Farah Horne Email & Phone Number

Bradenton, FL, US

Sarasota, Florida, United States

• Direct the foreign and domestic purchasing, supply chain management of RFID semi-conductor products, supplier relationships, sourcing, negotiating, logistics, inventory, import, compliance, sales pricing, budget, and.
• Served as VP of Operations from 2016 to 2020, developing a high-performing Purchasing and Operations team by establishing SOPs and RACI organizational charts and defining all operations and procurements processes from.
• Maintained strategic pricing by aligning with inflation and executing cost savings strategies, influencing multi-million dollar business growth over the last 7 years
• Navigated the supply chain delays, shortages, and inflation in 2020-2022 by sustaining profit growth, resulting in achieving a high-percentage GP and above the EBIT budget
• Conceptualized and deployed a strict Quality Assurance program for outsourced and in-house products, securing a low % of credits versus sales
• Designed a template for suppliers to standardize pricing and develop a comprehensive sales quoting tool involving customizable BOM pricing using Macro formulas in Excel and trained staff members on quote management

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Traveled to and worked closely with developers in India and China to construct a direct-to-consumer eCommerce website and backend ERP system by using Microsoft NAV and interfacing with 3rd party freight forwarders.
• Managed China FOBs logistics, import, and international supply chain network to support their existing clientele
• Traveled to China to attend trade shows, and traveled to factories to maintain and grow existing relationships, as well as develop new ones

Mobile, Alabama, United States

• Led a team of direct reports and reported directly to the CEO to manage 500+ products and 3K SKUs by establishing critical processes, executing new programs, and opening an office in China, resulting in driving cost.
• Restructured and negotiated new agreements to procure product pricing improvements, enabling a cost savings of $XM annually
• Devised a robust product development strategy by educating product development and marketing leaders within the Promotional Products Industry on innovative strategies, new categories, strategic pricing, and factories.
• Revamped the logistics methodologies to improve delivery times, leading to a significant cost savings while expediting turnaround
• Streamlined the quality control process for customizing products overseas by developing a team in the US and China and implementing key procedures, accelerating efficiencies for product development

• Lived in China and established an office in Ningbo, China, in 2002, while overseeing 36 China employees and 15 US employees by defining SOPs to strengthen quality control, product safety and compliance, factory.
• Renegotiated agreements for products, production, processing, factory maintenance, office supplies, freight, and duty pricing, escalating gross margins from 35% to 60% and growing sales from $18M to $82M annually
• Collaborated with US Customs to deploy the piloted CTPAT program, accelerating the entry and container releases and mitigating $1000s in exam and drayage fees as well as avoiding $XM in lost and delayed orders.
• Cultivated robust global supply chain networks and restructured processes to effectively coordinate the Import, Compliance, Logistics, and US Customs divisions, leading to expediting delivery time, reducing shipping.
• Designed and launched a Duty Drawback program to manage annual duty rate reviews and deliver refunds for paid higher duties and exported shipments, enabling $300K+ in refunds in Year 1 and ongoing yearly cost savings

Freight Cashier, arranged IT's, IE's, warehouse segregation, communicated with factories, Asian offices, steam ship lines, customs brokers, US Customs, airports, warehouses, trucking companies on behalf of our customers.