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Brought in by Marmon to help turn around this consumer and industrial products company. Oversee all global sourcing, supply chain, logistics, distribution, and inventory management along with HR and two business units. - Turned $4M lose per year losing operation and made it profitable and growing in two years- Took over $1M out of raw material cost in first year through product innovation and VAVE - Reduced ocean freight expense by over 5% - Improved the P&L of two business segments with improved business processes - Reduce E&O to under 1 percent of purchases- Established index pricing on commodities and metal parts reducing cost over 17%.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Develop an automation process that increase capacity, reduced the number for processing centers from 11 to 6 that resulted in a $4M annual savings on $100M operation.

Brought in by a private equity group to turnaround the omni channel operations of the company from source to customer. - Reduced inventories by 20% - Improved service performance from the 70's to high 90's. - Improved cash flow, and eliminated bottle necks and constraints across the operations - Led change management process across the organization by putting in place a plan of action t-o drive performance improvements eliminating $1M in retail and E-Commerce customer chargebacks. - Improved both B2B and B2C channel performances which drove top line sales performance.

Naples, Fl, Us

Led cost reduction and process improvment engagement for a PE owned party rental company.

Ran day to day operations of this importer, wholesale and retailer while growing top line by 10% and improving margins by 2%.

Monroe, Mi, Us

Led a team of six direct reports and one hundred thirty indirect reports with responsibility for the total supply chain operations. Responsible for annual purchases of over $400M sourced from South America, Asia, Europe and North America through a combination of contract manufacturers, distributors/convertors and direct suppliers. Managed the $65M balance sheet, a logistics expenses of $50M, and had P&L responsibility for a $50M distribution network.* Led a 'Low Cost Country" sourcing strategic initiative that resulted in building a 700,000 square foot cellular manufacturing maquiladora plant and DC operation supplying WIP to five US plants resulting in $20M in savings annually.* Set up China consolidation center in Shanghai to flow group LCL orders and flow them raw materials, WIP, and finished goods into both US plant and regional distribution operations.*Negotiated a Global Supply Agreement leverage all company's divisions FTE volumes and locking down ocean rates, GRI's, and peak season charges for a year saving over $2M.*Built a supply chain team that developed an agile supply chain network that dynamically dealt with changes in demand, plant realignment, and a growing regional distribution network.*Turned around the P&L performance of the regional distribution network taking a money losing operations to one delivering over $1M bottom line contribution.*Developed the long range distribution network strategy as the company took over its dealer back end, distribution, and home delivery operations. *Implemented a "twenty six week" cycle process to drive and improve the roll out of new products on time every six months.*Delivered year over year cost savings of $5-$10M in supply chain areas.*Implemented a supplier qualification, selections, and certification process to drive quality and on time performance.*Implemented JD Edwards ERP systems to start up a new plant operations and subsequently rolled out across all plants and supply centers.

Monroe, Mi, Us

Led a team of 3 direct reports and 12 indirect reports with accountability for global sourcing of raw materials including leather, fabric, and vinyl covers for all with annual purchases in excess of $250M. Assumed additional responsibility for the China sourcing operation ensuring supply, quality and logistics of all China sourced raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.

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Recruited into the organization by the CEO to turn around a $90M operation. Achieved turnaround in 3 years increasing sales to over $350M and while growing EBITA by 3X. Led a staff of five directors, nine departments, and seventy staff members. Oversaw global raw material sourcing and finished goods in excess of $160M per year sourced from Asia, Turkey, Europe, Canada and the U.S.Implemented new systems across the organization reduce overhead, improve manufacturing capacity planning and scheduling, demand planning, and service levels to customers.Reduced cycle times and implemented demand planning into the industry.Transformed the company culture and drove operational excellence across the organization. Increased manufacturing capacity and scaled the organization to support the doubling the size of the company.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

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Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Logistics

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