Supply Chain Manager

John J. Pottoore

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Senior Commercial & operations executive

. Fortune 500-experienced executive offering 22 years of commercial,

strategic and operational excellence. Recognized for building trust,

strategic vision and high performance excellence teams. Innovative at

fostering key stakeholders and strategic supplier partnerships. Proven

track record of utilizing out-of-the-box approaches, adapting to new

business environments and negotiating win-win agreements.

. Change-agent and accomplished thought leader who excels in providing

strategic oversight, optimizing organization, driving continuous

improvement and multimillion-dollar bottom line gains through innovative

partnership approach, and implementation of Six Sigma, Lean and Kanban

programs.

. Global expertise include business acumen to leverage and negotiate across

diverse cultures of; China, Malaysia, India, Japan, Romania, Sweden,

Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Brazil.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Mentor & Talent Strategy Development & Leverage Best Practices

Development Execution Integrating Acquisitions

Cost Reduction - Value Business Metrics through KPI

Creation Risk Mitigation

Accomplished Global Manage via Influence Demand / SIOP Planning

Visionary Continuous Improvement Strategic

Benchmarking and Budgeting/Forecasting/Analyt Planning/Partnership

Sustainability ics Self Driven Change Agent

Lean Transformation Improve Business

Union & Non Union facility Efficiencies

EDUCATION

MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1997

Wayne State University - Michigan

BS, Electrical Engineering, 1988

MG University - Kerala

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Brady Corporation. - Milwaukee, WI

2011 to Present

Global manufacturer of safety, identification and protection equipment with

global presence

DIRECTOR GLOBAL SOURCING

Hired to lead, optimize and consolidate Global Sourcing. Drive efficiencies

in supply chain and manufacturing operations.

SPX Corp. - Canton, MI 2006 to

2011

Fortune 500, global manufacturer of flow technology and industrial

equipment/solutions

DIRECTOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN 2010 to

2011

DIRECTOR of OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN 2008 to 2010

ENTERPRISE WIDE COMMODITY MANAGER 2006 to 2008

Newly Created role, tasked with leading, optimizing and consolidating

Global Supply Chain Operations. Improved efficiencies in supply chain and

manufacturing operations utilizing, category management; market

intelligence; business alignment and cost modeling. Manage 400+ suppliers &

12-member, global procurement team, with a strategic oversight of $ 700M.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Product was being globally designed with multiple regional suppliers.

This presented an opportunity to improve product quality and total

acquisition cost. Initiated weekly global meetings with engineering,

program management and supply chain team. Narrowed down qualified global

suppliers and negotiated projected cost savings of 12% annually.

. Overhauled purchasing strategy, designing preferred, provisional, and

phase-out supplier categories that enabled a more than 3-fold supplier

rationalization in electronics (from 37 to 12). Achieved cost savings of

15% without compromising quality goals or go-to-market timelines.

. Inventory Reduction - challenged the team with a stretch target to reduce

inventory levels. Implemented a plan with our customer base & supplier

partners, based on existing consumption levels. Monitored / fine-tuned

the ordering process. This resulted in improving inventory turns and

reducing E & O (excess and obsolete). Team was able to achieve a 50% +

reduction in inventory levels with out any interruption to end customer.

GeneraL motors - Detroit, MI 1995 to

2006

Fortune 500, global manufacturer of automotive vehicles

GLOBAL COMMODITY MANAGER 2003 to 2006

GLOBAL CREATIVITY TEAM LEADER 2001 to 2003

SENIOR ADVANCE PURCHASING BUYER 1999 to 2001

LEAD PRODUCT ENGINEER WIRING 1995 to 1999

Promoted to lead and develop a team responsible for sourcing $2.3 B in

components globally based on leadership proficiency. Responsible for

commodity strategy, planning & identification of Low Cost Region Suppliers

and cost reductions through productivity improvements and working in

collaboration with engineering, quality and supply partners. Managed a 7

member global team.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Conceptualized connector strategy, resulting in a 30 % reduction in part

number proliferation.

. Facilitated value chain analysis of the product & drove data based

negotiations yielding $30 M in annual savings.

. Initiated strategic review of the commodity and supply base resulting in

right sizing supply base globally and a net savings of 4% in a span of 6-

months.

. Developed low cost country strategy for supply-base yielding 20 %

migration of manufacturing footprint.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Advanced Leadership Program, Center for Creative Leadership - Greensboro,

NC 2010

Changing Phase of Trade and Its Impact, General Motors - Detroit, MI 2001

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, General Motors - Detroit, MI 1998

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Supplier Assessment and Readiness, China, Malaysia, Thailand, India,

Romania - Ongoing

Professional Development Assignment, General Motors Russelsheim, Germany

Oct to Nov. 2000

Professional Negotiations, General Motors - Detroit, MI - Mar. 2000

Flight Lieutenant / Technical officer, Indian Air Force, New Delhi, India,

1988 to1994

VOLUNTEER / PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Focus Hope; Boy Scouts of America-Treasurer; Engineering Society of Detroit

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