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Providing IT and management consulting services in the following areas:|| CIO Advisory|| IT Cost Optimization|| Systems Implementation|| Business Process Design|| Business and IT Strategy|| Project Management|| Procurement and Negotiation|| Infrastructure Relocation

• Counseled company leadership on IT and process solutions.• Automated daily management financial dashboard to provide overview of sales, booked orders, production and inventory on hand.• Managed all aspects of relocation of Texas manufacturing facility including budget, planning, contractor selection and coordination, and eventual move. Negotiated $200K savings across multiple contractors and purchases.• Implemented detailed routings to effectively monitor order status throughout the manufacturing process and to tightly assign costs to various stages of production.• Implemented manufacturing supply chain automation to enable use of bar coding for receiving and as products pass from stage to stage in manufacturing.• Implemented Oracle CPQ for product configuration, negotiated 30% savings on licensing and implementation.

• Counseled corporate leadership on supply chain and ERP business systems, shop floor systems, IP telephony, cloud based email and remote systems access. Resultant projects facilitated business growth from $75M to $220M annual sales.• Evaluated alternatives, negotiated $300K savings, and led implementation of new ERP and integrated shop floor control system for two divisions.• Engaged with purchasing and manufacturing executives to establish supply chain parameters.• Worked with manufacturing leaders to evaluate and implement shop floor control system. Managed the integration of the shop floor system with the ERP system and production dosing robot. Analyzed materials usage to determine which materials should be stocked in the robot to optimize automated pours. Resulting automation allowed for up to 600 robotic raw material pours per day and saved $105K/year in overtime payroll.• Led international cross-functional team to standardize raw material codes across business affiliates and operating units. This involved coordination between product development, quality control, regulatory, purchasing, planning, manufacturing and IT groups.• Built a corporate IT team comprised of in-house (10) and outsourced staff (2-5) in support of 250 employees. • Managed seamless relocation of all systems, network infrastructure and telecom to a new office facility. • Converted existing T1 wide area networking architecture to MPLS, reducing costs by 20% and providing redundancy. • Converted in-house legacy e-mail to cloud based solution providing speed improvements, remote access and protection against power and weather related interruptions.• Eliminated 90% of spending on outside IT consulting, achieving overall IT spending reduction of 15% while improving IT security and systems. Managed $5 million annual budget.• Designed prototype for soon to be implemented customer web portal.

• Selected as technology representative on a board of directors sponsored committee to protect the brand image of Bath and Body Works. Advised the leadership group on process changes, available technologies and software solutions, resulting in $2M annual savings through reduced product recalls and reduced copyright infringement litigation.• Managed cross-functional teams on various projects for retail, logistics and manufacturing divisions in three states. Employed full project life cycle, project management, risk management and scope change management for on-time/on-budget delivery of these projects.• Identified systems improvement opportunities through analysis of project costs and payback. • Reduced inventory obsolescence and purchasing errors by recommending and overseeing development of a custom portal application for corporate purchasing. System allowed fifty key suppliers to have real-time access to their orders and to provide updated order, shipment and billing status through the Internet.

Planned and executed all aspects of technology. Directed software development, networking, support staff and consultants (total 15-20) in support of 230 desktop users in two states. Frequently re-deployed IT resources as business rapidly grew and changed. Managed LAN, WAN and telecomm functions including specification of phone systems and network infrastructure, acquisition of hardware and software and implementation of all corporate systems.• Acquired communications and systems infrastructure and hired personnel to support initial launch into cosmetics industry and growth to $2.2 billion annual retail sales. Was fully responsible for all systems during twelve-year life of the company and budgets of $3 to 6 million annually.• Selected and implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), financial, product formulation, product specifications, e-mail, and office automation systems.• Negotiated $260K savings (46%) on purchase of a product formula control system. Led cross-functional and cross-divisional team in the selection of this system. Managed a complex process reengineering effort to synchronize the product development process across two separate retail divisions.• Planned and executed opening and move to five different office facilities to support fast business growth.