Customer Service Supply Chain

John A. Taylor III

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Suwanee, Georgia 30024

Home: (770) 932 - 0047

Work: (678) 247 – 7490

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PROFILE

Results oriented executive with proven leadership skills and broad experience in the fields of Supply Chain

Management, Operations, Global Sourcing, Risk Management and Finance. Possess a strong track record of

increased levels of responsibility and obtaining measurable achievement in the management of customer order

fulfillment solutions, reducing cost structures and creating supply chain capabilities that add significant

commercial advantage to the supported business units. Possess significant Division and Corporate level

leadership team experience.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Chief Risk Officer, J.M. Huber Corporation, 9/05 to present

Currently serve as the senior supply chain management executive for the Engineered Materials Division and

CP Kelco. Responsible for management of global Logistics, Customer Care, Materials Management, Planning,

Energy Management, Trade Development, Sustainability, and Sourcing organizations. Manage world-wide

organization of over 150 personnel. Participate as a member of Huber’s Engineered Materials and CP Kelco

Business Leadership Teams reporting to the Presidents. Created a program to consolidate the ocean and

highway carrier bases resulting in lower delivered cost and improved service. Developed an active trade

development program to support global supply chain activities including use of trade programs to improve

delivered cost economics for globally sourced products, and delivered finished goods materials. Manage

global spend in excess of $950 million including transport, raw materials and energy. Initiated very effective

working capital improvement programs for both Sectors’ driving down the cash conversion cycle in each

business significantly. Managed high volume global ocean program including 32,000 containers, and 65

ocean charters per year. Manage global contract manufacturing program for CP Kelco. Manage company

Business Process Council driving lean, six sigma and process improvement initiatives in all company functions.

Act as Chief Risk Officer for CP Kelco managing enterprise risk, regulatory compliance and security (intellectual

property, cyber-security, personnel and asset security).

Vice President, Global Logistics and Customer Service, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, 9/02 to 8/05

Served as a senior supply chain management executive for Great Lakes with responsibility for Corporate

Transportation, Customer Care, Distribution and all third-party logistics activities. Managed world-wide

organization of over 300 personnel. Participated as a member of the Consumer Products, Flame Retardant,

and Polymer Stabilizer Business teams. Directly lead supply chain activities for the Consumer Products

Division. Completed an aggressive restructuring of corporate procurement practices for Global ocean and

highway transportation services, reducing costs by over 15% per year. Restructured the Global Customer Care

organization, driving productivity increases of 20%. Participated on steering committee for the upgrade of SAP

to an Enterprise platform. Sponsored Six Sigma and Lean productivity teams addressing order fulfillment and

global trade opportunities. Developed global trade and compliance organization in support of Business Unit

objectives and corporate compliance initiatives.

Director, Global Logistics and Customer Service, Engelhard Corporation, 12/99 to 8/02

Served as the senior supply chain management executive for Engelhard Corporation with responsibility for

Corporate Transportation, Distribution, Inventory Control, Production Planning and Scheduling and third-party

logistics activities. Managed the worldwide Customer Service organization for the Performance Technology

Division. The supply chain organization included over 75 personnel worldwide. Managed procurement of all

transportation, distribution, material handling and warehouse services including marine terminals. This

represented over $250 million in purchased services annually. Managed corporate rail fleet of 1800 rail cars.

Managed corporate energy acquisition team including risk management program with annual spending of $120

million. Served on the Performance Technology Business management team. Represented the Corporation in

congressional maritime, air, highway and railroad commercial affairs programs.

Senior Manager, Global Logistics, Engelhard Corporation, 12/94 to 11/99

Managed the distribution of finished products for the Paper Pigments, Effects, Colors, Film, Minerals and

Metals businesses. Managed a worldwide network of 28 distribution centers and nine marine terminals.

Managed inventory movements via rail, highway and ocean transport. Project manager for the development of

the Distribution Resource Planning, Transportation and Inventory modules of an Enterprise Management

System. Responsible for contract negotiations and sourcing associated with all ocean terminals, warehousing,

contract manufacturing and material handling agreements. Supervised a corporate supply chain management

group located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Manager, Manufacturing and Logistics Planning, Pfizer International, 7/93 to 11/94

Managed the production and distribution of bulk active Pharmaceutical and Animal Health materials from

European and Asian plants required by international plants and co-marketers. Managed the consolidation of

forecast demand data from forty international markets. Developed master production plans for five Pfizer basic

plants and third-party locations. Reviewed product sales trends and launch schedules to determine plant

loading levels and financial projections.

Manager, Inventory Planning and Analysis, Pfizer International, 4/90-6/93

Managed divisional Pharmaceutical and Animal Health inventory valued at $457 million. Reported to senior

management on regional and country inventory performance. Coordinated an active supply-chain management

program resulting in a relative inventory reduction of 20% and a turnover ratio improvement of 31%. This

represented a $21 million saving in carrying cost per year for the Company. Conducted product line sales and

profitability analysis for international subsidiaries resulting in reduced inventory carrying-costs and improved

profit margins.

Senior Financial Analyst, Pfizer International, 2/89-3/90

Supported senior management in the development and monitoring of divisional and country budgets. Analyzed

and reported to management regarding new product launch performance, and the impact of sales volume,

foreign exchange, product mix and price on key country business performance. Wrote monthly international

business operations reports. Wrote monthly commentary on the international consolidated results for the

Corporate Board of Directors.

Strategic Planning Analyst, Pfizer International, 8/87-1/89

Supported business development activities including evaluation of acquisition, joint venture, licensing, and

other new business proposals. Conducted special studies on strategic business issues, country/business

evaluations and product/market assessments. Monitored and analyzed international business and economic

trends. Prepared market and country business risk assessments. Developed senior management proposals

and presentations.

Distribution Center Operations Manager, Pfizer Inc., 5/85-7/87

Managed 25 distribution center Information Systems, Inventory Control, Accounting, and Pricing Group

personnel. Supervised the Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, Chemical and International Divisions Order

Processing and Customer Service Groups. Developed a new warehouse management system designed to

enhance employee productivity and product throughput rates.

Information Technology Group Manager, Department of the Army, 7/83-4/85

As an Army Captain, managed the budgets, schedules, development and maintenance of three mainframe

computer and satellite telecommunications systems. Managed over 70 information technology and operational

personnel. Designed, procured and implemented bar code source data systems that significantly increased the

accuracy and timeliness of logistics information to the host systems.

Transportation Manager, Department of the Army, 6/81-6/83

Transportation Manager for the Army's first automated logistics management system designed to support the

military's deployable forces. Managed 45 personnel involved in the movement of hazardous and dangerous

cargo, through sea and air terminals.

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EDUCATION

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering May 1981

Distinguished Military Graduate

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey

Master of Business Administration in Finance/ International Business, April 1989

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

Master of Science in Technology Management May 2000

TRAINING

• U.S. Army Logistics Officer Program (five months)

• APICS Certification, Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)

• Certificate in Logistics Management, Graduate Program CUNY

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Columbia University

• Six Sigma/ Lean Training, Value Stream Mapping, Theory of Constraints

• Hazardous Materials Transportation, Lion Technologies Inc.

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