Joseph Reed Email & Phone Number

United States

Springdale, Ar, Us

•Responsible for leading all strategic planning, strategic sourcing, and supplier management activity for $1+ billion of direct material spend across the Tyson enterprise. •Leading a team that consists of three Sr. Category Managers, one Category Manager, and two Procurement Specialists.

Springdale, Ar, Us

-Category Management-•Managed six direct material categories with a total spend of $220 million •Performed internal demand analysis, industry/competitor analysis, financial metrics analysis, and supply market analysis.-Strategic Sourcing-•Negotiated costing by utilizing a competitive bidding process. •Negotiated contract terms with strategic suppliers (Supply Relationship Agreements, Business Schedules, SAP Outline Agreements). -Commodity Management-•Developed category strategies and utilize risk management tools while actively monitoring market and historical information to support buying decisions.•Monitored market fundamentals of supply/demand factors and employ technical analysis to adjust or renew strategies required to maintain financial reporting integrity.-Supplier Management, Integration, & Business Alignment-•Took a lead role in the discovery, implementation, execution, and tracking of cost savings projects within the Tyson's system as well as at the supplier’s facilities.•Took lead role to support and manage on-going supplier management strategy, including scorecard development with relevant KPIs, business reviews, benchmarking, and market condition updates.•Addressed and resolve issues related to material quality, price, service, and delivery.•Responsible for the implementation and coordination of supplier transitions with cross-functional teams and matrix resources tied to strategic sourcing activities.

Springdale, Ar, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

•Assessed business risk and operational structure to provide recommendations to key management personnel which enhanced the internal control environment and created efficiencies in operations.•Developed reporting metrics to increase the transparency of audit results to identify the root causes of compliance issues.•Created project plans and supervised the execution of the plans including the management of client relationships, successfully producing all assigned deliverables under demanding deadlines.

•Actively traded outright Gold, Soybean, Corn, and Wheat futures contracts. Spread U.S. Treasury Bond, U.S. Ten Year Note, and U.S. Five Year Note futures contracts. •Developed trading and hedging strategies by performing statistical and fundamental analysis and by designing statistical models which were utilized to execute the trading and hedging strategies.

Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Finance