Marcus Porter Email & Phone Number

Lake Forest, Illinois, US

Atlanta, GA, US

• Responsible for strategic procurement activities in multiple complex service categories, including Professional Services, Business Process Outsourcing, and Telecom. Manage sourcing events, own contract negotiations.
• Identify opportunities through data analysis, stakeholder input, and benchmarking.
• Work with key clients to develop Business Service and Telecom category procurement strategies.
• Partner with IT teams on project definition, governance, and supplier performance management.
• Manage CCBSS’s 7-Step Strategic Sourcing Process as well as rapid sourcing projects.
• Negotiate and manages short and long-term contracts to optimize service and total cost of ownership.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Work with the Commercial procurement leadership, independent bottlers, and corporate stakeholders to drive category management for responsible category area.
• A subject matter expert, including in-depth knowledge of industry structure, economic drivers, supplier solvency and competitive situation for their responsible category.
• Negotiate and manage short and long-term contracts to ensure optimum costs and reliable supply to drive system needs/requirements.
• Consolidate and leverage volume of the Coca-Cola North American bottling system as possible in collaboration with stakeholders at the lowest sustainable total cost of ownership.
• Work well with system stakeholders to improve category supply chain efficiency and effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement in his/her area of responsibility leveraging project management and lean/six-sigma methods.Areas of Focus:Commercial PackagingIndirect

US

• Planned and procured for all replenishment items for both components and finished goods, appx 2000+ SKUs of make-up and skin care products for two global brands PUR and Cosmedix from 50+ domestic and international.
• Performed both demand/supply planning and purchasing activities including: Forecasted monthly demand based on historical sales, product life-cycles stages, & promotion plans. Ordered the appropriate stock with.
• Prepared weekly and monthly inventory reports such as Out of stock & Excess and Obsolete for executive management team and other departments
• Cooperated cross-functionally with all levels of internal teams including NPD, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Accounting, Regulatory, Logistics, and Warehouse as well as externally with all suppliers
• Effectively reduced inventory investment, lead-time while minimizing the out of stock items and increasing fill rate, improved the partnership with 50+ suppliers who have different culture backgrounds, time-zones.

US

• Performed pricing analysis for all components and finished goods appx.2000+ SKUs across three brands of the company using historical data and industry benchmark
• Negotiated pricing with suppliers for appx.1500+ SKUs of components
• Calculated COGS & retail prices for appx.500+ SKUs of new and relaunched items
• Created & maintained Item Master and Bill of Materials for appx.2000+ SKUs across all three brands of the company including new and relaunching items
• Created vendor scorecards to evaluate their performance on lead times, pricing, and quality issues
• Cooperated with internal teams including Marketing, Regulatory, Finance, Planning, Purchasing and externally with 50+ suppliers

• Provide a wide range of services to a client that encompasses all aspects of inspections, preservation, and market ready services.
• Provide timely information to HUD in order to ensure quality of services.
• Collaborate with other HUD contractors in order to maintain clients properties.
• Complete necessary HUD forms in order to report current conditions of properties.

Economics, Economics

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