Built/hired complete Purchasing team for the Council Bluffs location Trained 3 team members from various positions (external, production, finance) Utilized SAP to translate high level sales forecast to executable discrete plan Tackled 2020 supply chain issues both domestic and international Resourced items where supply situations demanded it

Re-negotiated $80MM steel coil contract with mill for additional 1.5% savings off CRU Ordered hardware for North American locations

Managed packaging and select raw material spend for site ($30MM) Negotiated savings and projects totaling over $2MM $100k in Trail Running savings $200k in Bio Bags savings $600k in PVC and PET savings $1.2MM in Rubber Stopper savings Point of escalation for supply issues

Managed major account relationships, procurement, and P&L Grew revenue from 3.7MM to 7.1MM in 2017 Developed and launched new private label items. Added 10 new accounts Developed expansion and launch plans for new and existing items to increase market share for both Spreetail and our vendors.

Managed 25MM in beauty sundries with two direct reportsManaged international suppliers (Primarily China)Implemented long term contracts resulting in cost savings, improved payment terms, and additional supplier servicesDeveloped and implemented solutions for ordering system based upon Safety Stock, Lead Time, and Current InventoryAnalyzed Working Capital (WC) goals and developed plan for achieving these goalsLed process change of certain products from “purchase to order” to “purchase to forecast”

Initiated sourcing of new materials for new product launchedManage obsolescence associated with discontinuing & aging products by creating dynamic “what-if” modelsLead material supply issue resolution, including communication to Brand partnersSpecifically developed detailed analysis for material shortage that included contribution margin per foot of material, safety level based upon confidence intervals, and Kurtosis test to validate normal distributionAnalyze working capital goals and develop plan for achieving these goalsUpdated reporting processes for department by utilizing new IT toolsManaged transition of non-finished goods inventory for closure of three manufacturing facilities.

Supported Demand Driven Supply Chain initiatives by engaging cross-functional partners and suppliers in order to reduce total delivered costManaged process changes with suppliers to deliver key supply chain initiative goalsParticipated in and lead a cross functional team to identify and correct non-finished goods forecast issuesSupported initiative to implement a supplier collaboration tool