Dan Bowring Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

Fisher Management Partners is a specialized consulting firm designed to address the unique needs of large and middle market businesses. With a focus on critical, cross-functional initiatives in strategy execution, finance, customer experience, value chain, and technology, Fisher partners with clients in the Greater Columbus Region to achieve strategic and.

• Selected to lead a newly formed team (staff: 25, budget: $9.2MM) that was created to drive a new strategic focus for the master product data for the segment.
• Developed and implemented a new system of management based on Lean principles, including key performance indicators, visual takt boards, standardized work, and metric dashboards. This drove improvements in cycle time.
• Drove team employee engagement from initial low of 50% to consistent scores of over 90%, exceeding company average, through sustained program of employee-led improvement activities.
• Continually and proactively reconfigured the talent profile and skill composition of the team to support the evolving strategic direction of the company.
• Drove master product data strategy development initiatives for the segment.
• Significant initiatives included business acquisition integrations, new customer implementations, annual cost rolls, product launch process re-design, product taxonomy re-design, Product Lifecycle Management.

• Identified, planned and drove cost reduction and process improvement initiatives. Drove “lean journey” culture transformation efforts – including corporate settings and warehouse/manufacturing centers. Led teams in.
• Led Black Belt projects, Kaizens, value stream mapping and problem-solving workshops using Lean / Six Sigma methodology including DMAIC, DFSS and understanding customer demand.
• Facilitated short and long-term informed decision making on staffing levels, production planning, budgeting and shifting capacity in-flight to meet customer demand.
• Designed, delivered, and managed effective change management programs for large stakeholder groups.
• Coached leadership in formulating effective performance goals and measurements that were meaningfully aligned with objectives.
• Trained others on Lean and Six Sigma concepts, tools and principles - spanning one-on-one coaching for all levels of leadership to large-group classroom training sessions.

• Led Borschow acquisition (Puerto Rico based Pharmaceutical Distributor) for Generic Pharmaceuticals business unit. Proactively assumed accountability for integration and guiding the actions of six resources assigned to.
• Designed the interim and final business models for how products reached Borschow (PR) and captured the targeted margins. Delivered $5.9MM in synergies by optimizing pricing and rebates.
• As part of vendor management process, led the communication program with 80 pharmaceutical suppliers outlining the integration process.
• Consolidated master catalog of more than 6K generic items, creating the joined product portfolio and maximized economic gain, optimized pricing, and complied with unique local regulations.
• Planned and executed inventory management strategy focused on minimizing customer disruption and maximizing economic gain.
• Point business liaison for integration of systems related to rebate management, inventory management, and generics-related contracts and pricing.

• Oversaw $840MM in supplier billings for Generic Business Unit, Consumer Health, National Logistics Center, Brokerage Logistics Center, Supplier / Customer Pass-Through Programs and Rx Advantage. Managed 5 direct reports.
• Lauded for disciplined contract management and implementation of improvements that resulted in $13.3MM reserve to income benefit in FY 07. Subsequently asked to assume contract management responsibility for additional.
• Tapped to lead the rebate and related systems integration of a regional distributor acquisition, Dohmen, resulting in $7.1MM in income FY 07. Maximized synergies by reconciling contract agreements between generic.
• Directed Service Level Enhancement and Reprocurement projects to 1) accurately calculate and issue billings consistently on-time and on-budget and 2) determine economic value when supplier actions caused company to go.
• Negotiated terms and conditions of supplier contracts to maximize/protect margins.
• Gained stakeholder approval to implement quality measurements (defect rate on item portfolio maintenance and supplier contract management).

• Orchestrated 85+ generic supplier contracts with billings totaling $450MM. Handled contract maintenance, system and document controls, dispute resolution, system administration and reporting/analysis.
• Led the generics-related rebate and billing integration process when company acquired Parmed, a pharmaceutical distributor and telemarketer. Captured $9.8MM in synergies.
• Reconciled agreements between generic suppliers and respective distributors to drive optimal pricing and rebate structure.
• Developed inventory re-evaluation process for 75+ suppliers.
• Negotiated with suppliers to accept a unique supply chain distribution methodology short-term, avoiding disruptions for customers during IT systems integration period.
• Innovated creative ways to manage data when systems did not have the capabilities to perform the complex calculations required. Sponsored a functionality enhancement, partnered with IT to develop specifications, and.