Supply Chain Manager

Jeffrey L. Conrad

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Lebanon, OH 45036 linkedin.com/in/jeffconrad12 ****.********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Process-oriented Procurement Leader with proven capability to lead sourcing of raw materials, as well as indirect materials and services, for more than $1B in spend. Fast-paced, energetic leader with extensive international experience in developing supply strategies, negotiating supply contracts, securing supply, and managing inventory, planning and logistics, and payables requirements. Ability to drive supply chain process improvements, organizational transformation, and significant cost reductions. Additional expertise includes:

Leadership

Process Improvements

Contracts/Agreements

Lean Six Sigma

Global Sourcing

Business Planning & Forecasting

Coaching / Mentoring

Supplier Performance Management

Logistics

SAP Implementations

Risk Analysis

Total Cost of Ownership

CAREER EXPERIENCE

TaylorMade Group MAR2016 - PRESENT

Privately owned, world’s largest manufacturer of marine glazing systems.

Head of Sourcing (Independent Contractor)

Responsible for direct and indirect sourcing for TaylorMade’s 5 businesses and 7 production facilities in the U.S., Mexico, UK and Ireland.

Identified new suppliers in the U.S. and China for flat glass, laminated glass, aluminum trim, vinyl and packaging

Developed and negotiated Supply Agreements with new suppliers

Delivered savings of over $2 million in less than 4 months

Dayton Superior JAN 2016 - MAR2016

One of the leading suppliers to the world’s concrete industry

Head of Indirect Procurement

Responsible for indirect sourcing for Dayton Superior’s U.S. and Canadian businesses

Corbus, llc May 2015 – dec 2015

Privately owned, global outsourced services firm, with several Fortune 100 customers, specializing in Supply Chain and Procurement

Senior Director, Supply Chain Services

Responsible for developing and implementing new business opportunities in Supply Chain, Directing Supply Chain operations in North America, as well as directing the Purchase to Pay transactional operations. Directed an organization of 85 people in the U.S. and India.

Developed proposals for over $3 million in new business

Achieved $2 million in new business from three new customers

Developed operating procedures for starting up new business implementations and developed complete project plans for executing the three new business opportunities

Brought the transactional operations to a level of 100% of Target for four major international companies

Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints – Slough, UK 2008 - 2015

World’s largest paints and coatings company with 60,000 worldwide employees and turnover of 17B Euro.

Procurement Director (2012-Present)

Responsible for capital, direct and indirect procurement for the decorative paints business in the UK.

Directed all capital, raw material and packaging component procurement for a new $250M paint manufacturing plant in NE England

Negotiated all new raw material and packaging component supplier agreements ($200M) to meet the new plant’s supply requirements - Kanban ordering process, telemetry, EDI, advance ship notification, no-waste supply, consignment stocking programs, and maximum two day lead times – with no increase in direct costs.

Worked with suppliers to implement Lean Six Sigma processes in their operations to enable them to meet the new requirements.

Procurement Director – North America – Strongsville, OH 2010-2011

Directed the procurement organization of 20 people in the US and Canada, reporting to the CEO’s in U.S. and Canada. Responsible for all raw materials, packaging and indirect spend for the Decorative Paints business in US, Canada and Puerto Rico, with total sales of $1.8B. Raw material / packaging spend of $650M and indirect spend of $350M.

Worked with the Leadership Teams in the U.S. and Canada to understand what they needed from Procurement, then successfully transformed the Procurement Department to improve effectiveness in category management, and increase the professionalism and engagement of the team.

Established raw material pricing forecasts that enabled the business lines to proactively calculate the projected impact of raw material and packaging cost increases in their product formulations. Met with the GM’s monthly to develop pricing strategies that resulted in successful implementation of $50M in price increases.

Reduced raw material and indirect material inventories by $10M (30%) by improving production planning through integration of customer sales data.

Developed and executed a risk mitigation strategy that eliminated sole sourcing constraints on raw materials that went into more than $100M of products.

Managed the Monthly Supply Plan, with 18 month rolling forecast, for the Integrated Business Planning Process

Member of the Executive Committee for the Product Development Stage Gate Process.

Procurement Director, Direct Materials – North America – Strongsville, OH 2008-2010

Responsible for all raw materials and packaging component spend for the Decorative Paints business in US and Canada and Puerto Rico (spend of $650M) with 10 direct reports.

Managed supplier contracts for all raw materials and packaging components and successfully leveraged the supply contracts across NA, saving $5 million in COGS. Spend categories included TiO2, latex, resins, solvents, pigments, additives, extenders, monomers, plasticizers and packaging components.

Developed and executed alternate sourcing strategy to substitute ethylene-based for propylene-based latex materials on $200M annual spend with $10M dollar cost savings and increased security of supply.

Implemented replacement of steel paint cans with plastic, resulting in $5+ million savings and increased customer acceptance

Developed and implemented strategy to secure critical supply of titanium dioxide and latex in a very tight supply situation

Implemented Supplier Quality Requirements (SQRM) process that ensured supplier compliance with material requirements through documentation and resolution of supply issues.

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC – Indianapolis, IN 2000-2007

Director of Global Procurement

$8B international specialty chemical company

Responsible for total global spend of $500M in Capital, MRO and other indirect spend.

Established an effective MRO and capital procurement organization, from scratch, across ICI’s four businesses in North America, Europe and Asia, leveraging more than 60% of the spend and delivering cost savings averaging $15M per year.

Led a business transformation project across four businesses to re-engineer the people, processes and systems which increased effectiveness in managing all of ICI’s North American indirect spend.

ADDITIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE

National Starch And Chemical Company – Indianapolis, IN

$4B global manufacturer of starch, adhesives, and electronic materials

Director of Engineering and Manufacturing Capacity Planning

The NutraSweet Company – Deerfield, IL

$1B manufacturer of NutraSweet brand aspartame sweetener, Equal tabletop sweetener and Simplesse fat substitute

Logistics Director

Engineering Director

Marion Laboratories – Kansas City, MO

$1B pharmaceutical company subsequently purchased by Merrell Dow.

Manager of Systems Engineering and Process Development

Manager, Project Office

MOBAY CORPORATION – Kansas City, MO

U.S. Agricultural Chemical Business of Bayer AG

Facilities Engineering Manager

TEXAS EASTMAN – Longview, TX

$5 B Intermediate Chemical Business

Project Manager

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Finance – University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS

B.S., Chemical Engineering – University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Negotiation Strategy and Sourcing Methodologies – ENS International

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Workshop – Kienbaum Consulting

Advanced Project Management – American Management Association

AWARDS

Inaugural MRO All Star Buying Team: awarded by Purchasing Magazine to Purchasing Managers who had the most advanced MRO purchasing programs (2003)

Decorative Paints UK Project of the Year: for development of marketing procurement program by Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints’ Executive Team as the cross-functional project that made the biggest impact on the business (2013)

ADDITIONAL: proficient in French.

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