Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
DOUGLAS B. COOPER
Cornwall, New York 12518
ab8xm9@r.postjobfree.com
A results oriented, senior level leader with a proven track record of
achievement in procurement, supply Chain, and operations for multi-
division, national, and international service and product companies. A
forward thinking innovator who identifies profitable business opportunities
and provides the drive and leadership necessary to maximize program
effectiveness and acceptance. A dynamic communicator and relationship
builder who excels in strategic and operating environments.
- Leadership role in reversing $10,000,000 loss to $7,000,000
profit and positioning the company for profitable sale.
- Change agent with diverse experience in consistently improving
process, productivity, and competitive edge.
- Innovator and collaborator with experience in building entire
sourcing lifecycle and SRM programs.
employment history
SK BYRON CONSULTING, LLC, Cornwall, New York
2011- Present
Principal
SK Byron Consulting advises clients on Operations, Procurement, and Supply
Chain strategy for P2P procurement transformation, process redefinition,
technology application upgrades, SaaS program implementation, and profit
improvement.
Conducted a procurement and supply chain department review for a major US
telecom provider, developing and presenting strategy initiatives in
- Outsourcing Indirect Spend
- Full scope Procure to Pay review and procurement technology upgrade
- Management by Metrics and Business Intelligence
- Contract Lifecycle Management (all business functions), and
- Organization Design supporting department transformation.
KAPLAN, INC., Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2009-2011
Vice President of Procurement
Designed and established Kaplan's first corporate procurement department,
recruited a full staff of professionals, and redirected existing buying and
fulfillment operations into a fully functional, proactive product
development, distribution, and supplier management group. Updated
purchasing processes and implemented changes in an eProcurement
environment. Created ongoing reporting and communications vehicles with
executive leadership at the divisional and corporate levels. Conceived and
presented the global procurement organizational and supply chain strategy
to Kaplan CEOs and CFOs, including targeted spending for all categories and
all Kaplan operating divisions.
- Implemented multiple acquisition and supply chain system
enhancements, reducing operating costs by $2.5 million annually.
Inventory, order process, S&OP, fulfillment, supplier negotiations.
- Established a strategic sourcing /category management savings program
with 12 month results exceeding $32 million.
- Designed and implemented a global eProcurement program with national
targeted spend to exceed $1 billion.
- Renegotiated various global software licensing agreements to
recognize all Kaplan divisions as educational enterprises with
savings approaching $3 million.
- Supported Kaplan M&A activities in identifying open source publisher
opportunities and consolidating contracts.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS / IBM / JVKELLY GROUP, New York, New York 1999-
2008
Senior Director/Managing Consultant
Senior Practitioner in the supply chain operating solutions/full value
procurement practice. Marketed, planned, and implemented client
engagements in eProcurement, eSourcing, outsourcing, strategic sourcing,
infrastructure, process, organizational development, and procurement
strategy, and developed go to market service offerings. Projects included:
- Global purchasing process review and infrastructure gap analysis for a
manufacturing company in the semiconductor/electronics industry.
Created a global development strategy involving 15 projects
encompassing strategic sourcing programs, eProcurement implementation
leading practice, and a global departmental restructuring to align and
integrate with corporate marketing and manufacturing.
- North American eProcurement implementation for a multi-division,
multinational consumer products company. Completed $42 million online
spend with more than 75 suppliers across nine operating companies, by
more than 400 users in a seven month time frame. Project included
process review, supplier and user training, supplier adoption, and
catalog strategy. Leveraged procurement services design and
implementation.
- Provided thought leadership for PWC, including eProcurement course
development for purchasing practitioners, full value procurement
course development and presentation, concurrency in supply chain,
spend analysis, maturity profiling, and spend analysis software
development.
- Managed the Ketera SaaS relationship for IBM with engagement
development and profitability responsibilities.
