Supply Chain Management

Ronald Larimer

704-***-**** / ***@**********.***

***** ******** ***, ************, ** 28078

PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE with demonstrated an

ability to drive value to the bottom line through sourcing program leadership, process productivity

improvements, inventory reduction, and right shoring activities and proven track record of creating

innovative solutions that solve complex business challenges.

Expertise & Critical Contributions

• Supply Chain Strategy & Integration • Value Focused Leadership

• Strategic Sourcing & Procurement • Continuous Process Improvement

• Program Management • Knowledge Programs

• Crisis & Turnaround Management • Cross Matrix Collaboration

• Business Metric Development & Execution • Staff Development

• Sales and Operations Planning • Multinational Team Leadership

Employment History

Owner – When the Balloon Goes Up!, Huntersville, NC 2011 – Present

PROCURIAN 2005 – 2011

Market Intelligence Services Practice Lead (2008 – 2011)

• Led the spend, realized savings and compliance processes for 22 accounts representing $22B/yr

in spend and $600MM in savings across 2,500 initiatives and ~400 monthly data feeds

• Developed the reporting used at all accounts to communicate spend, realized savings and

compliance to c-level

• Increased the frequency of client spend analytics reporting from annually to monthly

• Increased the Spend, Savings and Compliance reporting productivity 50%.

• Led the development of a software as a service product from conception through design,

development and to the initial beta client

• Led a 17 person international team and directed the work of 11 IT resources

Program Manager (2007 – 2008)

• Turned around a troubled relationship to Extended the agreement for 3 years with increased

buying center authority

• Guided client through the sun setting of a proprietary e-commerce solution and

selection/implementation of a replacement

• Guided account through Tool Sharpening demand management project with participation from

the vendor, procurement, engineering and production

• Led a 3 person on site category management team with an 11 person off-site buying center using

FAR purchasing requirements

Savings Lead (2006 – 2007)

• Led the savings pipeline development and sourcing process management for 7 accounts in the

Oil & Gas, Industrial Packaging, Industrial Manufacturing, Food/ Beverage, Consumer Products

and Aerospace industries

• Assisted category managers on developing annual category plans

• Developed internal bench-marking product that lead to 50MM in indirect spend budget

reductions at 1 industrial packaging client

• Developed the spend, savings & compliance reports that became the company standards

• Developed many tools for sourcing leads and category managers to use to calculate savings on

continuous improvement projects

Program Management Associate (2005 – 2006)

• Led ARIBA buyer training at 12 industrial manufacturing facilities for our largest client

• Led all supplier implementations at 12 facilities across the US

• Saved $3.5 MM on a $7 MM contingent labor contract for a discrete manufacturing facility

through mark-up reduction, improved productivity and transfer of risk

• Manage sourcing and implementation at midsize 2 accounts

Director of Logistics & Strategic IT – KTM NORTHAMERICA, Amherst, OH 2003 – 2004

• Led the integration of Canadian motorcycle, repair parts and merchandise logistics with the

existing US capabilities to more than 400 dealerships from US warehouses

• Saved more than 30% on existing US small parcel and brokerage contracts

• Reduced warehouse small parts inventory by a 33% while increasing order fill rate from 85 to

95%

• Developed a sea freight container tracking system that provides visibility of product mix and

quantities for improved sales and warehouse and national demand management

• Managed the dealer allocation process based on production restraints

Solutions Delivery Analyst – ACCENTURE, Columbus, OH 2000 – 2002

• Identified the telecommunication networks included in a divestiture of 15 states of long distance

• Led the review of clients billing system to identify and correct irregularities resulting in over

$500K of additional monthly revenue and ~$3M collectible receivables

• Created and maintained the process to automate the daily tracking and reporting of nearly 6,000

issues associated with the testing phase of a brokerage website

• Designed and performed integration testing on batch processes for a brokerage website

Education

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSTY, Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH

Master of Business Administration (2002 – 2004) – Honors

OHIO UNIVERSTY, Athens, OH

Bachelor of Business Administration (1995 – 1999)

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