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Jim Howard is listed as Chief Operating Officer | Connecting Operations to Business Strategy | Chemicals and Consumer Packaged Goods based in Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Jim Howard.
Jim Howard previously worked as Global Head Supply Chain, Microbial Control Solutions Business at Arxada and Chief Operating Officer at Innovative Water Care. Jim Howard holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba) from The Wharton School.
Experienced leader with proven success in driving transformation and sustainable business improvement. Leverages experience from asset-intensive chemical industry and fast-paced, deadline-driven consumer packaged goods. Establishes operating strategy and builds cross-functional teams that deliver results. Energized and motivated leader who inspires and challenges organization to develop and succeed.I have significant management experience and successes in the following areas:Strategic Focus• Supply Chain Management • Procurement & Logistics Sourcing• Margin Management• M&A Experience• Product Management• Key Account Management• Change ManagementOperational Focus• Operations Management • Warehousing & Distribution• PE Experience• Quality Management• Complaint Management• Customer Service• Project ManagementI am available to discuss new opportunities, please contact me at james.mark.howard@gmail.com.
Listed skills include Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Planning, Supply Chain, and 16 others.
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Basel, Basel-Stadt, Ch
Led transformation efforts and established new supply chain organization.• Developed and implemented new backorder reduction process.• Led integration efforts of supply chain operations for new Arxada acquisitions (Troy and EnviroTech). • Improved supply chain planning and dramatically reduced overstock inventories, reduced backorders, and improved service.
Alpharetta, Georgia, Us
Led operations in successful sale and transition of $600M Innovative Water Care business from Lonza to Platinum Equity.• Managed smooth transition to new company, including assignment of key vendor contracts and set-upof stand-alone Operations organization.• Facilitated savings of $10M through broad program of cost improvement projects.
Basel, Ch
Value chain management organization implemented in global $600M Water Care business – accountable for supply chain management, cost saving projects, operative pricing, and margin management.• Won $10M business from competition by partnering with key account with lower-cost product alternative.• Saved $9M annually across key purchasing categories through new sourcing strategy.• Increased productivity, improved on-time, in-full performance, and reduced unit costs through zero back- order supply chain planning strategy.• Attained above-market acquisition price for seasonal, CPG Water Care business.
Basel, Ch
Led new value chain management organization for global $600M Consumer Product Ingredient business –established as best-practice within Lonza.• Minimized negative financial impact of major supply disruption at key manufacturing site through proactive customer communications and comprehensive supply planning.• Captured $4M in annual savings by refocusing product management organization, implementing cost saving projects, and driving margin management processes.
Ludwigshafen, De
Lead consultant and business partner on strategic and business-critical projects in supply chain, marketing, sales channel management, customer insights, and business innovation for numerous BASF businesses.• Facilitated and developed market survey, strategy, and implementation plan to profitably grow NA Distributor business.• Initiated key input for BASF business go-to-market strategic planning by developing internet-based customer insights tool that generated outside-in, customer-needs ranking and BASF-business-versus- competition performance metric.• Contributed to global-corporate team on business model innovation. Facilitated workshops and corporate training sessions to establish business models for new and existing BASF businesses.
Monheim, De
Established supply chain as fundamental basis for continuous improvement utilizing lean manufacturing, demand planning, KPI development, make-buy analysis, and logistics and distribution optimization.• Led operations and supply chain in $45M EBITDA turnaround of $350M NA Care Chemicals business by redesigning virtually every operative process.• Realized $10M in cost savings through improvements in product yield, make-buy economics, alternative raw materials, and optimized logistics.
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Jim Howard is listed as Chief Operating Officer | Connecting Operations to Business Strategy | Chemicals and Consumer Packaged Goods.
Jim Howard is based in Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States.
Jim Howard has worked for Arxada, Innovative Water Care, Lonza, Basf, and Cognis.
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Jim Howard holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba) from The Wharton School.
Jim Howard is listed with skills including Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Planning, Supply Chain, Coatings, Strategic Planning, Business Development, and Management.
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