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Atlanta, Georgia, US

Display360 is Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business.We support retailers in helping drive efficiency, effectiveness, cost compression and margin expansion through global sourcing, manufacturing and delivery of Displays, Fixtures, Consumables, and Retail Consumer Goods with private label offerings.We do this by partnering directly with our customers.

Brooksville, FL, US

• Selected to lead turnaround efforts for a privately held firearm manufacturing operation including Procurement, Operations, Fulfillment, Manufacturing, Inventory, Assembly, Shipping/ Receiving, HR, Sales Operations.
• Helped drive financial accountability in both P&L and Balance sheet reporting for monthly close
• Developed and implemented processes to understand product flow through the manufacturing and distribution phases and align inventories to the P&L statements and balance sheet
• Led implementation of quality metrics to deliver quality controlled manufacturing processes leading to higher quality products with less defects and higher customer satisfaction
• Reduced outstanding AP from $3.5M to $1.7M by implementing sustainable pay down programs
• Reduced inventory from $7M to$ 2.5M eliminating obsolete inventory while right sizing useable inventory using JIT methodologies

• Selected to lead the SMO (separation management organization) to effectuate the operational split of the Print and Digital business into separate and distinct companies
• Reporting to the CEO my responsibilities include duties as Chief of Staff, Human Resources, Procurement / Strategic Sourcing, Enterprise PMO, Real-Estate, and Travel Services
• Led all stand up activities for Print Media to become an independent company to include signature authority provisions, contracting processes, real-estate functions, and management of the Shared Services contract.
• Led negotiations for HR services including payroll and medical benefits resulting in ~$1M betterment against deal model
• Leveraged the company split to renegotiate Print Medias largest and sole manufacturing supplier resulting in over $50M in savings over the new contract term
• Participated in multiple M&A pursuits to enhance Print Media’s product offerings

Atlanta, GA, US

• CPO responsible for Direct and Indirect Procurment for YP a Cerberus portfolio company - YP is North America's largest local search, media and advertising company. Its mission is helping local businesses and.
• Selected to stand up a greenfield Supply Chain / Procurement organization for newly formed company as Chief Procurement Officer for all indirect and direct goods & services for a $3B Digital and Print advertising.
• Implemented 4-S Model: Strategy, Structure, Skills, Systems to align with strategic imperatives
• Developed and implemented Staffing model for new Procurement organization with focus on Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain PMO, Procurement Operations, and Supplier Relationship Management
• Quickly implemented action plans to ensure “deal model” financials were met or exceeded
• Drove three significant outsourcing efforts: Pre-Press, Customer Service, and Corporate Real-Estate resulting in over $100M in savings within the first 6 months

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Responsible for Global Strategic Sourcing, Procurment, and Global Fleet for the NCR Services Division
• Led the transformation of the Global Outsourced Services team through organizational design and implementing a three pronged approach to deliver value consisting of spend diagnostics, opportunity assessment, and a six.
• Perform make vs. buy opportunity assessment for all services
• Organizational design implemented to drive tighter linkage with the global regions with emphasis on internal relationship management, supplier quality & performance, continuous improvement, and strategic sourcing
• Leading a team of 21 Sourcing professionals worldwide, to include areas of Eastern Europe, Middle East / Africa, Asia Pacific, India, the US and Canada
• Managed approximately 1600 suppliers globally with over $500M in direct P&L impact year over year

Charlotte, NC, US

• Led the development, transformation, and adoption of a center led Strategic Sourcing methodology using Supply Chain principals for SunTrust Banks across multiple categories of goods and services
• Developed and implemented Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategies valued at over $900M for multiple lines of business to include: Corporate Real-Estate / Construction, Commercial Real-Estate, Travel, Marketing, Print.
• Hired and developed a world class sourcing team to support strategic and tactical acquisition of goods and services to support the needs of the bank while minimizing risk and reducing costs.
• Exceeded year over year cost reduction targets delivering over $60M in value while increasing flexibility and improving processes
• Led strategy development and plan execution to outsource the facilities maintenance operations to a 3rd party supplier. Reduced a $68 million dollar expense by 5% while upgrading technical expertise, increasing service.
• Developed and instituted the first reverse auction events ever conducted at SunTrust in such diverse areas as Transportation, Property inspections, and Envelope Fulfillment. These events were executed across multiple.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Direction and management of a wide range of products and services in support of The Home Depot’s procurement activities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. These areas include the strategic planning and sourcing of over $3.
• Developed and hired a dynamic procurement team that changed the perception of the internal customers from a non-performing group to one of the highest regarded teams in the company.
• Instituted vendor forecasting models and inventory positions as well as an effective communication plan to the internal customer groups.
• Acted as a change agent to centralize the indirect procurement functions and dramatically change the procurement team from a strictly transactional group, to one of strategic sourcing with focus on cost out and.
• Led multiple opportunity assessment and spend diagnostics for fiscal 04 through 08 and delivered over $250million in cost out savings for fiscal ’06. During this process I increased the sourceable spend by procurement.
• Instituted first ever LCC program for indirect materials leveraging both Home Depot buying offices and strategic brokers for manufactured goods

Held positons of increasing responsibilty to include:- Procurement Manager, 2000 - 2002- Inbound Transportation Manager, 1999 - 2000- Logistics Analyst, 1998 - 1999

Ba, Business Administration

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