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Chicago, IL, US

Lindenhurst, IL USA

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Lindenhurst, Illinois, United States

• Provide consulting support and guidance to a broad spectrum of clients regarding supply chain operations, compliance requirements, and applicable state and federal laws.
• Completed consulting contract with Sri Tang Gloves, the largest medical glove factory (publicly traded) in Thailand, setting up new distribution and sales office in North America to promote the factory label/brand in.
• Sourced and hired US legal team to establish a new US based entity for Sri Trang, opened 3PM warehouse to manage all inbound/outbound shipments, and sourced a 3rd-party accounting team.
• Aggressively negotiated favorable pricing and terms and received allocations from overseas factories to meet customer needs.
• Leveraged extensive network in Asia to identify and procure orders for urgently needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) products (face masks, isolation gowns, coveralls and more).
• Coordinated and handled all logistical operations across multiple time zones for over 75 containers of PPE from 15 factories in a 3-month period.

Waukegan, Illinois, United States

• Direct report to the President who managed new product development, purchasing, and demand planning teams for the three company divisions (Luxor, Stand Up Desk Store, and Stand Steady).
• Successfully sourced and launched over 250 new products for all company divisions.
• Performed extensive market/competitive intelligence regarding supplier costs, sourcing, contract negotiations, and sourcing strategic impact.
• Established partner offices and facilities in Asia to extend overseas footprint and capabilities.
• Led an affordability integration team focused on supply channel cost reduction initiatives.

Grayslake, Illinois, United States

• Senior executive responsible for all sourcing, purchasing, and distribution operations for medical disposables company.
• Collaboratively and cross-functionally drove the identification, structuring, negotiating, closing and nurturing of all strategic relationships to achieve and exceed assigned revenue targets.
• Worked closely with sales team to identify gaps and organizational product needs in key target markets and key accounts.
• Implemented and lead new MRP system integration to improve inventory control process.
• Identified and hired Shanghai Office Manager to manage company’s China office and oversee facility operations
• Launched new product lines such as company’s new isolation gown and clean-up kit lines.

Waukegan, Illinois, United States

• Led company-wide strategic sourcing, purchasing and supply chain functions for all Briggs Medical companies, including MABIS Healthcare and Duro-Med Industries ($120MM in total revenue).
• Identified and audited new and existing factories while conducting ongoing pricing negotiations.
• Extensive travel throughout Asia cultivating, sustaining, and expanding business relationships to develop executable go-to-market strategies.
• Reduced product costs up to 20% while improving quality through Asian sourcing. Restructured logistics to eliminate cost of LTL shipping, saving up to $28K annually.
• Launched the Briggs Medical nitrile and vinyl glove private label program.
• Successfully lead company to achieve ISO 13485 certification in 2009, which allowed for product sales in the European Union.

Mchenry, Illinois, United States

• Planned, managed and executed overall strategic sourcing plan with an annual operating budget of over $150M. Earned recognition as "Employee of the Year".
• Conducted sourcing, planning, coordination and management of over 80% of the Cypress medical and personal care product portfolio (Cypress Medical Products was acquired by McKesson in 2007)
• Aggressively identified, sourced, and launched over 200 new product items within or ahead of schedule.
• Served as sourcing liaison between US and Asian offices and established and developed long-term, lasting relationships to drive revenue. Set up Chinese-based QA system that drastically cut volume of rejected product.
• Performed competitive product analysis and developed lower-priced hybrid products.
• Coordinated implementation of private label programs for major medical distributors and homecare alliances.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Ecomonics/Political Science

Graduate, General Studies