Tony Reiss Email & Phone Number

Fairhope, Alabama, United States

May activate my permanent Real Estate license within Alabama or remain in Hospitality based Supply Chain Management which has been my career passion and area of expertise.

Fairhope, Alabama, United States

Strategic Sourcing program opportunity identification, development or enhancement within most of the traditional OS&E product categories applicable to Cruise Line industry.

Mississippi

Responsible for driving and facilitating continuous and meaningful financial impact, in c/w prospecting, analyzing or implementing Corp Strategic Sourcing initiatives while concurrently overseeing tactical procurement activity and contract services negotiations for 5 Casinos. Reinforcing the trust and confidence of our array of stakeholders via a performance-based service commitment, that is supported by technical, intangible and industry knowledge, ethics and cumulative experiential skills.

Mclean, Va

Providing analytics, metrics and insight to identify or support both strategic and tactical business decisions within new department within Hilton Supply Management

Mclean, Va

Internal Promotion. Responsible for inspiring and supporting a team of 17 talented, experienced and dedicated Project Managers and Specialists; that provide FF&E, OS&E contract procurement project management services, for new build, renovation and PIP activities for HWI Owned, Managed or Franchised customers and for 3rd Party customers, regardless of brand.

Corporate Office- Hilton Supply Management

Internal Promotion; enhancement of prior position within same department. Expanded product category scope to include, Frozen Products, Prepared Foods, Bakery/Pastry. Position responsiblities also include 3 direct reports. Active contributor to array of Company/Brands strategic and technical projects, iniatives and processes; including numerous and significant Brand or Management roll outs.

Corporate Office, Mclean, Va- Hilton Supply Management

Identification, development, negotiation, implementation, refinement and management of existing or new Programs or Projects relative to Food (especially animal proteins) and non-Alcoholic Beverage products. Commodity Focus: Proteins, Water, Juice, Smallwares, Food Safety, Ancillary Services. Working collaboratively with multiple levels of leadership, brand(s) and operations within property and corporate arenas as to align program development with voice of customer(s) while respecting and optimizing business case opportunities.

• Upscale Lifestyle new build hotel / mixed use complex; Austin, TX - Developed and documented property-based purchasing/material management processes and standard operating procedures to serve various internal customers- hotel / residential / music venue / retail.• Upscale Finer Dining Restaurant Chain; NY, NY – Conducted Corporate Procurement Effectiveness Assessment.

MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas, NV 2009 – 2010Luxury gaming resorts enterprise with a portfolio comprised of 45,000+ guest rooms, 200+ Food & Beverage outlets, multiple arenas, spas, theaters and conference centers that account for an annual spend exceeding $1.4B.Corporate Executive Director of Purchasing – MGM Grand Hub • Co-Designer of company-wide Procurement Restructuring Phase 1- consolidated property approach with semi-centralized tactical procurement hubs in conjunction with fully centralized organizational structure.• Directly managed $350MM procurement activities for 7 casinos/resorts -MGM Grand, The Signature, NYNY, The Mirage, Treasure Island, Railroad Pass, Gold Strike, Shadow Creek Golf Course, and a commercial laundry-Grand Laundry.• Executed corporate programs. Preserved property supply fulfillment accountability, and access.• Implemented 30% increase in buyer productivity and 30% wage reduction/offset exceeding $1.2MM. • Provided strategic sourcing as member of MGM Resorts Corporate Purchasing Leadership Council.• Conceptualized and drove software modifications to enable more utility, enhanced efficiencies and ease of use for internal customers and procurement team.• Supervised work performance for 29 procurement staff.

• Directed 28 procurement staff responsible for property-based procurement activity. For MGM Grand, NYNY and The Signature.• Quantified net savings / cost offsets exceeding $9MM from 2005 – 2008.• Implemented pre-opening operating supplies & equipment (OS&E) procurement project management for The Signature at MGM Grand, a new three-tower, 1728 key, condo/hotel; on time and under budget.• Co-developed OS&E brand standards / specifications for largest condo/hotel development at its time.• Lead MGM-Mirage Corporate Purchasing Initiatives creating best practices or refining “best practices” from other best of class hospitality management companies.• Prospected and negotiated Mandalay Resort Group post-acquisition procurement synergies projects• Lead all MGM Mirage properties Certified Diversity supplier growth percentage from 2004 – 2007. Increased number of suppliers awarded and the aggregated spend to more than 200% over three years. • Served as Diversity Commodity Team Leader and Corporate Diversity Council.• Generated largest incremental spend increases for targeted areas. Total spend from $9.5 to $20.5MM. • Developed Procurement Key Performance Indicators to establish benchmarks and drive performance, which became the foundation for corporate standard.• Revised MGM Grand Purchasing / Finance Policies adopted by 2 other MGM Grand Resort properties and became foundation for MGM Mirage Finance Policy 2008.

