Jerry Esposito

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VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL STRATEGIC SOURCING and PROCUREMENT @ Technicolor Home Entertainment
Malibu, CA, US
About Jerry Esposito

Sourcing/Supply Chain innovator, expert in leveraging advanced concepts and systems in delivering best in class, recognized results on Direct and Indirect Materials/Services across a range of industries and cultures. Passionate in creating energized environments through building diverse, high caliber, loyal and internationally minded teams. Leadership assured through driving change and innovation within a strategic (and often highly matrixed) framework, resulting in continuous improvement and winning. Excellence in consumer packaged goods, electronics, entertainment, communications, government and manufacturing environments.Specialties: Strategic commodity planning and execution; business development; visionary leadership; innovation; change management; contract negotiation and formulation; negotiation excellence; mergers and acquisition; cost savings; building high caliber and internationally minded diverse teams; creating and protecting intellectual property; brand building; excellence through experience in heavy industry, communications, electronics, high tech, government, consumer packaged goods and entertainment industry

Jerry Esposito's Current Company Details
Technicolor Home Entertainment

Technicolor Home Entertainment

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VICE PRESIDENT GLOBAL STRATEGIC SOURCING and PROCUREMENT
Malibu, CA, US
Jerry Esposito Work Experience Details
  • Technicolor Home Entertainment
    Vice President Global Strategic Sourcing And Procurement
    Technicolor Home Entertainment
    Malibu, Ca, Us
  • Technicolor Federal Credit Union
    Member Board Of Directors
    Technicolor Federal Credit Union Mar 2017 - Present
    Nominated and elected to the Board of Directors for the Technicolor Federal Credit Union on 22nd March 2017.
  • Technicolor Home Entertainment
    Vice President Global Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
    Technicolor Home Entertainment Sep 2009 - Present
  • Technicolor
    Vice President - Global Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
    Technicolor Jan 2009 - Present
    Los Angeles, Us
    Since joining Technicolor in 2005 Esposito has held General Manager and Vice President assignments within the Creative Services, Production Services ... and currently with the Home Entertainment Services (HES) business unit of Technicolor SA (headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France and formerly known as Thomson S.A.). Technicolor S.A. operates in 30 countries, with over 16,000 employees and with core business revenues exceeding €4B. Formed in 1982 Technicolor S.A. provides various communication and video technologies, finished products, systems, equipment, and services to the entertainment and media industry worldwide. HES manufactures and distributes video and game DVD’s, and Blu-ray discs for content producers; and provides turnkey integrated supply-chain solutions, as well as digital place-based media services to retailers, marketers, and venue owners.As Vice President of GLOBAL STRATEGIC SOURCING & PROCUREMENT, Esposito’s direct reports in Los Angeles, CA; London, England; Warsaw, Poland; and Sydney, Australia are responsible for the strategic sourcing of all goods and services supporting HES w/w operations, including resins, precious metals, injection moldings, films, packaging and sophisticated high-automation production lines.Prior to joining Technicolor, Esposito held leadership positions in procurement/sourcing with Carrier Air Conditioning; Harris Corporation; Western Union Telegraph; and from 1985 - 2003 with the $30B food and confection giant Mars, Inc. in Pennsylvania and California.Esposito earned his bachelor’s degree in pre-law at State University of New York – Geneseo; and an MBA in Finance from Syracuse University’s Whitman Graduate School of Management. He thrives in beautiful Malibu, CA wife his wife Sandy.Key Accomplishments: • Consistently exceeds Performance Metrics (as measured against market YOY) by over 20% (including total cost, free cash flow and working capital) on Direct Materials since 2009.
  • Technicolor
    General Manager - Na Sourcing
    Technicolor Sep 2005 - Dec 2008
    Los Angeles, Us
