MARC A LAPIERRE

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C: 647-***-**** O: 905-***-****

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Accomplished and seasoned hands-on leader with demonstrated ability to deliver mission-critical results in alignment with the organisation’s strategic imperatives. In depth knowledge and experience as it relates to procurement, supply chain, and inventory management best practices and operations. With an astute focus on people, processes and systems, driven to manage costs and bring value by establishing strategic mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with team members, business units, vendors, service providers, and most importantly, the “client” for which we serve. Passionate, relentless and client focused with a resolve for continuous improvement. Change agent, influencer and collaborator determined to bring more value for money and increase client experience and satisfaction. Proven track record for delivering capital or opex projects on time, on budget with the projected ROI.

SKILLS HIGHLIGHT

Leadership Procurement Process Improvement Coaching/Talent development Warehouse Mgt Transformation Training Inventory Mgt

Vendor Mgt Performance Mgt RFP/RFI/RFQ Integration

$M P&L Asset management SAP Innovative

Demand planning High tech/Retail Strategic S&OP/Forecasting

Global experience Tactical Solutions Implementation Bilingual (English/French)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PricewaterhouseCoopers Sept 2014 to Present

Independent Consultant – Procurement/Supply Chain/Inventory Mgt.

Assisting and working hands on with clients through change management and improvement initiatives in procurement and supply chain(P&SC); RFx, cost and process optimisation, business transformation, automation, ecommerce, client focus solutions, systems integration, benchmarking, roadmap, warehouse management, 3PL management, SAP, change management, vendor and contract management, inventory and quality control.

Forecasting, S&OP framework, collaborative planning, Open to Buy, MRP, Push and Pull replenishment models.

Procurement analytics, sourcing, RFX, Master data, contract repository and management, negotiation, scorecards and vendor performance.

Establishing framework for accountability and developing measurable KPI’s and SLA’s.

Develop roadmaps, ROI and strategic initiatives for people, processes and systems.

Bell Mobility (Toronto, Ontario) May 2010 to Sept 2014

Director, Procurement and Supply Chain (P&SC)

Accountable and hands on day to day operations of procurement (direct and indirect), demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, product life cycle, order desk, AR, eCommerce fulfillment, warehouse and distribution, forward and reverse logistics with 10 direct reports.

Mentor, coach, trainer with a strong emphasis on people development, succession planning and training.

Promote a performance based culture based on the development of team members. Measure and develop SMART objectives.

Communicate religiously to all team members to inform them on; organisational changes, project updates, company, department and team objectives and results.

Responsible for procurement, open to buy, demand planning and CPFR (Collaborative Planning, forecasting and replenishment) with our OEM partners and distributors globally such as Samsung, Apple, LG, and Motorola.

Accountable for procurement governance, policies and guidelines and ensure best value for money.

Drive sourcing, bid and RFX process, procurement analytics, contract awards, renewals, and termination.

Educate and collaborate with business units and key stakeholders on procurement and supply chain costs and drivers so that the organisation can make better decisions.

Key collaborator, influencer, and integrator on initiatives driven internally, by other business units, and vendors.

Manage vendors with regular QBR’s; report metrics, KPI’s, SLA’s, performance, and improvement initiatives.

Led several transformational and change management initiatives; status quo is never an option; prioritise and present business cases and ROI for people, process, and systems opportunities to the leadership for funding and approval. Lead projects to fruition on time and on budget.

Hands on management of the 3PL partners, cost, SLA’s, KPI’s and process improvement initiatives.

Hands on management of the transportation vendors nationally, on time delivery, cost, and accuracy.

Responsible for inventory across DC’s, 3000 retail points of distribution nationally; Bell, Virgin, The Source, dealers, big box retailers, installers and maintenance technicians.

Implemented automated tools and drove S&OP with key stakeholders; demand planning, forecasting and CPFR methodologies and framework to ensure product availability during regular, peak, and seasonal periods.

Drove the allocation process with sales and marketing when product was in short supply.

Accountable for a P&L in excess of $100M/yr.

Business owner and active participant (including drafting business requirements) on ALL SAP or IT solutions as it relates to Procurement and supply chain.

Collaborator, integrator and relationship builder with a view to enhance quality, performance for day to day activities and set initiatives.

SOX procurement and supply chain business owner for reporting, identifying deficiencies, mitigation and sig off.

Own and execute flawlessly through a very complex and fast-paced procurement and supply chain ecosystem.

Publish and communicate scorecards and dashboards i.e. metrics, project updates, vendor performance, client SLA’s, and team objectives.

Some Accomplishments:

Re-structured P&SC organisationally and eliminated silos by instilling accountability with key stakeholders and vendors.

Presented comprehensive 5-year self funding transformational plan for P&SC.

Publish scorecards as it relates to inventory management, order fulfillment, warehouse management, transportation, delivery, vendor performance, project updates.

Reduced inventory and increase cash flow YoY.

Took over ownership for managing inventory for all corporate retail stores. Reduced stock outs and increased turns significantly.

Honourable mention at 2013 shareholders meeting for exceptional turns and availability to promise.

Integrated Virgin Mobile Supply chain and procurement on time and on budget.

Lead 2 year FLC project and RFP’d 3PL’s forward, reverse logistics, and transportation; successfully moved to other providers resulting in significant savings. Integrated real time SAP, WMS, and TMS.

Negotiated and executed 4PL contract relationship with SaskTel (procurement, forward and reverse logistics.

Reengineered and relocated reverse and repair activities inside the 3PL warehouse resulting in increase turn around times and a reduction of Costs and obsolescence.

