Manager Supply Chain

Richard P. Lazzara

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Shoreham, NY, 11786

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/richlazzara H: 631-***-****

SUMMARY

IT Director with proven track record managing relationships between the

business and IT. Delivers exceptional solutions by negotiating difficult

trade-offs and building consensus. Extensive technical, managerial and

relationship-building experience leveraged both globally and domestically.

Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal and communication

skills. Certified Lean Sigma Greenbelt with practical experience improving

processes by eliminating non-value added activities.

Professional Experience

Arrow Electronics, Inc., Melville, NY 1995 - 2009

Director, Oracle Solution Development 2007 -2009

Integral member of core program team responsible for implementing "Unity",

a single global instance of the Oracle e-Business Suite. Led RICE team for

requests to enhance Oracle OOB functionality to meet company-specific

needs. Managed relationship between Arrow and Oracle development

organization.

. Saved $1.2 million in development costs achieving a major win, by

successfully negotiating with Oracle to include Arrow-specific

requirements in their e-Business Suite base code.

. Reduced development costs through implementation of an enhanced review

process, which limited the number of extensions required beyond core

Oracle functionality to one third the original estimates.

Director, Asia Pacific IT Account Manager 2004 -2007

IT Account Manager representing $2+ billion Asia Pacific business unit. As

liaison and single point of contact, worked directly with operating group

president and staff to support business strategies.

. Maintained Asia Pac IT spend within budget by successfully managing

entire project portfolio and tracking all impacts to budget, including

allocations for previously capitalized projects. Allowed for accurate

determination of remaining budget to be utilized for strategic

initiatives.

. Improved planner performance 84% by applying Lean Sigma methodologies to

identify and eliminate non-value added process steps. Enhanced and

implemented existing North American forecast management system in Asia

based on Future State Value Stream Map analysis.

IT Relationship Manager, Worldwide Supplier Marketing 2003 - 2004

IT Relationship Manager supporting Arrow's Worldwide Supplier Marketing

Organization. Partnered with Worldwide Supplier Marketing Council to

define strategic initiatives, improving Arrow's global Internet presence.

. Negotiated better terms and pricing with suppliers on design win parts by

implementing worldwide design win reporting system that leveraged global

breadth. System allowed aggregation and reporting on design win

engagements and worldwide opportunities for the first time.

. Designed and developed Arrow's first global supplier line-card -the one

definitive source for public line-card applications including Arrow.com

and global reporting- all from the same logical database.

Director of Application Development 1998 - 2003

Reported directly to CIO, responsible for design, development and

maintenance of applications specific to North American Computer Products

division. Managed team of 14 developers and business analysts. Directly

supported president of $3 billion division by participating in senior staff

meetings and traveling to business unit locations to meet with operating

group heads.

. Won the 2001 President's Club Award for the successful conversion of $1

billion commodity computer products business on time and under budget.

. Received the 2000 President's Club Award for leading the HP HiP

conversion, a large-scale project in response to HP's change to fee-for-

service distribution model.

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Anthem Electronics (a division of Arrow Electronics), Melville, NY 1995 -

1998

IT Relationship Manager

Served as liaison between business unit and the Corporate IT group. Worked

directly with president and senior staff to understand and document

business requirements.

. Received a special commendation for successful implementation of new

centralized, technology-based inventory management system.

Centralization of purchasing for this business unit allowed for

significant consolidation of staff and warehouse locations.

Lehman Brothers, New York, NY 1991 - 1995

Assistant Vice President, Application Development

Responsible for Master Security Data System, which fed all trading systems.

Managed team of ten developers and consultants.

. Received Performance Award as team leader who enhanced Trade Management

System upon acquisition of Shearson Lehman by Smith Barney. Enabled both

companies to use the same software, and avoid the cost of maintaining two

trading systems.

. Received Service Quality Award for design and implementation of

Institutional Client Order Entry System, which allowed institutional

clients to enter listed and OTC orders directly into enterprise trading

system.

Education

Business Law Coursework - Suffolk Community College, Brentwood,

NY

Liberal Arts Coursework - Nassau Community College, Garden City,

NY

Professional Development

Wharton Executive Education, University of Pennsylvania

. Building Relationships that Work

. Managing People - Power through Influence

. Managing Technology and Innovation

Darden Executive Education, University of Virginia

. Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers

. Power and Leadership

University of Tennessee

. Lean Enterprise and the Supply Chain

. Logistics & Operations in the Supply Chain

AWARDS

Presidents Club Award, Arrow Electronics (Two years in a row) 2000 and 2001

Performance Award, Lehman Brothers 1994

Service Quality Award, Lehman Brothers 1993

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