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Boise, Idaho, Us

• Oversees a team that enables stakeholders and builds capabilities across 8 pillars of support; project management, analytics, lean enablement, change management, contract management, systems strategy, consultative support, and global business services (GBS). • Lead and support performance improvements across the Supply Chain by partnering with business units to drive and increase productivity, efficiency, and cost savings. • Design and build frameworks to provide process governance, transform work and enable people.• Establish governance for GBS; drive, guide, and support GBS activities and interactions across the business and partner relationships for delivery options, and resolutions that meet stated requirements (increased capacity, labor optimization, efficiency, cost, etc.).• Work with business owners to assess the need for change related to specific initiatives and the readiness of the organization to embrace it, design and deliver the change to enable the people side of change, manage the transition, and track progress.• Review and assess Ad hoc requests for support; kaizen facilitation, training, analytics, and project management; prioritize and resource appropriately. Provide tracking and reporting based upon agreed cadence. • Align with stakeholders on annual operating plans and strategic initiatives; establish goals and key milestones to support.• Define and drive COE maturity, build strategy playbooks for key initiatives, design frameworks to provide process governance, transform work, and enable people.• Led the Supply Chain Safety Task Force (Project SURE), developed and enhanced safety KPIs, reporting and tracking, organized safety committees, standardized approaches between plants and distribution centers, raised awareness, and increased visibility to opportunities.

Boise, Idaho, Us

• Led and managed a corporate and shared services project savings pipeline of $10M, engaged business owners, established relationships, and identified opportunities. • Developed a learning academy and strategy to build sourcing capability, targeting technical and soft skills, enabling talent retention, knowledge sharing, and increased associate engagement.• Designed and implemented a category management excellence roadmap and training to accelerate building a multi-year savings pipeline. • Established vision, framework, and process for Supplier Diversity tracking.

Boise, Idaho, Us

• Develop, organize, and manage a new center of excellence focused on building sourcing capability, process standardization, governance, and project financial tracking. • Established a Program Management Office (PMO), created governance and tools to assist in managing a pipeline of 200+ projects with a 3-year targeted savings goal of $300M.• Oversee contract management to ensure service, cost, and quality requirements are embedded and collaborate cross-functionally with legal on commercial terms. Additionally, managed the intake and routing of contracts.• Collaborated and consulted with stakeholders to Identify systems, tools, and process improvements.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Importer, roaster, and distributor of Coffee► Responsible for the overall procurement / supply / demand planning vision, organizational structure, initiatives, strategy, continuous improvements, customer fulfillment and delivery of the annual operating plan. ► Collaborate with key business stakeholders and Executive stakeholders to clearly understand requirements; develop short and long-term category and function specific sourcing strategies that align with the Company goals, reducing costs, increasing value and Customer satisfaction.► Establish and execute supplier/vendor strategies, programs and governance processes focused on supplier selection, performance management, KPI's, quality, risk, contract compliance, and service. ► Manage key supplier relationships, Co- Manufacturers, 3rd Party Providers, and partner with Legal / IT and other stakeholders on contract execution and negotiations. Provide Consultation and recommendations to key stakeholders.► Develop/implement policies & procedures aligned with procurement best practices & department transformation. ► Identify and implement cost reduction initiatives for both direct/indirect spend through data analysis. ► Drive an effective and collaborative S&OP process and product life cycle management review. ► Lead and own the review of demand planning, MRP, forecasting and master data improvement projects.► Partner with IT to evaluate systems, software, processes and tools needed to support the current and future Procurement and Supply Chain business needs.► Mentor, coach and develop direct reports and other team members for future leadership.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

