Jack W. Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Leading a hybrid team of category managers, strategic sourcing professionals and procurement experts supporting strategic sourcing and strategic category management needs for Amazon Go, Amazon Fresh, and Whole Foods Market.• The team is driving optimization in cost to build for new and existing store locations. This includes lowering costs in Construction/GC spend, Design, Décor and Consulting Spend, and all furniture, fixtures and equipment (FFE) at project level and year-on-year.• The team also owns and manages the equipment and fixture standards and onboarding process, and owns and manages asset and fixture databases across all retail banners. • The team collaborates heavily with Construction and Pre-Construction, Store Design, Standards, Operations, Sustainability and others to ensure the highest quality goods and services are sourced at optimal prices and that overall cost to build falls within planned targets.• The team also supports contracting and strategic vendor management for cross-banner Operations and Facilities (Repair and Maintenance) teams.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Global Procurement Lead for the Just Walk Out as a Service store kit program in US, UK, EU, Canada and Australia. This includes multiple pre-fabricated store concepts and numerous product variations sold in these geos.• Responsible for setting up global supply agreements, as well as stocking, warehousing and fulfillment agreements to support the store sales pipeline. • Also responsible for set-up and contracting with regional and global professional services partner networks. • Conducted strategic sourcing activities to vet and on-board global suppliers capable of designing and manufacturing stores and all component fixtures at scale, maximizing cost reduction and lead times.• Responsible for all cost reduction activities, value engineering initiatives and drafting of business requirements documents to facilitate alignment with Finance, Legal, Accounting and Tax stakeholders for the program.• Achieved reduction in lead times of up to 75% for fixtures, and by up to 50% for store structures and frameworks through negotiation of stocking agreements and specification standardization.• Achieved cost reduction of 20% on total core store cost through spec rationalization, volume discounting and value engineering in partnership with store design and technology teams.• Assembled bills of material for multiple store formats, contributing to creation of a customer-facing core stores catalog, and coordinated sales forecasting with Finance, Business Development, Construction Engineering, Implementation Managers and Product Management teams to ensure continuity of supply and minimization of overcommitment to manufacturers and suppliers.• Developed a business model that allowed 3rd party retail customers to streamline the ordering process for pre-fab core stores, reducing administrative churn and improving sales close rates.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Created and managed a Sourcing and Procurement team for the Amazon Go physical stores portfolio. Leveraged buying power to achieve store cost targets against $30M+ annual spend to prepare Amazon Go for scaling within Store Development environment. Executed against sustainability goals in support of Amazon’s climate pledge. Developed and coached sourcing professionals and implemented operational procurement processes, supplier relationship management best practices, and sourcing methodologies using existing P2P and reporting tools.• Supported procurement and sourcing needs for all disciplines within Store Development, including Facilities, Construction, Pre-Con, Store Design and Program Management, as well as external stakeholder groups like Store Ops, Category, Merchandising, Marketing, Store Technology and Food Safety.• Strategically sourced categories like Casework/Millwork, back-of-house and front-of-house shelving, refrigerated casework, walk-in coolers and freezers, store lighting, store operational supplies, HVAC, kitchen equipment and security cameras.• Supported facilities group by sourcing reactive and preventive maintenance providers by geography, as well as cross-org janitorial service providers for store sanitation and pandemic-related store cleaning, waste removal, etc.• Implemented an inventory/cycle counting module within P2P system to automate store supply ordering and ensure visibility to inventory on hand in store back-of-house.• Supported other organizations within Amazon enterprise, including Amazon Kitchens and Just Walk Out as a Service (JWOS), setting up stocking agreements for coolers and fixtures, and manufacturing agreements for pre-fabricated store kits and technology.• Engaged with suppliers and internal stakeholders on sourcing and value engineering initiatives to reduce store construction costs by 25%.• Implemented stocking agreements with critical equipment vendors to ensure low lead times and continuity of supply.

Mahwah, Nj, Us

Managed procurement of all Marketing and eCommerce services categories across 8 specialtywomen’s retail brands. Subcategories included digital media, print marketing, loyalty, e-Commerce/Omnichannel, Research and Customer Insight, CRM, advertising production and creative with spendtotaling over $320M annually. Participated in sourcing and implementation of new P2P platform fordepartment and worked with other procurement leaders to design and implement a new procurementCenter of Excellence. Directly managed contract management, category strategy, supplier relationshipmanagement and market intelligence work streams within the implementation project.• Built relationships with Marketing leadership across the enterprise, collaborating to execute strategicprocurement and formation of strategic supplier relationships.• Build a small team of sourcing professionals as spend under management increased. Trained andcoached as needed, ensuring best practices were followed and service level with stakeholders wasmaintained.• Began a supplier diversity program within indirect procurement.• Exceeded savings goals as part of enterprise-wide expense reduction targets involving marketing(over $30M since 2016). These included demand management/reduction, strategic sourcing and ratenegotiation, supplier rationalization, etc.• Worked to align brands on common print specifications and substrates, and optimized marketingagency rosters to achieve maximum leverage in negotiations.• Worked extensively with legal, negotiating all master agreements, statements of work, and otherPO-based marketing categories to ensure risk mitigation and minimization of contract leakage/roguebuying within brands.• Wrote and published a Procurement Operating Manual, Policy and Contract approvals and signatureprocess through DocuSign.

