29
years

Years of Experience

5/18

Member Since


Fortune 500

Experience

 
DayBlink Management Consulting
Partner
09/2014 - Present
Develop and execute supply chain & procurement offering for DayBlink Consulting, including sales, marketing, staffing, commercial model generation, and client management. Co-chair of automation CoE, which includes service offering management for RPA and machine learning. As Managing Director of Operations, led operational finance and back office support for firm, seeing growth of company from 15 to 45+ in less than 18 months, while improving profitability 10x.

Self Employed Management Consulting
Independent Consultant & SME
04/2012 - 09/2014
Consulted on various procurement and supply chain initiatives. Projects included organization strategy and transformation, BOM construction and analysis, procurement BPO contract negotiations, P2P transformation, spend analysis, operational dashboard creation, AP transformation, and negotiation strategy. Industries supported: financial services, publishing, electronics manufacturing, health care, management consulting

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Operations
VP of Procurement
12/2008 - 04/2012
Transformed transactional procurement group into strategic unit. As VP of Indirect Procurement, managed 18 staff and established an outsourced vendor with up to 60 FTEs; administered $250MM in annual spend while integrating technology throughout the P2P process (SAP, Oracle). Supported organizational change efforts during two major financial restructurings.

DexMedia Operations
Director-Real Estate, Facilities, and Procurement
05/2007 - 12/2008
Transformed real estate and corporate purchasing functions, leading a 30-person staff, supporting nearly 5000 employees and 90 locations, totaling 1.6 million square feet, with an annual budget of $40MM. Managed outsourced relationships. Directed the procurement, sourcing, and SRM of $500MM in annual indirect spend, implementing Oracle Procurement throughout the process.

The McGraw-Hill Companies Operations
Senior Director-Global Procurement
05/2003 - 05/2007
Led global procurement group, started as senior manager replacing a retiring employee. Established world class procurement, sourcing, and SRM functions for $1.2 B in annual indirect spend. Grew Procurement group 3x. Created strategic sourcing function with 10 worldwide locations. Led major technology implementations that included spend analytics, PO, contract management, eProcurement, eSourcing, and supplier management systems (Lawson, Oracle, Ariba). Trained in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

The Hackett Group Management Consulting
Manager-eProcurement & Supply Chain Transformation
09/2000 - 05/2003
Consultant, team leader (2-10 FTEs managed), and client lead driving value to clients via cost negotiations, process improvements, benchmarking, and strategic sourcing. Responsible for project billing, expense management, client management and same client sales. Industries supported: utilities, financial services, apparel manufacturing/CPG, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, publishing

Exelon Operations
Supply Chain Information Supervisor
05/1999 - 09/2000
Responsible for all supply chain reporting across gas, nuclear, and distribution BUs. Managed team of 5-8 analysts to report on inventory management and support BUs on maintenance scheduling, assisting the nuclear BU to reduce downtime of reactors due to maintenance by 2/3. Integrated ComEd supply chain information with PECO during Exelon merger activities, including creation of eProcurement, data warehousing, and supply chain reporting for post-merger company.

Gibson & Associates Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
09/1995 - 05/1999
Managed teams of 3-10 consultants to deliver strategic sourcing and inventory management programs for direct materials at manufacturing clients. Managed firm's first European project resulting in savings of $9M (17% annually), managing cross-functional commodity teams of 25+ people. Industries supported: office equipment, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, building materials, food/confectionaries