A supply chain leader with significant experience in the majority of traditional supply chain functions, including planning, sourcing, manufacturing and distribution. My leadership experience includes both day-to-day functional, and project management roles. My project experience includes projects related to business processes and business systems. I thrive in operational and or strategic environments ripe for improvement, partnered with individuals committed to excellence and prepared to address those related challenges objectively.Excellent applied knowledge of supply chain principles and operational best practices. Proficient in supply chains with international footprint. Unique skills include the following:• Process design and implementation • Supply Chain Optimization• Change Management • Business Systems• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) • Lean and 6 Sigma MethodologiesProfessional Highlights Strategic process design and implementation, including KPI establishment, in the following:o Material planning – various methods implemented from simple kanban and basic min / max to rules defined optimization engines in multi node, geographically dispersed supply chains.o Demand management / forecasting, and S&OP - created team and standard operating procedures.o Introduced BI platform to support inventory reduction by $300M over 4 years. Systems implementations - led multiple supply chain departments through successful ERP implementations.o Industries served: Mining (Industrial Equipment) , Retail, Architectural Coatings, Consumer Goodso 16 manufacturing plants and dozens of distribution centers - located across 6 continents. Initiated and managed project to lower finished goods safety stock levels at DCs .o Using statistical methods, reduced safety stock levels by two days of inventory while maintaining 99.99% customer order fulfillment rates.