► Lead the development and implementation of supply chain strategies to support the company’s growth and performance objectives.► Manage the execution of Supply Chain activities across 21 warehouse locations to drive end to end supply chain efficiency, improve customer service operational performance, and delivery optimization.► Champion continuous improvement culture with structured prioritization aligned with business strategies: Establish/implement process improvements that reduce transactional cost, increase profitability, promote cross-functional alignment, incorporates standard work instructions and eliminates waste at all touch points to include policy review and design. ► Cascade strategies by creating and reviewing analyses of activities, costs, and operations. Develop corresponding forecast data to determine department progress toward stated KPI goals and coach accordingly.► Prepare and facilitate monthly reporting on activities, projects, performance, and cost to senior leadership. ► Collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders on new products, customer-specific requests, promotions, business processes, and goal alignment. Lead S&OP development and implementation. ► Identify KPI’s, lead change management initiatives, establish and manage operational and CAPEX budgets, track performance against plans, direct global sourcing, supplier programs, cost negotiations, demand planning, and forecasting projects. ► Provide strategic oversight in the creation/revision/implementation of industry best practices, programs and policies.► Responsible for building, developing, and retaining the talent necessary to drive a high-performance team, along with ensuring succession planning is in place.► Foster a learning environment by supporting training and development.

Milford, Ct, Us

Wholesale Distributor of Cleaning Products & Foodservice Supplies► Develop, execute and communicate a supply chain and procurement strategy that aligns with the corporate strategy to include financial, sales and operations planning and logistics. Collaborate cross-functionally with the executive team to develop and deploy corporate initiatives.► Establish and implement process improvements that reduce transactional cost, increase profitability, promote cross-functional alignment, incorporates standard work instructions, and eliminates waste at all touch points.► Captain the review, analysis and implementation of system enhancements to support the execution of the company’s procurement function.► Manage a $200M annual spend, across 3 distribution centers,15,000+ SKU’s and 13 direct reports.► Design and Utilize supplier scorecards to guide targeted performance levels and engage in collaborative supply chain optimization initiatives to improve on-time delivery, inbound freight, working capital, inventory turns and margins.► Head global sourcing, product cost negotiations, hub and spoke review, demand planning and forecasting, inventory management, bid review, supplier programs, and product life cycle management.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Leading specialty chemical manufacturer and global marketer of consumer products► Provide overall vision, leadership, and strategic planning for the material Group.► Directed the procurement, MRP, supply planning and inventory management of chemicals and packaging. ► Planned, executed and managed the performance of physical inventories, daily cycle counts and root cause analysis.► Identify and initiate cost savings opportunities. Foster an environment of continuous improvements.► Implemented workflow strategies to optimize storage, materials staging, safety, efficiencies, and cost.► Led Kaizens, process and performance improvements, visual and KPI management and monthly reporting. ► Trained, managed and coached staff.

Leading specialty chemical manufacturer and global marketer of consumer products► Responsible for the replenishment, storage, and movement of all packaging materials.► Designed and led a warehouse workflow and layout which maximized rack space, shorten pick time, reduced pick errors, improved count accuracy, and reduced product moves. ► Turned around multi-plant operations and eliminated 2nd and 3rd shifts.► Developed SOPs, established KPIs, implemented inventory controls, and trained team members.► Directed freight logistics to include export documentation and freight forwarding. ► Worked closely with senior management, finance, customer service, production, sales, and engineers.

National coffee service provider► Built strong relationships at all levels of management across multiple departments. Managed supplier contracts and evaluated contract compliance.► Directed supply chain including policy and process design, sourcing, supplier evaluations, negotiating, and reporting.► Coordinated intercompany transfers, backhauls and freight allowances to reduce the cost of goods. ► Created strategic alliances, improving the cost of goods, logistics, inventory, and quality.

► Managed product replenishment, stock levels, inventory turns and fill rates for 6 DCs/1 consignment warehouse. Monitored margins and cost of goods. Maintained product master data records. ► Created Supplier Scorecard and served as a liaison between brand management, sales, marketing, and operations. Led purchasing and buying initiatives that support new brands. ► Developed incentive programs that improved inventory levels, reduced waste, increased awareness and protected the company’s assets.► A key member of the Acquisition Team responsible for the product and supplier analysis, product integration and life cycle tracking.

Implemented procurement policies, standards and procedures for day-to-day operations. Investigated and resolved non- routine and complex problems, monitored workloads, backlogs, special and urgent projects, and developed and wrote specifications. Bought goods, materials, equipment, and supplies. Prepared reports, coordinated efforts in maintaining an automated purchasing control system, audited the implementation and utilization of procedures by 20 unit-purchasing coordinators and evaluated performance in all procurement activities.