO to manage through Q4 cash shortage ensuring supply of goods to the company while maintaining good relationships with global suppliers.
• Selected to lead operations for 1st customer deployments (UK, Australia, Netherlands) for Revolocity.
• Created business models for end to end supply chain planning and energized team engagement in continuous improvement / Kaizen activities.

Billerica, MA, US

• Senior Director Procurement & Supply Chain 2009-2013Director Procurement & Supply Chain 2008Led Global S&OP implementation 2007-2008Director Procurement 2006-2007Procurement manager 2005Global operations finance.
• Transformed tactical, localized purchasing function into a global strategic procurement organization;: recognized for innovation and business value (ISM’s Richter award finalist); procurement best practices (APQC)..
• Led global S&OP implementation that improved on time delivery to 98%, inventory flexibility and reduced product costs by 7%.
• Improved speed and quality of new product introduction by creating procurement processes and tools that enabled proactive, strategic supplier selection that resulted in better product quality and material availability.
• Led cross functional team to create Asian contract manufacturing capability in Japan, South Korea and China. Enabled competitive sales advantage, improved lead time and lowered product costs 20%.
• Designed end to end supply chain for current and emerging products to meet quality, service and financial goals. Managed global inventory ($90M) to achieve cash flow and profit/loss goals.

After the business unit I was a part of was acquired, I decided to voluntarily leave Nortel. I attended a culinary school in France and subsequently (and very unplanned) designed, wrote and co-authored a cookbook with the instructor. Managed all activities from concept through development to launch including local business development and commercialization.

CA

• Strategic planning, product life-cycle management, and P&L responsibility for reporting, analytical and RoR product categories.
• Launched a new product that led to the 1st customer sale in less than 6 months. Negotiated with a competitor to acquire product source code and then led a cross-functional team to launch a product commercially. Made.
• Turned around a product from lagging position to surpass competitor product offerings within 7 months, assessing strategic position, establishing the business case and leading the team.
• Doubled revenue per transaction in reporting through market analysis and creative new pricing model

CA

• 1999-2002 Finance Manager (CA, Mexico, Canada)1996-1999 Senior Finance Analyst1993-1996 Finance Leadership Development ProgramStarted in a finance leadership program in Ottawa, Ontario and was promoted through multiple.
• Selected to manage $800M finance function for Mexican manufacturing facility. Increased internal customer satisfaction through collaboration and improved financial processes
• Gained intimate knowledge of product costs and associated cost drivers through multiple financial leadership roles in multiple different manufacturing sites (USA, Canada, Mexico).
• Increased understanding of product cost data and drivers for internal customers to facilitate teamwork, improve profitability and team focus
• Effective world wide integration of budgets, forecasts, balance sheet reviews, and full results processes across 6 distinct product groups