Plano, Texas, Us

Managed staff of 11 procurement professionals representing aggregate annual indirect spending ofover $1,100,000,000 in spending categories of marketing production and operations (print, broadcastmedia, creative, photo studio, social, mobile, and digital, philanthropy, customer research, andmarketing analytics), corporate services (human resources, employee benefits, legal, finance, riskmanagement, audit, and all non-employee labor), and travel services (domestic, international, hoteland transportation, and relocation). Sourced and implemented new eSourcing tool for department(IASTA SmartSource), coordinated initial training, configured sourcing templates, and assembled teamto conduct training sessions.• Delivered over $50,000,000 in cost savings through multi-year agreements and strategic sourcinginitiatives.• Wrote new corporate procurement policy for company to mitigate risks related to rogue sourcing,contract and award practices, and potential conflicts of interest, as well as set requirements forcompetitive bidding, leading to re-centralization of procurement associates scattered throughoutenterprise.• Brought best practices around structured negotiations and strategic sourcing to company, creatingwritten processes, templates, and training materials to institute best practices within department,including Total Cost of Ownership templates, tools for qualitative weighting, transportation costcalculation, project intake and management, and online negotiation methodology.• Negotiated new compensation model for agency, driving 7% media cost savings against more than$200,000,000 in annual media spending.

Plano, Texas, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Led cross-functional team to create new departmental vision statement, mission statement, and logo, utilized both internally and externally with suppliers and clients. Oversaw cross-functional team to streamline procurement processes, bid policy, contract approval policy, and non-compliant spend analysis. Managed all print creative, digital creative, and photography contracts for six business units, including merchant and non-merchant teams within company, with total buying responsibility of $450,000,000 annually.• Created preferred agency pools for financial services, direct mail, and catalog business teams within company, saving over $4,200,000 through rate card negotiations and supplier rationalization.• Streamlined competitive bidding process and contract approvals process, resulting in significant reduction in processing time from groups like legal, finance, and procurement.• Negotiated contracts for company licensed business group, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in projected revenue over various three- to five-year agreements (tax preparation, vehicle protection plans, store ATMs, RFPs for available commercial real estate, etc.)

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed and coordinated online negotiations for assigned business categories across entire enterprise, representing both direct and indirect spends totaling over $300,000,000, with categories including tools, fixtures, consumables, edibles, health and beauty care, sporting goods, construction, home appliances, home electronics, and lawn and garden. • Drove cost savings of over $30,000,000 against baseline spend in all direct and indirect categories by using eRFx and eAuction tools.• Adapted model for use in digital/online media, broadcast (cable, syndication, local, prime), and network radio buys, and used model to save company over $20,000,000 in 2009 and $10,000,000 in 2010.• Created methodology and TCO bidding model for executing media buys through live online auction, now utilized by company for all broadcast and online media buys (including annual up fronts).• Recognized by corporation and marketing unit for innovation and driving outstanding business results, and received similar award within procurement for media auction model(s).

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Oversaw all competency needs for North Americas Region as part of global competency training program (Mars University, Commercial College). Managed strategic sourcing activities as part of commercial best practices team, designing course curriculum on online negotiations, eRFx tools, supplier-market categorization, SWOT analysis, Porter’s Five Forces, and developing sourcing strategies. - Executed multi-site rollout of comprehensive eLearning tool for development of commercial and supply chain management competencies across US, Canada, and Mexico.- Acted as functional expert in implementation of SAP Procurement module

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Plant Commercial Manager for the Oak Park chocolate plant from 2003-2005, and Plant Commercial Manager for the Burr Ridge Dove plant from 2005-2006. Managed capital, MRO, and select enterprise services contracts for confectionery and pet foods plants. Negotiated and oversaw national security services contract, and uniform/laundry contracts, representing millions in annual spend. Instituted key performance indicators. Negotiated to stave off price increases and optimized staffing levels. Acted as primary relationship holder and escalation point for any issues related to service level or contract compliance. Expanded relationship into systems integration and hardware areas.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Worked for Plant Commercial Manager (Zone 6 and 7) at the Columbus, OH pet foods plant (cannery). Responsible for administration of all purchase orders and coordination with stock room (run by 3rd party) to ensure adequate spare parts supplies. Expedited and tracked orders for capital equipment and MRO items as needed. Created Access database to track requisitions, POs and suppliers, reporting on on-time delivery and purchase price variance as needed.