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Randolph Mark Bauer

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101 Quaker Farms Road Southbury CT 06488

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Oct 1986 Dec 1996 10

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Hartford Consulting Manager

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The Bauer Group, LLC President

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RANDOLPH M. BAUER

101 Quaker Farms Road 203-***-****

Southbury, CT 06488 abo35b@r.postjobfree.com

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

ERP STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION

An innovative business leader, who combines strong supply chain competency with robust

business development and management skills, devises and executes winning strategies that

create new revenue streams, contain costs and grow market share. A team builder and leader

who secures consensus among stakeholders, and inspires excellence. Well-versed in ERP and

financial application selection and implementation. Strong global expertise, having

developed business relationships in many parts of the world. Leads complex project

management initiatives, and effectively facilitates change management. Conversational

Spanish capability. Special expertise in:

Supplier Selection, Development & Management Cost Reduction & Containment

Negotiation of Product and Service Contracts Procurement Targeting

Consultative Problem Resolution Group Facilitation

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

THE BAUER GROUP, LLC Southbury, CT

Supply chain consulting organization

President2006 - Present

Vice President Business Development 19992006

Built and led the organization, creating and developing new client relations, signing

multi-year contracts with companies including Aviron (MedImmune), Bristol-Myers Squibb,

Delta Airlines, Dexa-Medica, Lexmark International, New Apostolic Church USA &

International, Pfizer/Pharmacia Corporation and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Scope of work

extends throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America and includes

both training and project management functions.

Subject matter expertise includes detailed cost & price analysis techniques, global

sourcing, outsourcing, e-Commerce, impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Total Cost of Ownership

modeling, and negotiation preparation and execution.

Introduced new service line of project management consulting, successfully marrying

supply chain theory with real world application. Extended a supply chain related

engagement into a significant project designing and implementing a 1,000+ user web-based

operational measurement tool for a large non-profit organization.

Detailed planning and process definition minimized parallel processing to 30 days. Web-

based training approach saved $100,000 in hard costs and four months in the implementation

plan.

Further expanded this relationship into full inventory outsourcing, product fulfillment

and e-Commerce .biz site development. Total cost of ownership modeling revealed seven

figure savings and ROI in less than one year. Order accuracy up 500%. Product through-put

up 300%.

Further expanded this relationship into Asia to overhaul regional office controls,

processes and technology solutions.

Credited for assisting client in achieving $150 million in annual cost reductions in a

three year window through implementation of a global strategic sourcing methodology.

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Assisted client with a customized training program to complement their Six Sigma efforts.

Scope included 250+ properties in over 20 countries. Estimated annual savings created

equivalent to $100,000 per person (or $12 million plus).

Authored and delivered three new course offerings to expand the program portfolio:

Total Cost of Ownership introduces a proprietary analytical model

Procurement Technology builds to an understanding of modern B2B models

Supplier Management emphasizes leading performance metric thinking

IBM Global Services Hartford and Southbury, CT

Principal Management Consulting (Northeast Region) 19971999

Senior Consultant19961997

Scope of services and experience includes Business Transformation/Change Management, M&A,

IT Process Modeling, IT Strategy, IT Outsourcing, Software Selection (ERP and other), e-

Business, and Supply Chain. Primary industries of involvement were Financial Services,

Manufacturing, and Wholesale Distribution. Sample clients include; Advo, Carrols

Corporation, Gerber Scientific, InvestCorp, Loctite Corporation, MBI, MONY,

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Remy-Amerique, and Unilever. Geographic responsibility included

Connecticut and New York marketplaces. In addition, temporarily oversaw practice

development during 1998 on the island of Puerto Rico until local leadership was installed.

Led internal IBM projects at executive request, such as:

High exposure, problem project management and resolution. Revamped a Project Management

Office s (PMO) focus to avoid significant litigation on a troubled project.

Business alliance partnership selection (included authoring a national practice white-

paper and preparing investment budget requests).

Building and advocating the Start Smart methodology (ERP selection tool), working with

packages such as Baan, J.D. Edwards, MOVEX, PeopleSoft, QAD, and SAP.

Received area and national recognition for developing, selling, and performing several

engagements, with international scope, that started at under $100,000 and grew to over

seven figures. Of paramount importance to IBM was that these engagements involved

successful cross-selling of other IBM services, hardware and software.

Participated in business development and recruiting efforts resulting in practice

expansion from eight consultants to over thirty. Met or exceeded established targets ($7+

million per annum) and regional P&L goals (45% gross profit). One of the first consulting

executives in region to receive executive stock option award for performance.

Performed an IT assessment for a distribution company to reconfirm their IT strategy.

Identified key initiatives to strengthen their use of the BPICS application in support of

business drivers. Created and chaired a Technology Steering Committee for vetting

technology ideas and keeping approved initiatives on track long-term.

Performed an IT Process Model assessment for a large consumer products company. This

looks at all IT processes and activities within the model areas of Plan-Build-Run. It

resulted in specific recommendations to optimize the interaction between these IT

functions.

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ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Stamford and Hartford, CT

Experienced Manager Business Consulting 19861996

Hand selected to initiate the Business Consulting group for the Stamford Office as part

of a firm-wide pilot consulting venture. Promoted in recognition of business development

activities, project accomplishments and high client-satisfaction ratings. Transferred to

Hartford Office in 1993 to lead the Manufacturing and Financial Systems practices. Sample

clients include ABB, Casual Corner Group, K&N Electronics, Pfizer, Southworth Company and

Value Health/Value Rx. Project experience covers the full spectrum of products and

methodologies offered:

Information Systems Planning

Packaged Software Selection & Implementation Business Process Simulation & Best

Practices

Operational Consulting Change Management, Mergers & Acquisitions

Group facilitation and data collection (Andersen InterAct)

Managed an ERP implementation (order processing, financial and manufacturing modules) to

completion beating critical deadlines by three months and avoiding $250,000 in extra

project costs. Success driven by adherence to process simulation methodology, precise

planning, effectively negotiating compromises on client requests and emphasizing team

communication/training as part of the change management approach. MRP success driven by

first-time inventory accuracy of 95+%

Proposed and managed a Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) application pilot to a client as an

extension of an ERP implementation project. $400,000 in annual losses (first-year only)

caused by inventory obsolescence from just-in-case orders of a date stamped product by one

customer were eliminated through this software that suggests purchase orders based on

point-of-sale data feeds.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

BS in Accounting with Honors, Fairfield University, 1986

Extensive professional education at prestigious

Arthur Andersen St. Charles (IL) and IBM Palisades (NY) facilities

IT Strategy IT Process Model - Business Process Simulation

Process Enabled Business Transformation Group Facilitation

MBA Candidate Northeastern University

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