I lead the Global Procurement Excellence practice, helping organizations transform their procurement functions in today’s disruption-driven economy.

Advisor to C-suite clients; responsible for driving turnaround business and operational strategies to generate transformational and sustainable results in multiple procurement, supply chain, SG&A and operations engagements.Led multiple Procurement Excellence projects for multi-billion-dollar industrial manufacturing companies. Scope included Direct Materials, Indirects, CapEx and Tail spend categories. Advised executive clients (CFOs/CPOs/CSCOs) on creation of new procurement functions with supporting organizational effectiveness, talent development and source to pay efficiency.

Responsible for enterprise-wide supply chain efforts for industry-leading Gaming Entertainment company (~$4B revenue) including all direct materials and indirect goods & services; supply chain & contract manufacturing strategy, strategic sourcing, sales & operations planning, supplier management, new product introduction, transportation & logistics, and supplier quality. Executive leadership of $1.5B+ Global Supply Chain with ~1000 employees and operations on 6 continents.

Advisor to C-suite clients; responsible for driving turnaround business and operational strategies to generate transformational and sustainable results in multiple supply chain, procurement, SG&A and operations engagements.Led multiple Supply Chain Transformation projects for multi-billion dollar consumer goods and services companies. Scope included both Direct and Indirect categories. Advised executive clients (CFOs/CSCO/CPOs) on creation of new center-led supply chain & procurement organizations with supporting organizational design, policies, processes and capability building. Consulted specialty retail client with $1B+ in global own brand spend. Developed strategies to centralize global sourcing and reduce overall cost 4-6% through implementation of strategic sourcing levers (should cost modeling, global volume concentration, low cost country sourcing).Led Procurement Transformation project for a $5B Consumer Services client. Developed sourcing roadmap and path to $20-30M indirect sourcing savings in Marketing & Media, I.T. & Telecom, Facilities & Corporate Services and Travel & Entertainment. Created new center-led procurement organization with supporting organizational design, policies, processes and capability building.Performed a U.S. supply chain and distribution assessment for a specialty retailer with $300M+ spend in outbound transportation, distribution operations and dotcom fulfillment. Identified $30M+ in savings opportunities through transportation optimization, labor productivity improvement and distribution network footprint consolidationLed national final mile delivery optimization project for top three online retail client with $500M+ spend. Developed implementation strategies to reduce overall cost by $50M through negotiation of new rate structure and optimization of volume allocation between own fleet and 3rd party carriers.

Leadership position in the global supply chain with main responsibility for mobile handset sourcing including supplier strategy, performance, allocation, negotiation, and contracting for mobile device insurance business. Scope included direct procurement of Remanufactured (contract manufacturing) and New devices with $1B+ spend, 2500 SKUs from up to 50 suppliers in 10 countries. Leader of global procurement team of 10 employees in 3 countries and leadership team member for Hong Kong sourcing office of 50+ employees. Developed and implemented supplier strategy to shift from traditional procurement to strategic supplier relationships; including supplier rationalization, volume allocation, joint cost improvement, and KPI improvement. Reduced supply base to 10 strategic suppliers and drove improvement in all KPIs.Coordinated the development of standardized global “lean” processes to improve supplier performance and streamline internal reporting. New reporting reduced daily workload by 75% and improved visibility to supplier ATB and delivery schedules. Asia region’s fill rate improved from 80% to 95%. Implemented global supplier scorecard to optimize supplier performance in Delivery, Cost, Yield, Quality, and Relationship. Supplier fill rates improved from 75% to 95%, yield increased from 57% to 70%, quality failures reduced from 3.4% to 1.0%. Led joint cost reduction effort with external suppliers through implementation of supplier engineering and “should-cost modeling”. Achieved total cost benefit of more than $10M through negotiation, yield optimization, volume allocations, and cost avoidance.

Management consultant specializing on strategic sourcing and operational transformation projects for global corporate clients in Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Distribution, Packaging, Paper, Telecom, Manufacturing, and Government sectors. Led various cross-functional teams of greater than 50 people to deliver cost savings, project objectives, and staff development. Delivered store operations transformation project for a retail client to 1300 stores; including improved staff communication, merchandising, operations and scheduling alignment. Total savings through reduced labor hours and improved processes totaled $18M. Created project dashboard to monitor stores’ financial performance and measure program implementation and new policy compliance.Managed $18.5M Small Parcel shipping process optimization and negotiation effort for a retail client. Realized savings through optimization and renegotiation totaled $2M.Realigned a large state government procurement division organization to effectively manage expenditures totaling $3.3B. Designed new organizational structure to balance staff expertise, contract demand, and expenditures volume while meeting staffing budget limitations.Led manufacturing client’s cost reduction team tasked with developing global sourcing strategies for several direct materials categories including Fasteners, Filtration Products, and Bearings. Managed Tire inventory reduction team and realized $5M in benefits through supplier buybacks, third party liquidation, and customer incentive programs. Identified $1M in savings through standardization of filtration pricing between North American, Asian and European regions. Achieved 15% savings on $10M washer category through renegotiation with incumbent suppliers. Authored and delivered strategic sourcing training program for a state procurement division; including A.T. Kearney 7-step Strategic Sourcing process, eSourcing, RFP, evaluation, and negotiations for over 100 employees.

Analyzed cross-regional sourcing process between Latin American sub-regions and made recommendations for systems and process improvements to reduce forecasting lead times.

Managed business process redesign and systems development for various company-wide projects including Returns Management Authorization System, EyeSite Intranet, Process Improvement & Documentation and Legislative Affairs Tracking & Mapping System.