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Morrisville, Pa

Morrisville, Pa

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for developing and implementing external sourcing strategy and global planning processes for $1 B business. • Led cross functional global team, including purchasing, marketing, quality, supply chain, R&D, and manufacturing, to outsource product line resulting in $1.2 MM in annual savings and expanded manufacturing capabilities enabling doubling of revenue within 3 years. • Implemented global demand and supply planning process utilizing SAP APO functionality for complex specialty chemical business. • Led multiple new product introductions enabling increased overall product supply and additional business revenue of $4 MM.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Accountable for all aspects of supply reliability, service, compliance, and costs for highly regulated portfolio of biocide products supporting 40% of global business unit sales.• Developed a comprehensive, five-year supply strategy and supporting negotiation tactics yielding $5MM/year average annual savings.• Championed design and launch of Steelwedge S&OP software pilot for corporation, integrating into the business ES&OP process.• Lead role in supply chain talent identification, attraction, hiring, retention and development for both business direct and leveraged supply chain resources.• Drove growth enabling service improvements, aligned with overall business growth strategy, resulting in improved on-time delivery while reducing lead-times by 35%.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Transformed regional supply chain and customer service organizations for four complex businesses into single effective organization, yielding $1 MM in annual savings. • Integrated heritage Rohm and Haas supply chain organization into new DOW Specialty Materials supply chain. Teamed with supply chain leadership to ensure organizational synergy target ($1.5MM) was met. Led Performance Materials global supply chain organization during integration.• Established strategy and drove initiatives to deliver 30% reduction in service failures while reducing transportation safety incidents and associated response costs by 40%.• Developed and implemented supply chain and order fulfillment processes for new biocides joint venture.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for all aspects of supply management for Biocide, Personal Care, and Household product lines, representing $200 MM in annual sales.• Championed project to qualify and transition supply of key raw material in polyacrylic acid production, resulting in $600M/year savings.• Partnered with customers and suppliers and led cross-functional team to design and implement enhanced product packaging to address severe customer complaints and product stewardship issues, eliminating recurring customer complaints and delivering $400M/year in savings. • Drove improved business operational discipline and performance by developing and implementing New Product Introduction and Inventory Management processes.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Managed all aspects of global supply for $50MM/year Graphics Arts product line to support overall business strategy.• Collaborated with global business manager via S&OP process to maximize plant capacity utilization, enabling additional business revenue of $2MM/year.• Consolidated manufacturing network, reducing overall supply network costs by 25%.• Delivered sustained inventory reduction of 20% ($4MM) while maintaining customer service levels. • Implemented SAP/Manugistics for business warehouse planning process, driving operating discipline, processes, and metrics to improve overall service levels.

Managed 50 production employees and $15MM budget for manufacturing diverse specialty product line (Solution Coatings, Rheology Modifiers, and Ink Jet/Toner Resins). • Negotiated and implemented organizational re-design of production department resulting in flexible workforce and $2MM cost reduction.• Led MRP II Class A and OSHA VPP implementation activities for production department.• Led production planning activities for multiple production lines, ensuring capacitated production plan for 13-week and 18-month planning horizon, driving Class A performance on MRP II metrics, and improving on-time delivery from 80% to > 95%.

Mba

Ms, Chemical Engineering Practice

Bs, Chemical Engineering