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Independent Contractor providing globally recognized supply improvement knowhow to FTI Consulting, Alix Partners, Kearney, Partners in Performance, MERU, Enabling Procurement, Lion & Stutz and many others.Multi-year, exclusive support to most the above partners – including business development, sourcing practice leadership and other firm-building.

New York, NY, US

Served as a Procurement Transformation Executive Advisor to the President of Global Packaged Food manufacturer. Assisted in strategic sourcing of all direct materials and services to jump start an end-to-end supply improvement initiative. This overarching program included organization design, CPO search/hiring, procurement systems/process tuning, and.

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

North American practice leader for supply improvement. Difference-maker in over $40M worth of initial and on/cross-sales. Engagement lead on 15 cases in ten countries that delivered over $600M in annualized savings to clients. Highly persuasive seller with a distinctive ability to quickly identify a potential client’s opportunities, demonstrate exceptional.

US

Sold and managed an end-to-end transformation of supplier management for one of the world’s largest logistics services. The effort addressed all aspects of strategic supplier development including goal setting, measurement, recognition, and continuous joint process improvement. A specific focus was placed on automation and technology to assure efficient.

Led an international procurement transformation initiative for a $15BB oil and gas concern. Engagement incorporated strategic sourcing, infrastructure development, and eProcurement solutions. Key focus areas included supplier management, procurement transaction processes, and organization design.Responsible for all of the Firm’s business development.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Managed 3 concurrent global sourcing teams focused on specialized components and subsystems for a leading A&E firm. Materials covered included build-to-spec heat exchangers, pressure vessels, pumps/compressors, and reactors. Benefits included not just substantial cost reduction but also decreased lead times and differential access to key supplier.

New York, NY, US

Globally sourced $2 billion in raw materials (predominantly metals) for Italian aerospace industry client. Included aluminum, steel and titanium alloys in sheet, bar, forging, casting, and other forms. Resulted in an overall cost reduction of 9 percent, along with improved ordering and delivery processes.Designed and implemented manufacturing facility for.

Reengineered key business process (e.g. policy issue, underwriting, policy administration) to take advantage of microcomputers. Existing mainframe, batch processes were terribly inefficient, slow, and error prone. By moving to real-time entry and processing, policy issue times were cut by 80% and costs were reduced by over 50% – as an example.Responsible.

Huntersville, NC, US

Conducted time-and-motion studies and designed production areas and fixtures for injection molding machines.Designed warehouse lighting and palletized plastic resin delivery systems to improve energy efficiency.