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Salary range: $95,000 to $110,000
Willing to relocate: No
Years of related job experience: 20
Highest degree earned: MBA
Languages: English
Software: Infor Adage, MS Great Plains, AS400, QuickBooks, Quicken, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
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Candidate Code: cea64a

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

This talented candidate is a decisive, senior-level Supply Chain Leader with over 20 years of experience leading initiatives spanning software implementations, commodity hedging strategies, to supplier risk management. With excellent communication skills and a frank and open demeanor, he can resolve conflict and influence parties (internal & external) during negotiations to achieve desired results.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Organization: Please reach us for more details!
Location: Hendersonville, TN
Job title: Owner
Years and months employed: 3 Year(s)
Accomplishments & Responsibilities: Manage operations and establish new policies and procedures to lay the groundwork for future growth; Source and approve product with multiple vendors to meet product performance criteria; Reduce strategic goals to actionable items and execute accordingly; Update stakeholders on progress and status concerning key suppliers, inventory and financial matters.

Organization: HBP, LLC
Location: Nashville, TN
Job title: Director of Supply Chain
Years and months employed: 8 Year(s)
Accomplishments & Responsibilities: Managed all company purchases including vendor selection, quality parameters, supplier requirements and contract negotiations; Developed commodity hedging strategy in dairy and other commodity markets; Direct the operations of Research & Development, Quality Control, Procurement, Customer Service, Inventory, Warehousing, Demand Planning and Logistics; Provide general management and technical purchasing leadership for the organization; Analyze and manage economic market risks and supplier base risk mitigation; Balance the requirement of high quality standards against cost saving opportunities; Champion a vision for the purchasing and supply chain function in coordination with overarching business initiatives; Propose the strategic purchasing direction and prioritize with annual goals and budgets; Trained the organization to understand and embrace best practices; Assess and develop an effective supply chain staff through coaching, mentoring and engaging assignments; Improved the HBP Leadership Team with ability to influence strategic goals and work within peer group to bring about change.

Organization: Wayne Farms, LLC
Location: Oakwood, GA
Job title: Director - ERP Procure to Pay
Years and months employed: 5 Year(s)
Responsibilities: Optimize processes and operational workflows resulting in lower resource utilization; Facilitate communication between purchasing, scheduling, operations, sales and supply chain; Challenge the business in recognizing process inefficiencies and suggest improvements to more closely align to standard practice; Develop technical skills in myself and my team in order to avoid relying on costly consultants; Create and deliver training material for over 120 system end-users; Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members to take accountability for their assigned work; Compile and publish Best Practice documentation on a regular basis; Coordinate development efforts with peers to ensure synergy among cross functional processes.

EDUCATION

Institution Name: The Pennsylvania State University
Location: State College, PA
Degree earned: MBA
Major/Concentration: Finance
Year Graduated: 2002

Institution Name: Millersville University
Location: Millersville, PA
Degree earned: Bachelor of Science
Major/Concentration: Business Administration, Management & Operations
Year Graduated: 2000

 



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