JEFFERY DEMARCO St. Louis, MO ***** 217-***-**** adhps5@r.postjobfree.com

CPIM Candidate

Procurement/Supply Chain Analyst

Operations • Supply Chain / Logistics • Process Improvement • Business Intelligence / Reporting

Harnessing technology tools to work smarter.

Experienced conduit for bridging gap between operations and analytics. Ability to disseminate big data and forecast trends.

TECHNICAL STRENGTHS AND PROFICIENCIES

Lead SAP consultant role, with overall responsibility for delivery & stabilization of the SD, MM, and FICO modules.

Proficient in M.S. Office, Crystal Enterprises, Tableau, MS Project, Tibco Spotfire and Ariba.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EHW, Saint Louis, MO May 2019- Present

Procurement / Financial Analyst

Working with municipal clients to streamline their procurement processes and improve vendor relations. Using analytics to evaluate spend on commodities for use in preparing RFPs and statistical analysis to project potential savings. Gathers and compiles raw data; conducts research for industry trends and benchmarks; and normalizes data to be incorporated into a centralized data format. Analyzes, reports, makes comparisons to industry/company benchmarks, determines trends, and prepares cost analyses.

Utilizing Ariba for sourcing and punchout

MIDWEST OFFICE Springfield, IL September 2000– May 2019

Operations / Senior Data Analyst

Grew the business aggressively from start-up to $18 million and to 49 employees through acquisitions and organic growth in an intensely competitive marketplace, thriving against big-box retailers by leveraging technology to continually extract costs from the supply chain.

Directed the distribution, finance, customer service, business analysis, and information technology functions for regional clients in government, healthcare, and finance markets within a five-state area. Oversee budgeting and forecasting; analyze performance metrics to identify challenges and opportunities.

Internal lead on SAP Procure to Pay processes and trained external clients for the same.

Lead business implementation and procurement activities for all products, including RFP/RFI responses.

Integrate change management, forecasting, planning, MRP, and budget improvement.

Coordinate downstream activities with sales/marketing. Leverage business intelligence, technology, and outsourcing strategies to achieve cost savings in distribution, lead generation, and payroll. Conduct due diligence of acquisition targets.

Internal trainer for Microsoft Excel including advanced functions vertical lookup and pivot tables.

MARTER GROUP, Oswego, IL February 2006–October 2011

Lead Business Architect / Senior Engagement Manager

Brought SAP to the office products industry as part of the SAP Reseller Technology Solution implementation team. Coordinated multiple Quote-to-Cash (QTC) implementation projects for office products dealers generating $3 million to $100 million in annual sales. Gathered business requirements; orchestrated the data conversion and end-user training project phases. Managed $7 million budget and $500 million in transaction processing volume.

Executed each implementation project on time and within budget. Gained subject matter expertise in Gap Analysis, Quote-to-Cash (QTC) and Procure-to-Pay.

Coordinated 5 legacy system conversions to SAP, providing integrated solutions linking dealers with their suppliers. Provided post go-live support.

Developed custom dashboard (BI) reports within SAP.

U.S. OFFICE PRODUCTS, St. Louis, MO July 1996–September 2000

General Operations Manager, Midwest Region

Engaged to manage the procurement, IT, customer service, warehousing/distribution and sales training functions of a $90 million regional distributor of office products based on innovations and competitive strength achieved at DeMarco Office Supply (below). Oversaw 7 Midwest locations and 250+ employees. Negotiated national vendor pricing and issued two national catalogs.

Overcame retail’s traditional “percent discount” pricing model by creating complex matrix pricing model with 16 price levels for 40,000 dealer-specific SKUs that delivered a 175 basis-point increase in gross profit regionally and was subsequently implemented nationwide.

Facilitated comparative online shopping by obtaining competitive pricing information from big-box retail sites via html capture and importation into pricing model.

Added incremental profit by negotiating unique, complex rebate strategy with domestic wholesalers.

Managed 12-member financial team conducting due diligence on acquisition targets; played an integral role in evaluating and acquiring 400 dealerships nationwide.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Western Illinois University–Macomb, IL B.A., Operations Management, Minor: Cost Accounting,

Named “College of Business Student of the Year” based on business acumen and faculty vote.

CPIM designation pending, Association for Operations Management

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