Responsible for global order management operations between tier 1 distribution centers, manufacturing sites, and more than 40 local and regional distribution centers – facilitating more than 35% of Stryker’s global revenue. Focused on establishing and leading a Global IOM organization to enable Stryker’s vision of providing world-class customer service and logistics solutions to our Stryker business partners. This new, dedicated, global organization will elevate and align common processes; drive consistency; leverage global best practices, and ultimately, enhance internal customer service.

Member of the Stryker Global Sourcing Leadership Team responsible for leading the Global Finished Goods Buying Centers. Manage purchasing and planning activities for all OEM and Contract Manufacturing suppliers, ensuring that products are produced and delivered in accordance with budgeted objectives and quality standards. Develop and implement a strategic roadmap to optimize and scale Stryker's direct procurement operating model across the supply chain network.

Responsible for leading the purchasing, supply planning, and supplier management for Stryker’s CM/OEM suppliers in North America.• Accountable for managing $300M in direct materials spend across 80 suppliers for 4 Stryker commercial divisions. Responsibilities include direct procurement, supply continuity, supplier relationship management, capacity planning, strategy deployment, budget ownership and management, and global stakeholder management.• Developed and implemented a global strategy to scale and optimize Stryker’s Finished Goods Buying Centers, which will result in a 60% reduction of total landed cost.• Completed an organizational realignment to establish dedicated Purchasing and Supply Planning leaders and drive improvements in KPIs; average Supply Plan Attainment of 90% and supplier-caused backorder < 0.1% of COGS• Directly supported SAP launch for Stryker Instruments division, leading the Direct Procurement and Supplier Enablement workstreams with zero supply disruptions. Established global processes which will be leveraged for over $1B in direct materials spend.• Oversee a complex project portfolio of New Product Introductions, M&A integrations, and cost reduction initiatives into the Buying Centers; supported on-time launches with no supply disruptions for 6 M&A deals in 18 months

On-site Operations Manager at Stryker's Central Distribution Center (CDC) in Plainfield, IN; collaborate and partner across multiple business units within Stryker to develop an optimal and scalable supply chain solution; leading efforts to integrate six Stryker divisions into the US CDC for order fulfillment to end customers and international subsidiaries

•Developed monthly sales projections and action plans to meet or exceed divisional sales targets by up to 20%•Completed global parcel and air freight bid and implementation plan to achieve divisional savings of $750K•Implemented third-party logistics model to generate divisional savings of > $1M and increase available order entry time by five hours •Implemented drop-ship process for marketing trade shows and conventions equipment to increase space utilization and reduce freight costs•Distribution Excellence Award 2010, 2011 - superior performance in Fill Rate, DPMs, Inventory Accuracy, and Logistics Expense

-Instituted a Lean culture within production and distribution departments to increase service levels, process efficiencies, and team morale-Developed and implemented divisional quality process to document and disposition non-conforming product-Fostered development of a diverse group of associates through execution of professional development plans, on-the-job training courses, and Lean projects

-Reduced inventory by $1 million by developing a kanban system to trigger production based on customer demand-Achieved division-leading production metrics through process and material flow optimization; led Lean manufacturing initiatives such as Value Stream Improvement Projects and Kaizen Events-Assisted with development and launch of Lean Academy, a training program to certify personnel in basic Lean principles