Directed shared services procurement team for a $4B holding company with three operating companies. Assembled a team of 40 supply chain, real estate, sustainability, and logistics professionals, overseeing over $1.2B in annual spend with more than 6,000 suppliers. • Forged a single shared services procurement team for a holding company with $4B in annual revenue • Delivered an average of $15.6M per year in cost savings and $7.7M per year in cost avoidance for total profit impact… Show more Directed shared services procurement team for a $4B holding company with three operating companies. Assembled a team of 40 supply chain, real estate, sustainability, and logistics professionals, overseeing over $1.2B in annual spend with more than 6,000 suppliers. • Forged a single shared services procurement team for a holding company with $4B in annual revenue • Delivered an average of $15.6M per year in cost savings and $7.7M per year in cost avoidance for total profit impact averaging $23.3M over six-year tenure through strategic planning and individual and team accountability • Created and implemented a Supply Chain Risk Management process to reduce potential risk on 100% of our critical suppliers• Redesigned the procurement due diligence process for acquisitions and executed post-acquisition integration plans to maximize cost savings • Recognized for combining of the procurement teams of two large companies into one, saving $14M in procurement costs in first 12 months after a major acquisition that tripled the size of the company • Formulated global sourcing plans to counter inflation risk in challenging domestic paper markets, allowing Vericast to outperform paper indices by 3% to 5% annually, avoiding cost increases of $5M to $7M each year • Increased the Vericast Carbon Disclosure Project score from C to an A- and moved the EcoVadis corporate social responsibility rating from Bronze to Silver Over a three-year period• Accelerated the lease negotiation and construction of new 129,000-square-foot corporate office to achieve completion within 7 months• Raised $835K for charities in 2019 as executive sponsor for Vericast National United Way Campaign Show less

Directed the procurement, supply chain and real estate operations of two operating companies with total revenues of $1.5B. Supervised a team of 20 supply professionals, managing $600M in annual spend with over 4,500 suppliers. Led procurement due diligence efforts prior to acquisitions. Procured paper directly. • Achieved an average of $9.8M in annual cost savings and average of $6M in cost avoidance for total profit impact of $15.8M over four-year period • Identified… Show more Directed the procurement, supply chain and real estate operations of two operating companies with total revenues of $1.5B. Supervised a team of 20 supply professionals, managing $600M in annual spend with over 4,500 suppliers. Led procurement due diligence efforts prior to acquisitions. Procured paper directly. • Achieved an average of $9.8M in annual cost savings and average of $6M in cost avoidance for total profit impact of $15.8M over four-year period • Identified opportunities and risks during due diligence efforts prior to acquisitions and completed post-acquisition integration plans to achieve planned cost savings • Received company’s highest award (The Pillar of Excellence) in 2012 for leading procurement team to exceed cost reduction goals by 40% and for negotiating key sales agreement for a Harland Clarke Holdings subsidiary• Negotiated $2M in cost savings and $6M in cost avoidance in rapidly escalating paper market• Developed and deployed a supply risk management and mitigation process for Harland Clarke Holdings that allowed company to operate without any significant supply chain disruption throughout my tenure Show less

• Coordinated and enhanced the materials supply chains of two companies with 14 manufacturing locations with total spend of $300M annually • Negotiated numerous paper purchasing agreements saving over $2M per year by bringing coated paper back to a domestic supplier• Supervised and developed three category managers and their subordinate buyers

• Managed 170,000-square-foot web printing plant and distribution operation with $72,000,000 per year operating budget and 143 employees• Awarded 2001 operations leadership trophy for achieving significant advancement in all key performance indicators while reducing cost by $1M annually and boosting employee satisfaction by 13 percentage points

• Managed 45,000-square-foot check imprinting plant with 70 employees and management staff of 5 with an annual budget of $13M• Consolidated two facilities following 1990 merger of Clarke Checks and American Bank Stationery

Managed day-to-day operations of 3x5 check printing plant with 40 production employees and three supervisors. Responsible for all time, cost, and quality metrics as well as morale and performance of employees to include training, scheduling, policy enforcement, and responding to human resource issues.

Handled all plant administrative and accounting functions as well as inventory management and supervision of a customer service team.

Accountable for safe conduct of field artillery fire missions as well as morale and readiness of 53 soldiers. Oversaw battery-level nuclear weapons program. Received the Army Commendation Medal for outstanding performance of duty two Army Achievement Medals, the Army Service Ribbon, one Overseas Service Ribbon, and a Parachutist Badge.