Michael Staton Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas, US

Charlotte, NC, US

Head of procurement supporting the Chief Data Office, Consumer, Wealth and Small Business Technology, and Financial Market Data. Key responsibilities include:- growing and developing a global procurement team- accountable for responsibly sourcing $2B in managed spend supporting more than 50,000 employees globally- leading and supporting third party risk.

Charlotte, NC, US

Recruited to leverage supply chain background by leading the execution of end to end Third Party Program oversight through testing, assessments and monitoring routines. As a key leader in this space, the global/multi-site team has improved operational processes and execution, developed positive stakeholder relationships, passed all compliance check points.

Charlotte, NC, US

Selected by the Third Party Administration senior leadership team to lead a project focused on the design and implement an enterprise-wide risk based procurement portal. This best in class portal, available to over 200,000 bank employees and contractors, increased Third Party program and regulatory compliance by ensuring the inclusion of appropriate.

Charlotte, NC, US

Received incremental responsibility for vendor registration and termination operations. This role included providing leadership for a multi-site international operation, developing new termination processes that were compliant with regulatory requirements and provided greater protection to the bank for vendors failing to meet performance and/or risk.

Charlotte, NC, US

Global change manager responsible for developing optimal payment processes for complex business purchasing routines in order to reduce risks associated with payments and rogue spend. This role required the creation & use of an integrated Source to Pay risk assessment for deals which led to nearly $22M in Risk Mitigation Savings in less than 1 year..

Knoxville, TN, US

Promoted to integrated supply Sr. Program Manager. This role was responsible for the change management routines associated with rolling out an enterprise wide Maintenance, Repair, & Operations (MRO) integrated supply program that optimized TVA’s supply base, increased service levels, improved supply chain order to pay processes while providing savings..

Knoxville, TN, US

Recruited to manage over $200M in annual spend. Specifically, this role was responsible for leveraging a category management strategy to negotiate an enterprise wide Maintenance, Repair, & Operations initiative that optimized TVA’s supply base, increased service levels, while providing ~10% annual savings. In additional to deploying a category management.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Created, published, & presented fraud loss forecasts for Global Consumer Fraud Prevention, Finance, and business partners
• Utilized forecast and ad hoc analysis to proactively drive solution oriented activities
• Strategically partnered with internal and external business partners to better understand who, what, when, where, why and how fraudulent attacks occur to mitigate negative customer impacts and fraud losses
• Managed risk exposure for categories exceeding $100MM
• Viewed as forecasting and fraud subject matter expert for portfolios of responsibility
• Lead and participated in MBF projects to drive improvements and close gaps to plan.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Analyze business history, growth, trends, and anomalies to better allocate store merchandise in order to drive product profitability.
• Collaboratively explores new opportunities for allocation accuracy, tool enhancements/and or development.
• Publish and communicate timely reporting for direct supervisor, team directors, and senior management.
• Proactively create, publish, and communicate statistical and financial ad hoc reports in order to create changes that result in greater sales, margin and turn.
• Build and grow relationships within allocation team, business partners, and supplier community.
• Selected as primary candidate for Managerial Behavioral Development Program (succession planning).

Mooresville, NC, US

• Lead strategic collaborative forecasting efforts with key product suppliers (i.e. Whirlpool, Samsung, GE, 3M, Nestle) in order to create streamlined forecasts which lower Lowe’s product cost
• Author, review and facilitate the implementation of Standard Operating Procedure’s (SOP)
• Participate in the recruitment process in order to fill open positions throughout the forecasting department
• Coach and mentor new and existing forecast analysts
• Assist forecast manager as requested in on-boarding, training, staff meetings and other projects
• Lead Forecast Analyst on the design, implementation and socialization of Manugistics Collaborate solution

Mooresville, NC, US

• Responsible for forecasting demand across Lowes’ supply chain within Millwork and Rough Plumbing.
• Developed, presented, and defended forecasting models and methodology.
• Created and provided various ad hoc financial and statistical reporting/analysis to Merchandise Directors, Logistics, Replenishment and Forecasting Managers and Directors.
• As a leader and team member, actively engaged in long-term projects to create tools that allow forecast analysts to better forecast with greater accuracy.
• Developed and maintain working relationships not only with vendors, but also Lowe’s merchandising, replenishment, logistics, store associates and other support groups to help ensure that stores receive products in the.

Mooresville, NC, US

• Primary Merchandising arbiter between Vendors, Logistics, Plano-gramming, Legal, Accounting, Marketing and store associates
• Interpret, analyze, communicate and execute Merchandising sub-division goals and standards
• Decipher, correct, and maintain vendor buying agreements
• Evaluate and select product mix according to market specificity for new and existing stores’ requests, under the general direction of the Merchandise Director
• Create and provide thorough, accurate, and insightful financial (sales and inventory) analysis reviewed by director and vice president level management on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis for a multi-million.
• Establish and maintain vendor/store relationships to ensure that stores receive overwhelming assistance from our vendors and support from Merchandising to ensure our customers are well served