Global Supply Chain Management Executive

Rose Drolett

Spring, TX *****

**********@*******.*** 832-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/rosedrolett

Global Supply Chain Management Executive

Passion for Transforming Procurement /

Supply Chain Operations, Enabling Growth and Cost Reduction

Solution oriented leader, achieving objectives in operational excellence, compliance, cost savings and supplier management. Has expertise at developing strategies that align business unit and enterprise strategic plans. With recognized success at managing supply chain professionals, developing effective cross-functional teams and removing process complexity. Recognized as an effective business partner, that develops collaborative working relationships to enable consistent delivery of financial and non-financial performance goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WASTE MANAGEMENT 2013 – 2016

Director, Field Supply Chain, Houston, TX

Accountability for the development and operations of Procurement & Supplier Management Services in US and Canada with oversight of eighteen direct reports and thirty-seven indirect reports.

Reduced operating costs more than 5% by designing and implementing Supplier Management strategy and procedure for 85K Suppliers, eliminating 15K Suppliers and leveraging ‘preferred’ Supplier pricing.

Responsible for driving adoption and compliance, across North America, of national contracts for more than $4B in spend, ensuring savings were sustainable and Suppliers met KPIs.

Achieved greater than $20M in hard savings 1st-year by restructuring procurement organization, building alignment, reducing transactions, and increasing value realization from Suppliers.

MCDONALD’S USA 2010 – 2013

Director, Procurement & Supplier Management, Oakbrook, IL

Maintained accountability for Procurement, Supplier Management and Professional Services for US operations.

Restructured fragmented organization, optimizing business support, increasing speed of decision-making, and ensuring appropriate linkage to global initiatives.

Developed procurement strategy with business leaders, delivering $36M of direct cost savings and a standard performance dashboard for Suppliers.

Established and led the Supplier Management program for North America – enabling the year over year cost saving targets identified in the procurement strategy.

MCDONALD’S EUROPE LIMITED 2003 – 2010

Department Head, Operations Procurement & Professional Services, London, UK 2005 – 2010

Led Financial Management, Communications, PMO, and Operations Procurement for 39-countries in Europe

Led complex negotiations at regional and global levels, reducing costs 5 – 10% year-over-year.

Achieved 40% increase in IT projects delivered on-time and within budget from baseline of 2004.

Sr. Manager, Global Technology Procurement Europe, London, UK 2003 – 2005

Responsible for the procurement of hardware, software and services for McDonald’s European organization.

Generated $9M in savings and improved compliance of process usage 48% by standardizing products and services.

Improved quality by implementing Supplier Performance Management (SPM) with key suppliers across Europe.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LYONDELL CHEMICAL

Manager, Procurement & Asset Management, Houston, TX

Lowered costs of contract resources 12% through implementation of vendor management program.

Established software rationalization process that reduced maintenance costs $11M.

Manger, Materials Inventory, Houston, TX

Decreased headcount 26%, reduced inventory 28% and lowered operational budget by 29%

Reduced turn around maintenance cost by 10%

Implemented investment recovery process that generated an average $1M per month revenue

OWENS CORNING

Global Procurement Leader, Toledo, OH

Procurement lead for global marketing team – reducing cost more than $8M in the first year.

Developed center of excellence team concept that successfully reduced global MRO, packaging, raw material and advertising costs more than $12M annually. MRO Success Story

Negotiated global SAP and consultancy contract that saved $6M

HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES

Purchasing Manager, Casket Company, Batesville, IN

Procured $360M of metal annually and saved $3M using market knowledge and hedging strategies.

Designed and implemented a cost management program which saved $2M annually and resulted in plants carrying less than one day of inventory.

Collaborated with engineers and Suppliers to develop a new line of stainless that enhanced sales of the product by 30%.

EDUCATION

BS, Business Administration, University of Houston, Houston, TX

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS

Certified Purchasing Supply Manager (CPSM) Certification

Software Asset Management (SAM) Certification

Trained in Value Analysis and Kaizen

ITIL Certification

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle and Fieldglass

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