- Executed process transformation programs based on current state/future
state maturity profiling and procurement/supply chain best practice.
additional experience
IMC Vigoro, Winter Haven, Florida, Director of Strategic Sourcing. Reduced
direct material costs by up to 15% on spot and contract bases via strategic
sourcing, supplier alliances, and global sourcing for chemical actives.
Launched research and development plant project into full scale production
with first year sales of $950,000. Reformulated 40% of company consumer
products, reducing raw material costs $1.8 million. Negotiated and managed
third party contract manufacturing capacities, saving 8% over company owned
capacity. Created MRP system for company and third party manufacturing
facilities integrated with company S&OP, reducing inventory by 25%.
Long Island Lighting Company, Hicksville, New York, Division Manager, Fuels
Purchasing and Operations. Developed and implemented public utility's fuel
quality control program, producing annual savings exceeding $150,000.
Conceived and executed commodity procurement and inventory strategies,
yielding annual savings of $3.4 million. Developed financial and
procurement models for co-firing and fuel switching, with energy cost
improvements exceeding 2%. Managed utility's role in five year regulatory
commission audit of fuel procurement practices. Enabled department to earn
Public Utility Commission commendation for best practices.
Trans World Airlines, New York, New York, Manager of Fuel Operations.
Redirected and reorganized overall operation of company's global fueling
program. Reorganized airline's post merger fuel supply and terminaling
systems for more than 80 operating locations, saving $3 million per year.
Developed and co-managed airline's fuel hedging program. Managed worldwide
inventory levels to within 5% of budget. Chaired airline consortia at five
major airports and directed, as chief executive officer and chief operating
officer, all service, capital, and financial operations on behalf of
airline community.
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Chicago, Illinois, Manager of Purchasing,
Manager of Marketing. Negotiated ten year, ten million ton transportation
contract, with $2.1 million in capital and project ROI of 21%. Reduced
railroad's inventory levels 40% after reviewing procurement standards and
redeploying, supplementing, and reconfiguring fleet by renegotiating
equipment lease agreements. Drafted and negotiated fixed price fuel
procurement contracts tied to NYMEX futures, yielding 15% savings on spot
market and commodity costs. Performed business segment profitability and
investment analyses and co-authored the consolidation plan, leading to
restructuring and divestiture involving 80% of operating assets.
United States Army, Nuclear Weapons Specialist. Security clearance, Combat
Arms, CBR.
education
University of Notre Dame Mendoza School, Notre Dame, Indiana
M.B.A., Accounting and Finance, cum laude
SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, New York
B.A., English Literature and Language
lectures and presentations
Capital Allocation and Budgeting, Hofstra University
Careers in Purchasing and Logistics to University Students
eProcurement: Dead or Alive A Front Line Briefing, Ariba Live 2002,
Anaheim, California, February 2002
Preparing for an Economic Downturn: Procurement's Crucial Role,
ProcureCon, Indirect, February 2008
Avoiding Pitfalls in Sourcing eProcurement Solutions, ISM 7 Countries,
March 2008
Managing Unseen IT Program Costs, May 2012
affiliations
Institute of Supply Management (ISM)
Bio for Doug Cooper
Mr. Cooper has more than 25 years of Consulting and Industry experience in
the airline, manufacturing, energy, cable, air freight and rail transport,
financial services, education/publishing, and CPG/Retail sectors and has
executive experience in supply chain, procurement, marketing, and finance
with multi-plant, national and international corporations.
His consulting experience began with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Full
Value Procurement practice, producing offerings in Strategic Sourcing,
Procurement Strategy and Organization, Supply Chain Process Review and
Diagnostics, and Procurement Technology (including eProcurement, Spend
Analysis and Leveraged Procurement Services). His work continued with IBM
and currently with SKByron Consulting in Procurement, Supply Chain, and
Business Transformation.