• Worked in conjunction with Starwood Pre-Opening Purchasing Team and Resort Executive Committee to set up systems and supplement product selection.• Drove compliance within all corporate programs; initiates, analyzes and implements independent programs to augment corporate programs or benchmark their effectiveness within the OS&E and F&B arenas. • Negotiated/implemented new Starwood Regional Procurement plan; focused on commodity F&B products.• Participated in procurement related projects as member of resort’s Six Sigma committee.• Created and implemented Excel based purchasing / receiving / distribution /cost control system, when third party specified software proved to be unreliable and under supported.• Rolled out separate F&B applications of Internet based purchasing software. • Awarded 2003 Manager of the Year.

• Internal Transfer as Wyndham/Patriot American Hospitality (paired share REIT) acquired Carefree Resorts/Grand Bay Hotel/ Golden Door Spa.• Developed, managed and drove procurement activities exceeding $300MM, annually, in capital and expendable purchases for 275+ hotels and resort.• Oversaw procurement activities for Natural Gas Transportation, Energy Management, Lighting, Copiers, Waste Management, Guest Room Movies and Satellite Programming.• Created and maintained Excel based worksheets, financial models, calculators and related reports that enabled the department to quantify the scope and financial impact of potential and existing programs.• Identified, negotiated and implemented OS&E brand standard programs for new Wyndham International Luxury Division.

• Managed conversion of decentralized purchasing approach to centralized corporate purchasing function for this boutique luxury collection of owned/managed properties.• Worked with executives to develop brand standard programs for Food and Beverage, Guest Room and Spa Divisions within a luxury 4/5 star resort management firm.• Developed Primary Food Supplier program, and voice-services telephony program, that were ultimately used to restructure the Wyndham International programs.

• Directs a Procurement and Materials Management staff of 21 within a centralized procurement and storage environment with annualized spend of $15MM.• Ascended to Regional Director for AZ properties when The Phoenician was acquired by ITT Sheraton (1994).• Energized and drove utilization of purchasing software from 10% end-user participation to 95%.• Worked in conjunction with Systems Department and software provider to create new software enhancements that provided timely, varied and significant purchasing / inventory information that enabled better procurement and inventory decisions. • Leveraged property's purchasing dollar volume and market appeal to reduce applicable costs by 8%. • Established primary vendor programs or performance based multi-year hold-in-stock, bill-as-released deals, covering an array of products/categories as to enable the capture of incremental savings, assure cost containment, and flatten expense, cash flow and inventory spikes and virtually eliminate deposits while expediting supply replenishment.• Early adapter of recycling, as Chairperson of Resort Recycling Committee; increased captured commodities volume by 4 fold over 3 years via efficiently integrating activities into existing workflow and reinforcing collective performance via meaningful communication and business case based modest incentives.• Crafted purchasing policy and procedure manual.

All pre-opening aspects relative to setting up a new-build property-with emphasis on F&B and OS&E Procurement; all Shipping, Receiving, Materials Management/Inventory Control; Cost Control Systems, Integrating Corporate and Property based Specification Development and Fulfillment; SOP, Collateral Material, Training and Culture Development,; Establishing and Balancing Local, Inter-Island, US Mainland and Pacific Rim Supplier Network, including formalized Strategic Supplier/Primary Supplier programs. Manager of the Quarter.

Hyatt Regency Phoenix; Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress

Phoenix- All F&B, OS&E, Shipping/Receiving; F&B Cost Controller (1982), General Cashier (1983)Opening Team support- Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, Hyatt Beaver CreekGrand Cypress- (1990) All F&B, OS&E, Regional Implementation of National Programs.Scope included 5 total properties in Orlando and Tampa