Supply Chain Manager

MARK PATWIN **********@*****.***

*** ****** **** ****, *******, SC 301-***-****

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Global, innovative, and progressive purchasing and supply management executive with over 20 years of demonstrated success in producing extraordinary results that maximize customer value and achieve both business profitability and productivity objectives.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

•International Contract Management

•Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationships

•Supply Chain Synchronization and Data Mining

•Product Knowledge and Applications

•Supply Rationalization and Compliance

•Contract Negotiations

•Distribution and Inventory Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Manager of Supply Chain

US FOODSERVICE, Rosemont, IL 2008 – Current

Recruited to create, implement, and manage a process to gain compliance within Starwood’s $160 Million portfolio of products and services. Data mined full spectrum of purchases to determine where efficiencies can be created in current supply chain to create a Win-Win deliverable.

•Generated over $500K in annual savings to client while slashing customer owned products by 11%

•Reduced slow moving inventory value from $260,000 to $27,000 in a 15-month timeline, while increasing sales by 11%

•Data-mined purchasing to achieve a reduction of 27% of SKUs while exceeding 98.9% fill rate of products

•Increased sales of US Foods Label Products from 24% to 36% within 18 months

•Collaborated with Marketing and Culinary teams to replace products, creating a 1.6% savings of $160 million spend

Director of Sourcing and National Accounts

GATE GOURMET, Reston, VA 2006 – 2008

Enlisted to maximize Gate Gourmet’s $120M of managed food and disposable spend and charged with developing the corporate strategy to capture volume discount allowances. Orchestrated the identification, assessment, and implementation of compliance and rationalization opportunities then deployed and standardize throughout six countries

•Streamlined the RFQ/RFP process to create time savings of 30%

•Exceeded $2.4M discount allowance budget by $100K

•Created vendor approval process of 3,000 national vendors reducing invoices by 21% within total supply chain

•Led initiative to analyze inefficiencies within supply chain and reduced overall costs by 2.2 %

MARK PATWIN - Page 2 Senior Director of Distribution and Compliance (2004 – 2006)

SODEXO, Gaithersburg, MD 1987 – 2006

Integral executive team member managing Sodexo’s $2 billion in annual purchasing spend while increasing volume discount allowances to over $84M within our contracted logistic channels.

•Negotiated contracts with distributors covering $1.9 billion of product and services spend

•Increased volume discount allowances by 12% within 2 years to $84M

•Renegotiated the contribution to pre-tax, uncovering inefficiencies within the supply chain totaling in excess of $900K

•Negotiated fuel surcharges for a reduction of 2.1% within 64 Distribution

•Developed Sodexo’s supply chain category management while supporting the Company's Prime Vendor Strategy

Vice President of Corporate Compliance (2002 – 2004)

Championed to architect the corporate compliance department to drive and measure product and vendor compliance for all manufacturers and logistic providers. Primary focus was on value added activities and reducing expenditures for the North American market segment.

•Pioneered the industry’s first web based compliance tool allowing for real time data monitoring of compliant spend analysis

•Oversaw the implementation and monitoring of Sodexho’s $200M contract agreements

•Created and deployed an on-line purchasing platform for 5,000+ accounts nationally

•Restructured and mediated supply chain negotiations driving out cost by rationalizing the controllable spend and reducing SKUs and manufacturers

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

•Director of Product Compliance, Sodexo, 1996 – 2002

•Corporate Chef/Product Training Manager, Sodexo, 1994 – 1996

•Marketing Chef, Sodexo, 1992 – 1994

•Executive Chef, Sodexo, 1987 – 1992

FORMAL EDUCATION

Hyatt Hotels two-year accredited Internship Program

Certified Trainer of HAACP

ASSOCIATIONS

Institute for Supply Management (ISM) – Member

American Culinary Federation (ACF) - Member

AWARDS

Awarded 2005 “Eye of the Storm Award” for emergency efforts during Hurricane season

Winner of 2002 All-Star award for best Supply Chain Management Team

Winner of 1998 Award of Excellence Sodexho USA.

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