I am a highly analytical, strategic, and decisive executive with 15+ years of progressive leadership experience directing supply chain, logistics, and inventory management operations within the Retail, Healthcare, and Consulting sectors. As a resourceful problem solver, I possess an innate ability to bridge gaps between operations, accounting practices, and financial results to maximize efficiencies and increase profits. I thrive as an effective communicator with success building high performance teams and conveying supply chain and logistics strategies to drive cost reductions, profitability improvement, and customer satisfaction within diverse fast-paced environments.Career Highlights:* Led turnaround of Wholesale business division for Follett High Education Group improving operating profit from -$2.8M to +$3.6M within 8-months. Eliminated unprofitable student buy backs events at schools and redefined acceptance criteria on USED books with consumable components. Negotiated operations agreement to sell off Wholesale division.* Directed development of solution that blocks store level backorders from going to 3rd party wholesalerswhen there is available access to excess supply in network of stores. Achieved $44M annualized reduction in wholesale orders.* Developed process that identified books prior to return rights expiration. Reduced NEW dead bookmarkdowns from $14M per year to $7M in 3-years.Specialties:Leadership & Team Building • Strategic Planning & Execution • Supply Chain & Logistics Operations Management • Global Sourcing & Business Intelligence • Inventory Management • Complex P&L Management • Full Lifecycle Project Management • Continuous Process Improvement • CorporateProcurement • Vendor Management & Contract Negotiations • Accounting & Financial Analysis