Offering fractional and interim supply chain executive services, specializing in driving operational excellence for early-stage, small, and midcap companies. Providing strategic guidance and end-to-end supply chain consulting to improve scalability and efficiency. Tailored solutions to meet the dynamic needs of businesses in growth stages.

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Built out Peloton’s supply chain infrastructure in support of hyper growth from $250m to $5b in revenue. Responsible for strategy, analytics, planning and logistics and operations program management:• Scaled the supply chain planning and logistics organization from 5 to 100 team members over 4+ years• Implemented Executive S&OP and inventory management program to manage $1B in working capital• Built out a global distribution network: 40k TEU ocean freight, 10 bulk DC’s, 6 e-Commerce DC’s• Developed white glove delivery and services network with 3PL partners with 100+ last mile warehouses• Designed and implemented ERP, Advanced Planning, WMS and TMS systems

Leading supply chain, supporting 20% YOY company growth, while entering the consumer electronics retail industry. In year 1, improved inventory turns by 20%, reduced logistics cost by 18% and improved forecast accuracy by 40%. Responsible for achieving 95% on-time shipments through collaboration with key outsourced contract manufacturers. Implemented and leading Savant’s eCommerce business, from front end web development to back-end logistics infrastructure. Oversaw successful launch and executed innovative partnership to bring differentiated value to customers in metropolitan areas

General Manager and P&L owner for Celestica’s Supply Chain Managed Services business (www.celesticascmanagedservices.com). The Supply Chain Planning Practice solved for end-to-end supply chain optimization, enabling supply chain visibility and providing real time decision support capability at all levels of the customer order, including implementation of demand & supply planning solutions to enable the Sales & Operations Planning process for Fortune1000 and Mid-market customers – enabled by a proprietary cloud based advanced planning technology platform (SAP, Kinaxis, E2Open, SmartOps). The Logistics Services offering portfolio included spend management, network optimization and logistics operations management. Demonstrated results:• Implemented and ran SC Control Tower for a $13B Telco OEM, resulting in 20% reduction in inventory, 22% improvement in on-time delivery and 60% reduction in planning cycle time• Ran forecast analytics service for a $1B Networking OEM, delivered $4M in annual savings• Completed a forecast analytics proof of concept and S&OP implementation roadmap for a $3B automotive parts business, yielding 30% reduction in over- and underforecast, expected to reduce working capital by $30m• Managed $20M of freight for 18 clients, delivering average savings of 16%

Led Accenture’s SC BPO offering globally, and Business Development and Solution Design for North America. Created SC BPO go-to-market offering for Planning, Direct and Indirect Material Sourcing & Procurement, Fulfillment and Service Management. Demonstrated results:• For an Aerospace & Defense conglomerate, re-designed and outsourced functions and processes in procurement, material planning and inventory management, achieving 50% cost reduction• For a Global Telecom Service Provider, developed a platform solution for $7B in indirect spend, resulting in a 5x ROI business case. Targeted net savings of $300m over 5 years by providing the client with an operational infrastructure to grow in a cost effective way• Managed forecast analytics, inventory planning and replenishment for a 1000 store Canadian Retailer, reducing stock-outs by 20%, increasing inventory turns by 15% and decreasing obsolescence by 30%• For a Telco, developed processes and designed an outsourced organization to execute transportation planning & analytics functions for $600m in transportation spend. Achieved over $18m in savings in the first 6 months of operations

Launched SCM consulting practice in North America for Satyam Computer Services (now TechMahindra). Developed go-to-market strategy, led business development and delivery. Designed and implement processes to increase profitability, reduce inventory and improve on-time delivery for clients in the Industrial Manufacturing and Consumer Products industries.Led acquisition of S&V Management Consultants (now TechMahindra). Integrated S&V, and led SC Consulting practice for North America. Focus on Supply Chain Strategy (Portfolio Optimization, Cost to Serve) and SC Process Design. Clients in Industrial Manufacturing, Industrial Products, and Food & Beverage.Demonstrated results:• For a home improvement consumer and commercial building products company, Increased profitability by $1.5M and reduced inventory by $5M• For a fire and security safety products company for the home improvement retail industry, designed processes to achieve inventory reduction of $16M, on-time delivery increase to 90%

Managed cost reduction programs focused on reducing 3rd party spend for Installation Services and Material Sourcing. Savings were achieved through negotiations and reverse auctions for installation services and material.Led SC Readiness activities for an Access Product. Main activities involve leading a start-up company and OEM supplier, through the supply chain related aspects of the NPI process. Led the effort to design a new business model for obtaining 3rd party services and material for cell site construction.

Developed and implemented Supply Chain Control Tower for the Wireless Networking Business Unit. Implemented processes and IT solution at global manufacturing sites in the US, Germany, Brazil and China, enabled by a best of breed technology platform (SAP, i2 Technologies, E2Open and Webmethods)Led a team of process engineers responsible for the design and implementation of global S&OP process for the Wireless Networking Business Unit, resulting in a forecast error reduction of 40%.

Assignments in Materials Management, Order Management and Customer Service, Demand and Supply Planning, Warehouse Management.