Built production lines within the warehouse for co-packing and CPG.

Implemented new policies and guidelines for slow moving inventories across all channels resulting in a significant reduction in obsolescence.

Built and implemented automated reports for SOX 404 requirements, deficiencies, and mitigation and sign offs.

Business lead and active participant on the SAP upgrade to ECC 6.

Built ecommerce, EDI and API functionality for subscribers, channel partners and vendors.

Implemented centralised processes and systems for managing RFP’s, RFQ’s, contracts and renewals, bids and auctions in ARIBA.

Built and led a PMO to drive continuous improvements and support external and internal initiatives.

TELUS (Toronto, Ontario) Nov 2003 to May 2010

Director, Purchasing and Inventory Management

Accountable and hands on management of the day to day operations for procurement (direct and indirect), forecasting, inventory Mgt (retail and network), warehouse management, distribution, corporate stores inventory for wireless CPG and wireline network with 8 direct reports.

Advocate and promote a performance based culture, career development plans, and succession planning.

Wireline network; accountable for warehousing, inventory management and distribution in 6 DC’s in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Rimouski as well tier 2 locations i.e. truck stock, CO’s, service and spares locations.

Wireless CPG; manage warehousing, inventory management, and distribution in 2 DC’s in Toronto and Calgary, and a repair center in Markham, Ontario.

Accountable for inventory and product life cycle for 1500 corporate owned stores and big box retailers.

Accountable for a P&L in excess of $100M/yr.

Manage procurement team and hands on execution of sourcing, bids, RFX, negotiation, contract awards, maintenance and renewals, service level agreements, and vendor performance (direct, indirect spend, MRO).

Set and monitor compliance of procurement policies, governance, procedures, and SOP’s to maximise on savings, eliminating maverick spend and attain the best in class standards from our vendors.

Implemented automated tools and drove S&OP with key stakeholders; demand planning, forecasting and CPFR methodologies and framework to ensure product availability during regular, peak, and seasonal periods.

Drove the allocation process with sales and marketing when product was in short supply.

Business owner for procurement and supply chain and active participant for all SAP endeavors; successfully done several full life cycle SAP implementations, migrations and upgrades enterprise wide.

Some Accomplishments:

led, built, managed and delivered P&SC plan for the wireless HSPA network upgrade 2008-2009.

Implemented procurement governance, policies, guidelines, P2P, procedures and best practices.

Centralized and optimised processes and systems for contract maintenance, renewals, awards, RFP/RFQ, and auctions enterprise wide in ARIBA.

Led several procurement initiatives including analysing and defining category spend, right sizing vendor base, leveraging and identifying opportunities for cost savings, delivering value added services, negotiating contracts and deals with reciprocal business when applicable.

Best in class turns and ATP for all distribution warehouses and corporate stores,

Integration of TELUS wireless and wireline organisations for procurement and supply chain (people processes and systems e.g. SAP).

Highest award and distinction given for the successful integration of Quebectel in Rimouski.

RFP’d and moved successfully wireless CPG to a new 3PL provider.

Built production lines within the warehouse for co-packing and CPG.

Business owner and hands on participation on several SAP implementations, upgrades, and enhancements. Full life cycle projects; drafting business requirements, blue printing, integration and user testing, training, deployment, regression testing, support, maintenance and normalisation.

Key stakeholder on mergers and acquisitions initiatives. Led procurement and supply chain requirements for the following M&A initiatives: Black’s, FIDO, Emergis, Quebectel, Williams’s communications, Bell Satellite TV.

TELUS Mobility (Toronto, Ontario) Aug 2002 to Nov 2003

Manager, Subscriber Inventory

Drive demand planning and purchasing and ensure availability of product to meet subscriber loading targets and promotional initiatives.

Accountable inventory across DC’s and corporate owned stores while maintaining the right balance between ATP and Turns.

Business lead for multiple systems and process improvements initiatives in retail and supply chain.

TELUS Mobility, Clearnet Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) May 2000 to Aug 2002

Manager, Corporate retail Inventory

Business prime for the SAP Clearnet and Telus integration for P&SC.

Inventory, supply chain and distribution lead for building and deploying Telus’s POS system.

Business prime and SME for building and deploying Telus’s repairs, returns, and reverse system.

Responsible for materials management and PLM in corporate owned retail stores.

Clearnet Inc. (Montreal, Quebec) Nov 1997 to May 2000

Manager, National Logistics

Responsible for centralizing purchasing, inventory management and supply chain operations of the entities acquired by Clearnet.

Business prime and owner for implementing SAP R/3 for purchasing, inventory, asset Mgt, sales and distribution.

PROMED INC. (Montreal, Canada) Mar 1990 to Nov 1997

Manager, Purchasing, Inventory, Logistics and Production

Managed purchasing, inventory management and production.

Implemented organisation’s ERP.

Collaborator on the ISO 9001 implementation.

Montreal Trust (Montreal, Canada) Aug 1989 to Mar 1990

Sales and portfolio Manager

Canadian Armed Forces (Canada, Germany) Sep 1984 to Nov 1989

Officer, Infantry (SLieutenant)

EDUCATION

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY (Montreal, Canada) 1991

Baccalaureate in Commerce (2 electives to complete)

Economics, minor in management

MARIANAPOLIS COLLEGE (Montreal, Canada) 1986

College diploma in Commerce (honours)

SALZBURG INTERNATIONAL (Salzburg, Austria) 1984

High School diploma (honours)

President of the student council

RIYADH INTERNATIONAL (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) 1981

Memberships

PMAC Since 2000

APICS Since 2000

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