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Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl, Us

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Us

•Globally responsible for providing strategic oversight, execution and development of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information Technology, Customer Service and Technical Service functions. •Responsible for M&A pipeline global alignment, diligence, closing activities and integration execution. Ultimately owning integration of new business units into Laborie’s global operation teams. •Secured feedback and alignment from executive committee members, developed strategies and reported to board of directors. •Revamped global operations organization, competencies and strategic focus to deliver rapid scale and sustained performance.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Us

• Chartered to re-structured supply and operations departments resulting in successful reduction of manufacturing lead time, improved manufacturing quality and reduced inventory. Ultimately establishing an organization which leveraged clear roles, responsibilities and metrics to operate autonomously. • Evaluated and advised private equity team on supply acquisition targets. Ensuing in acquisitions which, expanded margins, reduced supply chain risk and multiple expansion. • Collaboratively redesigned R&D and product lifecycle processes. Institutionalizing business cases, requirements development, strategic sourcing, stage gates and EOL procedures. Bring about greater business alignment, reduced project cycle times and reducing business risk. • Evaluated, sponsored and implemented new ERP system enabling company to scale business operations while, reducing inventory and enabling functional strategic operating plans

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• Results oriented Leader responsible for P&L and overall company management including: Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, Operations, supply chain and R&D. • Participated in senior management’s Strategic M&A planning, negotiations and due diligence to bringing about a successful merger for both buy and sell sides. • Responsible for post-merger integration, planning, and execution of T-DOC business unit, Intl sales & distribution and consumable product lines. • Coached Intl sales team to define market specific size of the prize. Then developed execution plans resulting in 6.5% increase in year over year revenue• Championed pricing management strategy, analysis, process and execution causing 7.5%%increase in gross margin • Institutionalize customer buying pattern and outbound customer service process resulting in 99% customer retention and 13% increase in customer base. • Developed distributor engagement and performance management strategy, process and tools

Leuven, Be

• Established global category vision, project pipeline, AOP, execution plans and procurement strategy resulting in 15% savings run rate. Category coverage includes ad Production, insights, POSM/premiums, agencies and media totaling 1.6B annually. • Responsible for leveraging ABI & PepsiCo joint spend to extract cost through best practices and market leverage. • Facilitated strategic changes by leading and developing cross-functional teams who focused on concise project vision and productivity targets. Our success was driven by presenting innovative team based solutions, managing stakeholder requirements, holding stakeholders accountable for results and presenting data driven solutions. • Executed supply chain redesign and consolidation of ABI & PepsiCo’s marketing materials.• De-coupled ABI & PepsiCo’s global animatic spend.• Supported division President and COO with development of Board of Directors quarterly reporting. • Formally trained by AT Kearney in 7 step sourcing process, Emptoris E-sourcing and contract management tool

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• Established corporate Strategic Sourcing group targeting 500MM in spend. Gained Sr. Mngt approval then executed budgeting, space planning, org structure, performance targets, SOP’s and hiring.• Responsible for department 1, 3 & 5 year strategic planning documents.• Provided monthly reporting to CIO, CFO and President on forecast, results and key projects. • Demonstrated ability to handle complexity, ambiguity, and time pressures while successfully executing multiple concurrent projects. • Provided leadership to procurement team who collaborated with senior leadership across fifteen subsidiaries to successfully consolidate strategic indirect spend categories. • Partnered with Bacardi and Brown Forman to develop cross industry purchasing opportunities resulting in incremental savings over current contracts.• Sourcing initiatives realized 3.2 million in annual reoccurring savings resulting in 12.33% savings run.• Key Categories: Freight, IT, Professional Services, Travel, Facilities Mngt and ad hoc in directs. • Member of 2010 Best Captive Shared Services Organization (SSON).• Redesigned material setup process resulting in a 98% SLA attainment and 8.5% reduction in the cost per transaction.• Successfully transitioned two subsidiaries to the SAP master data platform

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• Managed financial operations for two distribution plants generating 160 million in revenue• Successfully implemented SAP software conversion by developing process experts across multiple departments. This initiative allowed for the collaborative development of best practices resulting in cross departmental buy-in. • By actively pursuing continuous improvement initiatives, my team successfully reduced operating expenses while maintaining operational effectiveness resulting in a 10% increase in operating income• Developed, trained and managed twenty direct reports. Resulting in several employee promotions and cross departmental transfers.

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Six Sigma-Greenbelt

Mba, Finance, Mngt

Bs, Finance