Before joining PWC, Mr. Cooper served in managerial and executive
capacities in procurement and supply chain for approximately 15 years in
which he led sourcing and purchasing operations for the Illinois Central
Gulf Railroad, Trans World Airlines, Long Island Lighting Company, IMC
Vigoro, and most recently at Kaplan, Inc.
Mr. Cooper held faculty positions at Syracuse University, Adam Mickiewicz
University and St. Mary's College and has been an invited speaker at
student and professional seminars and at industry conventions, presenting
topics ranging from Capital Budgeting, Product Development, eCommerce, and
Strategic Sourcing methodologies.
He has an MBA degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of
Notre Dame and his BA in English Literature and Language from SUNY
Fredonia.
Program Successes
Technology and Supply Chain Transformation
. Updated order management and fulfillment programs for 78 locations and
more than 60,000 direct ship accounts, reducing inventory errors and
order escalations to less than .5% of units shipped and cutting order
processing time by 85%.
. Developed and sold a combined sourcing and eProcurement procure to pay
system to a major global airline based in the US. Listed 18 suppliers
and approximately 65,000 users in 7 work streams over the 14 week
implementation. Engagement profit was greater than 300% over its 3
year initial term.
. Managed the North American eProcurement implementation for a multi-
division, multinational consumer products company. Completed the
targeted $42,000,000 online spend adoption with more than 75 suppliers
across 9 operating companies and enrolled 400 users in a 7 month time
frame. Project included process review, supplier and user training,
supplier adoption, and catalog strategy. Payment processes included
PCard capabilities for each operating company and requisitioning and
catalog processes were completed for 3 currencies and languages.
Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
. Organized a global strategic sourcing program by collecting and
analyzing corporate wide spend, grouping purchases into categories,
and recruiting a full staff of procurement professionals to manage the
categories and manage spend and supplier performance. One year savings
exceeded $32,000,000 - approximately 10% of company earnings.
. Investigated and developed an innovative sourcing approach for EPC
subcontractors in the upstream LNG industry, yielding savings of 15%
on storage and other significant pre-fab and build on site components.
. Conducted strategy creation for a technology company's procurement
group and qualified suppliers in outsourcing, eProcurement Procure to
Settle hosted solutions, and contract lifecycle solutions for
purchasing, sales and marketing, and licensing applications.
Projected savings exceed $20,000,000 over a multi-year enablement.
. Set up and organized global auctions for food stuff raw materials for
the largest US store brand manufacturer of packaged food goods.
Retained as the program and project manager by client to bridge
between client staff and the eAuction provider's operations group.
Successes included a greater than 35% reduction in packaging,
extension of source markets for direct goods to Asia and Eastern
Europe, and event based cost reductions from 8% to greater than 20% of
domestic delivered costs.
Strategic Planning and Operations
. Collaborated with peer executives in strategy and business
transformation in reversing a $10,000,000 loss to a $7,000,000 profit,
in large part by applying improvements in product cost management and
optimizing our product mix, inventories, and distribution across 14
production locations via an integrated planning system.
. Developed and completed a vertical integration strategy in which the
organization began to develop and produce its own products by
leveraging the design and production capabilities of a sister
division, thereby building its revenues and saving more than
$2,000,000 annually.
. Managed the launch of a green field chemical granulation operation
from design to full-scale production which fulfilled an R&D proof of
concept and generated $950,000 in first year sales.
Business Development
. As a direct result of a presentation to an industry group, proposed
and won a process review engagement and eProcurement tool selection
engagement for a large global freight airline. The engagement extended
an additional 12 weeks as a result of sell on activities in the areas
of global process review and contract management.
. Presented and delivered a spend analysis and category review project
for a global investment bank in conjunction with supplier development
efforts underway in an ERP system upgrade of its purchasing module.
. Adding on to sourcing work, identified and presented the business case
for extending the management of the implementation of an eAuction
process review and tool set implementation for a global investment
bank as part of the development of Program Management Office
initiative which ultimately included multi-cultural, multi-layered
sourcing review and global metrics and measurement development.
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