    THES is the market leader in the manufacturing and marketing of DVDs and CDs. The Services BU provides end-to-end management of business-critical services (physical media, electronic media, and network operations) with its key customer base comprised of the major movie studios, the gaming industry and other major software marketers.Reported jointly to the CPO – Technicolor SA and the President of THES; responsibilities included engineering, recruiting and leading the professional Sourcing and Supplier Quality Assurance organizations in developing THES’s Supply Chain Model. Supported manufacturing operations with a dispersed direct organization throughout Mexico, Canada, Hong Kong and the U.S. and coordinated with counterparts in Europe and Australia in a highly matrix business environment.Scope: Working closely with Legal and Contract Administration became an integral part of major customer contract negotiations through development of cost/price triggers in agreements eliminating downside commodity risks while enhancing upside P&L impacts.
  • Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions
    Strategic Advisor
    Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions Sep 2005 - Present
    Memphis, Tennessee, Us
    Global manufacturer or DVD's, Vinyl Records and Bio-Medical devices; Supply Chain Solutions; Logistics Brokerage
  • Independent Consulting Projects
    Independent Consultant
    Independent Consulting Projects 2004 - 2005
    Projects completed for major consumer packaged goods companies included development of a Corporate Channel Negotiation Strategy; multi-million dollar savings covering market data and syndicated services; M&A Assessment and Business Effectiveness; development of a comprehensive Procurement Training Program; and Retained Expert Witness in a major Packaging IP infringement lawsuit.
  • Masterfoods (Mars, Inc.)
    Vp - Sourcing (Director, Commercial)
    Masterfoods (Mars, Inc.) 1999 - 2003
    Sydney, Au
    Re-engineered, staffed and energized a high caliber, internationally minded team of 80 professionals as the company transitioned to a highly matrix environment. Reduced material content of COGS for four consecutive years, contributing over $200 million to P&L on a $2 billion spend.• Leveraged Mars volume by consolidating procurement of all capital and energy across Mars NA businesses (> $500 million in 16 plants) resulting in savings exceeding $25 million. Facilitated the replacement of inefficient assets with innovative state-of-the-art processes and systems. • Negotiated strategic alliances delivering product/market leadership with major packaging, capital and pharmaceutical companies based on exclusive competitive advantage gained in IP. Hold several patents covering innovative packaging designs.• Developed and directed an acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures group within Mars, Inc. Best practices were implemented and staffed with a multi-functional team led by Procurement. Based on the success of this roll-out, five percent of all future corporate growth now comes from this process.• Led the development and implementation of a formal Procurement/Supply Chain Competencies Training Program for Mars worldwide. Key components included effective utilization of empowerment principles, vendor assurance, Value Stream Analysis, e-Commerce, virtual office, IP management, lean principles, driving and delivering innovation and contracting.• Led the successful development and launch of an Innovation and Change Management System.• Implemented supply chain best practices for all Mars confection, main meal and pet care packaging in the U.S., Canada and Mexico (> $1 billion spend) and co-manufacturing/co-packing (> $1 billion spend). Improved best in class supply chain service levels from 96.5% to 99%.
  • Kal Kan Foods, Inc. (Mars, Inc.)
    Director - Commercial (Procurement)
    Kal Kan Foods, Inc. (Mars, Inc.) 1992 - 1999
    A catalyst in driving performance through organizing around local, regional and global assignments. Improved communication led to eventual consolidation enabling benefits in logistics and productivity gains through elimination of redundant activities.• Upgrading the caliber and effectiveness of the Indirect Materials/Services Group enabled taking on new responsibilities including: contracting and management of sales broker and distributor agreements; bringing graphic design services in-house for packaging, advertising and promotional materials; integrating up-front media planning and buying; and managing major global sponsorships, celebrity endorsements and company spokespeople.• Matrix responsibility for all Mars packaging in North America (> $1B purchases for M&M/Mars, Uncle Ben’s Rice and Kal Kan Foods) as the autonomous companies evolved to a consolidated Mars NA business.• Led project to self manufacture cans which resulted in vendor base rationalization and negotiation of a long term supply agreement with price reductions of 25% over five years.• Led an international migration (and paradigm shift) within Mars from filling pet food into pouches rather than cans. Managed change and complexity during this period by maintaining strong relationships with the can manufacturers, ensuring competitive advantage through long term protection of intellectual property covering break-through technology with Asian vendors, and assuring the new supply base.
