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Woodstock, Ga, Us

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Leading a team of 1800 employees with a budget over $600 million for the Uniform Division. My team designs, sources, procures, manufactures, and plans inventory to balance supply and demand.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Vice-President of Global ProcurementManaging $652MM of global procurement spend including metals and plastic resins. Developed global procurement strategy and a multiyear procurement plan to generate savings and reduce supply risk. • Negotiated 4% cost reduction with Chinese suppliers within the first 6 months of employment• Successfully avoided any COVID-19 supply disruptions thru early purchases, contingency plans, and prioritization with strategic suppliers. • Leading global supply chain footprint optimization project.• Optimizing procurement process and implementing best practices among regions.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Managing $160MM of procurement and transportation expenses, operations planning for five facilities, Customer Service, and Demand Planning. Formed a high performing team that is changing the culture and the way the company operates. • Develop and implemented a supply chain strategy that lowered operational expense, reduced inventory while improving customer service.• Increased fill rates from 96.4% to 99.2% improving strained relationships with all top-10 customers leading to strategic supplier status with top-3 customers. • Improved payment terms with suppliers generating over $1.8MM in working capital savings.• Saved $1.6MM through negotiations with raw material suppliers. • Reduced inventory by $3.2MM (9%) by aligning inventory turns and factory utilization.• Implemented Sales and Operations Planning Process that lead to $3.7MM of increased revenue.• Developed LLC cost model to consolidate manufacturing facilities saving $3.3MM. • Generated $1.1MM savings by optimizing transportation network and bidding transportation spend.

Houston, Tx, Us

Managed $486MM in logistics and direct/indirect spend across North America. Developed and implemented strategies to optimize supplier management, control costs, lower invested capital, and increase supplier service/reliability. Identified and implemented procurement, supplier, and industry best practices. Categories managed include: MRO items, equipment rental, titanium dioxide, aluminum, rock salt, calcium carbonate, sulfuric acid, and logistics. Administered a railcar fleet of over 6K leased railcars and over 1,200 owned railcars.o Delivered $19.1MM (5.1%) in annualized savings on $371MM in controllable spend through supplier negotiations, competitive bidding, global sourcing, alternate product/services competition, and feedstock analysis.o Conducted procurement due diligence for potential acquisitions and business divestitures.o Identified strategic suppliers and implemented a quarterly KPI review process. o Implemented standard practices across sites ensuring consistency in analyzing and managing local suppliers.o Successfully managed transition of four direct material categories from legacy systems to SAP.o Increased spend compliance from 62% to 97% maximizing savings with approved suppliers.

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Developed and executed sourcing strategies for domestic and international categories. Conducted spend and cost analysis to identify opportunities for lower supply costs. Prepared detailed business cases identifying savings and risk management for each initiative. Directed multi-functional projects to optimize investment through global commodity strategy, supply chain optimization, and strategic planning. Quantified acquisition EBITDA improvements during due diligence and executed after closing. Created should-be cost models using raw material price trends, country specific labor rates, import tariffs, and transportation costs.o Generated $10.2 million in savings in a $480 million spend by leading global plastic resin, and film cost reduction project across six packaging companies in Europe and North America.o Led negotiations with Chinese furniture suppliers generating over $5.8 million in savings. Implemented make-vs-buy analysis and new supplier assessment processes.o Identified and selected 54 new suppliers in China, Mexico, Brazil, India, and other LCCs across multiple industries (apparel, consumer products, furniture, automotive, restaurant, and building products).o Developed global sourcing plans and key deliverables for five affiliate companies.o Strategized and directed the restructuring of acquired purchasing and sourcing departments

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Led supply chain planning process to balance supply with demand for two Chinese factories in a matrix environment serving multiple SBUs. Managed long term capacity planning and capital decisions to support sales plan and customer service levels. Introduced new techniques that optimized production planning process and inventory management. Managed new product introduction execution and SKU rationalization. o Developed and implemented sales and operations planning (S&OP) process which improved customer service levels to 96%, while maintaining inventory and operational expense within budget.o Reduced average lead-time from 96 days to 51 days for purchased components. o Implemented JIT inventories with strategic suppliers reducing inventory for key items by 18%.

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Responsible for global implementation of Lean Sigma. Mentored multi-site team of Black Belts and Master Black Belts across 3 continents. Assisted SBUs and shared services functions to identify and prioritize Lean Sigma projects. Provided leadership in executing high profile multi-functional complex projects by clearly defining problems, selecting metrics, analyzing data, and driving solutions. Expanded implementation to indirect business functions (marketing, sales, finance, and engineering) further leveraging productivity gains.o Directed team of 6 that generated $90.4 million in annualized savings.o Developed project pipelines with SBU leaders, customers, and suppliers. Prioritized project execution based on financial impact and business strategy alignment. o Created and implemented S&OP process for the Health at Home SBU leading to increased customer service levels and lower inventories.o Led Kaizen events and supported Lean Sigma implementation in Mexico and Venezuela sites.

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Assisted SVP of Operations and Logistics in management of six North American factories. Project Manager for ERP system re-engineering for two Mexican factories.o Improved ERP (JDE) utilization from 21% to 79% resulting in significant operational improvements.o Led multifunctional team that reduced excess inventory by $1.4MM and generated $1.1MM in savings.o Implemented pull manufacturing system for two factories utilizing re-order points and direct pulls.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Managed manufacturing and overhaul of landing gear for Boeing narrow body airplanes• Created performance rewards and created atmosphere that reduced turnover from 21% to 5%. • Reduced lead-time from 34 to 22 days while reducing indirect headcount by 50%.• Improved on-time delivery for landing gears from 62% to 96% while decreasing expenses.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Mechanical Engineering