Supply Chain Engineer

Ivan J. Gutierrez

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Professional Summary:

Supply chain and change management executive with a proven record in

increasing gross margins and sales. Over 15 years of business experience in

corporate procurement, supply chain, operations, and business management

for both domestic and international operations. Natural agent of change

with experience in solving strategic business issues such as:

reorganizations, incentive mechanisms, and streamlining of operations.

Business experience also includes engineering, internships at the White

House, U.S. Court of Appeals, and a major law firm. Education includes

degrees in Materials Science Engineering, MBA, and JD from top nationally

recognized universities.

Professional Experience

SODEXO ($20 billion company) Gaithersburg, MD

Vice President of Supply Management January 2007 - February 2010

Manage $3.0 billion spend for Supply, Equipment and Services, and

Profit/Loss for distributor with $30 million in revenues.

. Increased purchasing value by 20% over a three-year period by

strategically managing major suppliers and distributors'

relationships, applying progressive leadership approach/team focus,

and strategic sourcing.

. Led major negotiations with key suppliers from information systems to

distributors with significant savings for the enterprise.

. Re-engineered and market kitchen equipment distributor: tripled net

income.

GAF Materials ($3.0 billion company) Wayne, NJ

Executive Director of Indirect Spend September 2006 - January 2007

Managed $800 million spend for Indirect/major Capital Projects; managed the

procurement for major expansion of manufacturing plants throughout the

U.S.; achieved major costs savings in capital equipment and corporate

spend.

Northeast Utilities ($7.5 billion company) Berlin, CT

Director of Corporate Services and Purchasing January 2003 - April

2006

Managed $900 million spend, $20 million operating budget, $50 million

transportation budget, and Customer Billing/Remittance of $3.5 billion,

supporting seven operating companies.

. Reengineered purchasing into a centralized proactive organization

focusing on strategic sourcing, and implement web-based solutions such

as on-line bidding.

. Increased cost savings by 200% and tripled supplier diversity spend.

. Established and managed large contract purchasing process, and

sourcing strategy for infrastructure capital program of $ 3.5 billion

dollars: equipment, construction and engineering services contracts

range from $10 to $200 million dollars.

. Re-engineered transportation, remittance, and billing departments

increasing productivity by 300% while achieving savings of 10%.

. Led supply chain initiative reducing inventory by 75% across four

operating companies.

FCI Corporation Etters, PA

Director of Supply Chain for the Americas June 2000- August 2002

Managed $500 million production and non-production expenditures. $4.5

million operating budget, $20 million freight budget and regional

distribution center with a throughput of $250 million for domestic and

international markets.

. Established strategic supply chain functions and implemented strategic

sourcing, and lean manufacturing best practices:

o Achieved price reductions of 5% to 30% depending on the

commodity.

o Integrated purchasing into product development process reducing

Time-To-Market and Total Cost of new products up to 40%.

o Reduced freight cost by 20%, integrated freight suppliers into

supply chain and improved delivery performance from mid 80's to

over 95%.

o VMI inventory accuracy improved from 30% to 97%, increasing

billings by 10%.

o Reengineered distribution center increasing productivity by 35%,

reduced headcount by 28%, increased inventory turns by 100% and

reduced lead-time from 5 days to 24 hours for high volume

products while reducing manufacturing plants' shutdowns to

zero/raw material inventory by 50%.

Tyco International Corporation Menlo Park, CA

Purchasing Director, Latin American Operations 1996 - 1999

Purchasing Manager, Corporate Purchasing (1996-1997)

Established supply chain functions for multiple manufacturing sites for

Latin American Operations supporting a quarter billion-dollar business, and

managed purchasing spend of $150 million dollars.

. Improved cash flow margins by 10%; Reduced inventory by 20%, lead

times by 50%, customer overdue from 500 to 3/month, delinquent

invoices from 300 to 0/month, and personnel turnover from 15 to 3%.

. Managed multidivisional teams' efforts for multimillion-dollar global

sourcing projects composed of senior management from global corporate

organizations for $200 million corporate overhead spend.

. Led regional & global commodity teams for Corporate Indirect Spend;

achieved cost savings totaling 20-25%.

Education

Brown University Providence, RI Material Science Engineering

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI MBA, International

Business/Corporate Strategy

University of California

Hastings College of the Law San Francisco, CA J.D. - State Bar of

California, admitted 1995

Internships and Engineering experience

. White House - Office on Environmental Policy, Assistant to Director

9/94-12/94

. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Extern

5/94-8/94

. Pillsbury, Madison & SUTRO, Summer Associate

5/93-7/93

. Chrysler Corporation, Purchasing Summer Intern 4/91-9/91

. Hydraulics Research, Textron, Metallurgical Engineer 1989--1990

. AeroJet Electrosystems, Northrop-Grumman, Process Engineer 1988-

1989

Community Involvement

. National Conference for Community & Justice, CT Regional Chapter,

Board member 2004-2006

. Chairman of Connecticut BusinessLINC- Fortune 500 Connecticut based

companies mentoring program for minority-owned enterprises 2005-2006

. Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council- Advisory Board

Member 2003-2006

. PRIMER member and National Society of Hispanic MBAs - Executive member

. Hispanic Business Magazine, Corporate Elite, 2008

. HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achiever 2007

Fully fluent in Spanish and English

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