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Broomfield, CO, US

Largo (Tampa Bay), FL, US

• Oversaw $400M in direct spend across global network of suppliers and contract manufacturing partners, supporting 5,000+ active skus, and 3 ConMed manufacturing sites.
• Successfully navigated ConMed through pandemic-era supply chain challenges; reducing backorders by 90%, and raw material inventory by 13% from 2022 to 2024.

Largo (Tampa Bay), FL, US

• Promoted to VP role to oversee US Manufacturing during leadership restructuring.
• Hired key leadership roles at US sites and drove operational improvement efforts focused on product availability, backorder reduction, and inventory optimization.

Largo (Tampa Bay), FL, US

• Reinstalled all forecasting and manufacturing planning parameters to navigate pandemic era supply and demand challenges.
• Restored relationships with several key suppliers affected by pandemic related decisions.
• Rebuilt S&OP and Strategic Sourcing teams and installed new leaders.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Directed all SIOP, Supply Planning, Strategic Sourcing, and Demand Management functions for Zimmer Biomet Spine division supporting global revenues of $500M+.
• Reduced backorders by 80% in first six months through focused supply and demand planning.
• Implemented global S&OP processes with EMEA, ASPAC, LATAM partners.
• Managed portfolio of 100+ suppliers and 60,000 active skus.

Drove all Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, and Logistics activities at early stage start up.Scaled supply chain and internal manufacturing operations to meet future demand profile.Onboarded contract manufacturers for electro-mechanical assembly of finished goods devices.Initiated cost-out and supplier rationalization projects and managed RFQ.

Milpitas, CA, US

Led all materials and supplier management activities including warehouse and distribution. Managed logistics and communication with contract manufacturer in China and key suppliers based in the USA, Mexico and Denmark. Responsible for on-time shipments and in-stock metrics for patient critical disposables.

Santa Clara, CA, US

Led all purchasing, planning, warehousing, and distribution activities and managed three of Picarro’s four manufacturing cells. Controlled $6M in direct inventory spend and was responsible for factory productivity, on-time customer delivery, inventory turns, supplier performance, and cost reduction.

Seattle, WA, US

Led European packaging and shipping supplies efforts which supported over 400 million units shipped in 2011 from European fulfillment centers and $74M in spend. Responsible for cost reduction initiatives, implementing new packaging technologies, and supplier management. Directed packaging supply chain standardization and harmonization efforts across 12.

Seattle, WA, US

Responsible for sourcing and developing new suppliers for capital equipment for European Fulfillment Centers. Negotiated Master Services/Supply agreements, initiated contracts, and served as liaison between suppliers and local fulfillment operations in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Led all operations for a division with revenues of $100M. Managed manufacturing, strategic sourcing, materials management, facilities, and distribution. Closely managed 4 key European suppliers. Managed team of 50+.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Directly responsible for manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, project management and customer installation of digital imaging systems for private orthopedic clinics. Drove integration efforts at newly acquired division by implementing new processes and metrics and by measuring and improving results.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Managed operations for surgical implant and instrument sets with products being distributed on short term consignment and often for emergency, patient-critical same day situations. Department consisted of 4 operations: customer service, inspection/replenishment, new kit build, and shipping.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Relocated to southern California to implement processes, procedures, and metrics for newly acquired division growing at over 100% annually. Led Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution and Warehouse teams.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Responsible for running $40M manufacturing unit while launching key new digital capture devices. Oversaw purchasing, planning, manufacturing engineering and production/repair activities.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Supervised production and repair lines for powered surgical instruments and digital imaging systems.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Scheduled production, managed forecasts, and owned Bills of Material for rapidly growing business unit.