Functional Skills

Project Management
Procurement
Performance Management
Cost Reduction
Purchasing
Strategic Sourcing
Contract Pricing / Negotiation
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Leadership Development
Operations Management
Supply Chain Integration
E-commerce Implementation
Crisis Management

Certifications

CPIMCertified in Production & Inventory Management
CLSSMBBCertified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Sector Experience

Business Services
Consumer Goods
Industrials
Manufacturing
Fortune 500

Experience

Perch Operations
HEAD OF STRATEGICSOURCING
12/2021 - 9/2023
• Built a high-performing global strategic sourcing organization and established professional supplier relationships and performance management process
• Established the team and processes, successfully managed Asia supply base to deliver historic high volume, meeting cost and quality budget while overcoming severe COVID disruptions

SVP WORLDWIDE Operations
VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL PROCUREMENT & QUALITY
11/2020 - 12/2021
• · Managed $200M+spend and 100+suppliers, achieved $2M+ saving and improved payment terms by 15 days
· Led and managed negotiations consolidating spend from multiple brands and successfully limited purchasing cost increase to low single digit percentage in a highly inflationary environment with suppliers in China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan
· Oversaw the key supplier performance turnaround, achieved on-time launch of critical new model, improved Lot Acceptance Rate (LAR) and Product Acceptance Rate (PAR) from sub 80% to 95%+

L&T Technology Services Management Consulting
SENIOR DIRECTION, STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN
7/2019 - 11/2020
· Set direction of the practices by establishing strategic sourcing offerings and go to market strategy
· Delivered complex end to end global supply chain migration analysis & solution to a durable consumer goods client

SA PARTNERS Management Consulting
SENIOR CONSULTANT
7/2018 - 7/2019
• Coached CI team of a financial service company to apply lean thinking and quality improvement tools

ASSAABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Operations
VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBALPROCESS IMPROVEMENT& LEAN
8/2017 - 6/2018
• Directed the implementation of a division-wide installation cost improvement project involving production and kitting process redesign and business unit rollout. Unlocked $1M labor cost saving including less quality rework

ASSAABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Operations
DIVISION PRESIDENT-NORTH AMERICA
3/2015 - 7/2017
• Guided division to new revenue and profit heights, achieved 22% sales growth, EBIT improvement of 5%
• Accelerated revenue recognition through coaching the project management team to systemically address root causes of the process delays. Efforts improved project on time start rate from 60% to 83%

ASSAABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Operations
VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
12/2010 - 1/2015
• Implemented SIOP, materials management best practices and supply base optimization which generated 5% cost saving, inventory turns improvement of 20%+, LT reduction of >80% (6 weeks to 1 week)
• Championed the implementation of sourcing category strategy. Improved dual sourcing coverage from 30% to 65%+
• Achieved sustainable supplier KPI improvement through strategic partnership and performance management discipline

WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGY Operations
REGIONALSUPPLYCHAIN DIRECTOR, ASIA
12/2007 - 12/2010
• Executed regional sourcing strategy, achieved 2.0% YOY saving through spend consolidation and negotiation
• Led regional SIOP implementation and achieved forecast accuracy improvement

HJ Heinz Other
DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONALPROCUREMENTOFFICE
8/2005 - 12/2007
- Established the first international procurement office for HJ Heinz procurement organization.
- Hired the team and built a quality control process that increased the global sourcing pipeline and improved supplier quality performance.

Honeywell International Other
COMMODITYMANAGER, ERP IMPLEMENTATION TEAM
6/1999 - 8/2005
Managed SBU commodity strategy and supply base performance. Achieved significant supply base KPI improvement including cost, quality and delivery.

As a member of the Honeywell Aerospace ERP implementation team, contributed to the on-time go-live of the first Aerospace implementation.