Marcia D Williams Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Is your CPG experiencing exponential growth, either organically or by acquisition? If you have issues in meeting your customers’ demand or in shipping or delivering on time, these are signs that your sales have outgrown your supply chain and you are at risk of losing millions in revenues and having huge costs in inventory. This is where I come in.WHAT I.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

I write about the journey of Supply Chain Transformations including ERPs, supply chain planning; S&OP/ IBP, procure-to-pay, and change management. Articles include the following:- Five Ways Consumer Good Companies Can Optimize Inventory- Hidden Gems That Can Make Your Supply Chain Shine- Seven Mistakes to Avoid During Supply Chain Transformations- How to.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

UpGrad is an online university located in India with over 2 million enrolled students coming from over 100 countries. Provided actionable insights to MBA students about the effects of COVID on Supply Chain Planning, digital supply chains, lean six sigma, and other relevant topics in Supply Chain. Received 4.5 over 5.0 as feedback from students.

Columbus, Indiana, US

• Fully accountable for managing $165M annual spend on Corporate Services in Indirect Purchasing. Corporate Services under my responsibility included General Human Resources (i.e. global relocation services, employee.
• Led a six sigma project on global Relocation Services, per specific stakeholders’ request. Developed a cost model by using best subsets and regression analysis in minitab. Analyzed in-house vs. outsourcing domestic and.
• Managed through a natural disaster (extensive flooding) by developing a set of metrics which were used by the Finance Flood Team. Provided cost estimates to Cummins Technical Center (CTC) for accruals and compared.

Columbus, Indiana, US

• Fully accountable for managing $80M annual spend on MRO. This included Integrated Supply, Inventory Management (Indirect Stores), Logistics and Warehousing of MRO items used to support production. Led projects that.
• Conducted a global six sigma project on Low Cost Country Sourcing for Low Volume Service Tools, including mechanical and electrical components and kits. Identify key cost elements and built total cost of ownership.
• Led the global six sigma project on Integrated Supply strategy to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). This project included US, UK and Mexico to determine the business model for Maintenance, Repair and.
• Involved various areas such as Supply Chain including Logistics and Warehousing, Indirect Materials, Material Functional Excellence, Finance, Internal Audit and IT to negotiate the three-year contract on MRO Integrated.
• Implemented new MRO and Stores provider at eleven (11) Cummins sites. This implied, among other elements, developing the material process flows regarding emergency deliveries, vendor warehouse, point-of-use machines.

Columbus, Indiana, US

• Led the sourcing process of global relocation services, whose annual spend was approximately $14,000,000, through the RFX stages (RFI and RFP), including strategic approach and pricing model analysis to achieve$600,000.
• Led the scrap recycling services project by identifying new suppliers and alternatives to improve profits from the scrap generated in 10 locations. The forward auction resulted in $650,000 cost savings for the US.
• Led the corrugated packaging sourcing process which involves about 200 items in the RFQ for the locations in Southern Indiana. Cost savings achieved were approximately $65,000.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Led a global online bidding event for calcium silicate parts and achieved $1,400,000 in cost savings, which represented 49% of the total spend.
• Improved working capital by extending the payment terms to suppliers. Organized and monitored the follow up process with suppliers by creating different tracking tools. The annual cost savings reached $600,000.

• Designed and implemented standardized processes for extending credit by applying Kaizen Events approach that included written procedures manuals and internal controls across four branches. As a result, revenues.
• Led a team of 14 people including credit executives, information systems engineers and lawyers for improving operations.

• Audited the financial statements of The National State Bank and of Inter-American Development Bank projects, indicating the major risk areas and errors to be considered.
• Reviewed customers’ credit and verified compliance to existing classifications and regulations. Detected 40% did not obey the pre-established criteria, implying unnecessary higher credit risk.

Master Of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance

Bachelors Degree, Accounting