  • Kal Kan Foods, Inc. (Mars, Inc.)
    Sr. Manager - Services Procurement
    Kal Kan Foods, Inc. (Mars, Inc.) 1991 - 1992
    Led a department of five in delivering dramatic results in the purchase of all media, advertising agencies, brokers, distributors, consultants, sponsorships, research, POP and market audit data.• Instilled improved coordination and planning by fostering multi-functional teams, which achieved double-digit reductions in total cost while increasing service levels. Success led to higher demand for increased involvement of Buyers in areas previously managed by client experts (i.e. advertising agencies, health care providers, travel, temporary labor, R&D).• Negotiated the first consolidated international corporate agreement with the industry leader in supplying market audit data and syndicated services. Savings of $30 million were achieved against a $90 million annual North American spend over three years, and included the Canadian and Mexican businesses.• Developed a web-based, interactive and annotated legal contracts system used worldwide and customized for local country needs. Legal costs were held constant while focus shifted to value-added legal review.
  • Mars Electronics, International (Mars, Inc.)
    Manager - Global Procurement
    Mars Electronics, International (Mars, Inc.) 1985 - 1990
    Directed global procurement (spend > $200 million) and supply chain management for high technology, multi-plant (US/UK), wholly-owned subsidiary of Mars, Inc.• Strategic alliances with Asian Pacific Rim semiconductor, microprocessor and PCB assembly suppliers resulted in a 25% reduction in UK operations costs. • Developed a Price/Value Index measuring performance against the market basket of purchased commodities. A consistent 2% advantage of actual performance vs. market was achieved.• Managed all aspects of the site selection, design/build erection and full automation of 200,000 sq. ft. US manufacturing and office facility.
  • Western Union Telegraph Company
    Sr. Director - Procurement
    Western Union Telegraph Company Jan 1983 - Jan 1985
  • Harris Corporation
    Manager - Corporate Commodities
    Harris Corporation Jan 1979 - Jan 1983
    Melbourne, Florida, Us
    Worked at Corporate HQ in Melbourne, FL to 1981.Transferred to Dallas/Ft. Worth from 1981 to 1983 as Procurement Manager at Harris's Web Press Division
  • Carrier Corporation
    Manager - Purchasing Services / Manager - Field Purchasing
    Carrier Corporation Jan 1975 - Jan 1979
    Us
    Positions held included Expediter, Buyer, Sr. Buyer, Purchasing Services Manager and finally Field Purchasing Manager

Jerry Esposito Skills

Cross Functional Team Leadership Strategy Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Management Management Supply Chain Procurement Contract Negotiation Leadership Strategic Planning Change Management Process Improvement Purchasing Outsourcing Sourcing Negotiation Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Business Development Business Strategy Logistics Mergers And Acquisitions Operations Management Forecasting Project Planning Training Product Development Contract Management Marketing Supply Management Sales Management Quality Assurance Global Sourcing Leadership Development Coaching Fmcg Entertainment Pricing Auditing Executive Management Advertising Supply Chain Optimization Brand Management Income Statement Engineering Vendor Management Value Stream Mapping Strategic Partnerships Employee Benefits Recruiting

Jerry Esposito Education Details

  • Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    General
  • The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
    The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
    Mergers And Aquisitions
  • The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
    The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
    Leading Change And Innovation
  • Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    Finance
  • Suny Geneseo
    Suny Geneseo
    Pre-Law
  • Deer Park High School
    Deer Park High School
    Regents

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