Jim Petragnani

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Jacksonville, FL 32256

904-***-**** ( e-mail: abm3cy@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY:

Senior Supply Chain Management Executive with extensive experience and

demonstrable results in highly-competitive organizations. A strong

strategic thinker, with excellent leadership, project management and

organizational skills. A proven track record developing effective,

technical solutions to deliver business results in support of cost,

profit and service objectives.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

. Supply chain management

. Business process improvement

. Electronic commerce

. Project management

. Global trade

. Information systems management

. Policy & standard-setting

. Technology integration

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

. Global supply chain

. High Technology

. Defense

. Logistics/Distribution

. Automotive

. Industrial/commercial

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Petragnani Consulting, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

2009 - Present

Consulting organization assisting clients with reducing supply chain cost

and enhancing business processes utilizing global standards and product

identification.

Consultant

Collaborate with client and business partners to successfully develop

methods and procedures which enable and enhance trading partners to conduct

business.

. Responsible for working in concert with all levels of management to

ensure the successful completion of projects

o Facilitated business modelings with national and global

workgroups consisting of senior company executives from the

manufacturing, distribution and industrial sectors to

develop consensus-based standards to eliminated supply

chain inefficiencies and improve business processes.

o Implement method which ensures that manufacture data, such as

pricing, product dimensions, product description, etc. is

synchronized with customer data.

o Total responsibility for projects defined project

requirements, established milestones and documentation.

Tracked project expenses and timelines. Communicated with

client senior management team on project progress.

o Collaborated and jointly worked with a consortium of

businesses serving the Agriculture, Food Ingredient and

Peanut industries to develop a framework for tracking and

traceability.

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GS1 US (formerly the Uniform Code Council), Princeton, NJ

1999 - 2009

International trade organization/global supply chain standards body

that invented the U.P.C. bar code and manages the global bar code

system used by 25 industries to facilitate commerce in 140 nations.

Director, Business Development

Responsible for expanding the use of global GS1 supply chain standards

for physical identification and electronic commerce in the industrial,

manufacturing and public service sectors.

. Developed strategic plan for re-establishing the organization's

working relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense and

other key agencies to encourage multi-agency endorsement and use

of GS1 standards to improve government's supply chain management

processes.

o Jointly worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to

use GS1 standards to identify small arms weapons, armor and

credentials for all Border Patrol agents.

o Worked with Transportation Security Administration to

implement identification of critical airport security

equipment (scanners, cameras, small arms weapons) in over

400 airports.

. Served as U.S. representative to NATO to assist in

organization's multi-nation supply chain improvement initiative.

. Expanded membership base in the Industrial/Commercial and Public

Sectors, achieving 40% in sector growth and delivering

$3,800,000 in recurring annual revenue.

. Delivered new business process requirements to technology

providers to ensure market availability of software and related

supply chain solutions to support new supply chain standards.

VLASIC FOODS INTERNATIONAL, Cherry Hill, NJ 1998 -

1999

A $1.5 billion manufacturer and distributor of food products.

Director, Information Technology & Supply Chain Applications

Responsible for all Information Technology at company's world

headquarters. Managed an IT staff of 20 and a $5 million IT software

budget.

. Member of the company's North American Steering Committee, with

direct responsibility for IT policy, standard-setting and

architecture design.

. Developed all necessary technology solutions to improve the

company's sales, manufacturing, logistics and electronic

commerce activities.

. Implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for

company's entire North American operations, including four

manufacturing plants and 12 supplier farms.

UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, AN ALCO STANDARD CO., Wayne, PA 1991 to 1998

An $8 billion marketer and distributor of fine paper and industrial

products.

Director of Electronic Commerce

Responsible for developing and implementing company's strategic and

tactical Electronic Commerce plan. This Initiative generated an

additional $2 million annually.

. Communicated company's Electronic Commerce strategy and

technical requirements to trading partners to ensure smooth

integration and compliance.

. Implemented Electronic Commerce jointly with SAP (ERP) System

into enterprise.

. Implemented Radio Frequency Identification technology into

warehouse systems to improve receiving and order fulfillment.

. Developed and installed new systems and solutions to improve

inventory management and order tracking.

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SUBARU OF AMERICA, Cherry Hill, NJ 1982 to

1991

U.S. headquarters of a leading Japanese automobile company.

Manager of Applications

. Planned and implemented a Vehicle Distribution and Information

System that improved delivery of vehicles to 850 North American

dealers.

. Recommended and implemented new financial systems technologies

to improve activities in the Finance and Accounting groups.

. Reorganized and centralize the corporate regions, reducing

administrative burden, increasing savings and improving customer

satisfaction. Helped company achieve $1.2 million in cost

savings.

EDUCATION:

Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Business Administration

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