KENNETH L. GILLETTE, MBA

P. 407-***-****

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Dynamic professional proficient in influential cross functional leadership, relationship

management, revenue enhancement, negotiations, analytics, and project management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013 – Present

Manager Finance and Procurement – Global Supply Chain

Led cross functional P2P team in educating the enterprise in PO creation, approval, and

receipting, generating a 10% increase in compliance in the initiative’s infancy

Led team of third party strategic partners and internal stakeholders in managing enterprise

indirect spend savings initiatives, achieving $2.1M in savings on $60M addressed spend

in the last fiscal year

Developed analytic model in support of category planning, resulting in the identification

of $80-$120M in additional addressable spend and subsequent $4.1M savings forecast

Supported AP leaders in onboarding vendors into the enterprise EIPP portal and expanded

use of services POs, resulting in a 50% reduction in manual processing

Management Consultant 2008 – 2013

Consultant - Business Tools and Process Management

Developed RFP workflow templates for clients, resulting in the reduction or elimination

of manual processing including bid response, pricing, and contract T&Cs templates

Provided office suite training for small businesses and non business professionals

including modeling and process development services

Counseled small businesses and non business professionals in finance and accounting

Mapp LLC 2005 – 2008

Manager - Construction Services and Client Relationships

Allen Morris Company 2004 – 2005

Manager - Facilities Management and Services Procurement

KL Gillette Company 1999 – 2003

Founder and Sole Proprietor

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

MS Excel-Advanced MS Office-Advanced SAP

Visual Basic (VBA) Business Objects BW workbooks

EDUCATION

MBA – (2012), With Honors, Crummer Graduate School, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

BSBA – (2010), Finance with Honors, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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