Director Of It - Supply Chain And Automation Technology | Transformation
Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area, Michigan, United States
Head of Global Supply Chain and Automation Technology, and Transformation for an $8B leading direct sales MLM business operating across 63 countries. Drove technology vision, strategic planning, and solutions across the global organization, developing customer-aligned technology platforms and services for business stakeholders in global markets.• Governed a $30M combined operational and capital technology budget, guiding the development of 60 employees, an 8-member management team, a matrix organization of 80 employees, and 150 partner consultants supporting the Amway systems and team spread across 6 countries• Played key roles in Amway internal initiatives: operating model transformation, strategic sourcing, Agile & Product team transformation, AI-Automation, IT portfolio governance, Finance Shared Service Center operational improvements, and talent acquisition and retention delivering $28M in net savings via optimization of people, process, and technology• Implemented the 3PL for Singapore within four months, maintaining business continuity• Led Amway’s Inventory and Order Management transformation by leveraging Manhattan SaaS and Microservices to provide a single view of inventory and enable an omni shopping experience• Improved speed of application Release delivery in DevOps by 35%, reduced code errors by 75%, and utilizing RPA bots, reduced labor time = to 5 FTEs• Directed Global Logistics & Warehouse Management technology teams for First & Last Mile; supporting 4M orders per month across 30 countries• Developed, directed multiple Supply Chain, Finance, and Market ERP teams across the US, India, and Malaysia, managing 50M orders annually• Championed DE&I initiative for business, empowering and incubating teams with a spectrum of diverse talent• Improved operational performance – 10% reduction in operating and 20% reduction in capital expense, and $1M cost savings on support managed services via 8% reduction in mean time to resolving issues