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Responsible for developing and deploying the Procurement Strategy across the North America geography and categories through effective supplier relationship management, commercial negotiations, and strategic cost savings portfolio management.

Novelis is the global leader in aluminum rolled products and aluminum recycling. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company serves customers in sectors including automotive, beverage can, and high-end specialties such as electronics and architecture. Novelis is the only company producing premium, high-end rolled aluminum products on all four major industrialized continents; the largest single producer of aluminum rolled products with an estimated 14% of the world’s supply; the world’s largest aluminum recycler, including around 42 billion cans recycled annually; meeting the growing demand for our premium products by investing approximately $2 billion in global expansions from FY11 – FY14; a global technology leader with state-of-the-art recycling, rolling and metal solidification techniques; creating innovation for vehicles like the aluminum intensive 2015 Ford F-150 and the all-new Range Rover, the world’s first SUV with a lightweight all-aluminum body.

Responsible for developing and implementing global logistics strategies and initiatives that will result in increased customer satisfaction, reduced operating costs, efficiency gains, and improved risk management for the Composite Solutions Business.

Frontier Logistics, LP, is a Premier Integrated Logistics Service Provider that caters to a variety of industries. Our customer base ranges from Fortune 100 companies to privately-owned enterprises. Key to success is providing comprehensive logistics solutions to our customers while maintaining top quartile service performance and cost.Speed of implementation of business strategies and supporting functional plans are key to our organization's success, all within a sharp entrepeneurial framework. My responsibilities and contributions as follows:Develop and implement corporate strategies for Customer Services including organizational design, talent selection and deployment, performance management, and succession planning. Defined a strategic framework for Customer Services including functional priorities, people strategy, execution in supporting the business, and business-focused metrics. Delivered 30% productivity increase across Customer Services through organizational redesign, performance management, and workforce optimization.Develop and execute Enterprise Supply Chain Quality strategies, initiatives and activities in support of meeting key goals and objectives related to Customer Satisfaction, Improvement to Operations, and Cost Optimization. Developed and implemented quality systems and processes that resulted in 25% reduction in customer complaints. Reduced Prime Expenses by $120K per year.

Provided direction to the global organization responsible for Trade Compliance and International Logistics Operations supporting Dow's international trade.

As part of the Divestitures Leadership Team, responsible for the internal due diligence process on shared functions, mainly supply chain, logistics operations, customer services, information systems, and procurement, to effectively accelerate divestments.

Responsible for Supply Chain workforce analysis in North America and the identification of labor arbitrage opportunities to reduce costs.

Provided leadership to the trade compliance and international logistics organizations in North America.

North America Logistics Leader, Houston, TX, USA, 2001-2006. Responsible for managing the distribution network for packaged goods supporting both domestic and exports markets.Latin America Logistics Leader, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1998-2001. Responsible for developing the logistivcs value net that supported the business growth of the Polyethylene business in Latin America.