Global Supply Chain Management Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Global Biopharmaceutical Category Management R&D Procurement Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job Objective: A professional leadership position that will provide an opportunity to utilize extensive skills and innovative techniques acquired from my experience in Global Biotech & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Category Management, and Global Supply Chain Management.

Career Profile:

Proactive leader directing domestic and international supply chain activities for a multimillion-dollar corporation with manufacturing locations all over the world. Fluent in supply chain challenges in today’s global environment climate. Employing innovative techniques to ensure product availability. Proven success in new supplier acquisition, strategic planning, organizational efficiency, systems process development and improvement. Effective, quality-driven leader with consistent focus on building strong cohesive teams ensuring customer retention, cost reduction, and generating revenues.

Relevant Skills:

16 years+ of experience in Supply Chain Mgmt. & Procurement in a Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment with

8 years in a Biotech manufacturing environment in a Clinical Research Organization (CRO). Proven skillset providing

Exceptional Leadership for Best Practices & Value in strategic sourcing, financial analysis, category management, vendor

verification & due diligence for vendor selection & contract management to ensure quality materials, services & equipment

are delivered just-in-time (JIT) to meet production schedules. Persistently researching pricing trends managing vendor

master price lists, inventory, recruiting/training staff.

Proficient in:

ERP&MRP (SAP APO & BW, PRISM, i2 Tech Demand Mgr., SCPM, MS Dynamics Great Plains, MS Planner, Oracle NetSuite/Siebel &Avante),

Inventory Control, Distribution, Production Planning/Scheduling, Purchasing, Supplier/Vendor Management, Negotiations,

Cost Reductions &Disposition Analysis, Contract & Risk Management, Demand Planning, Forecasting & Order Fulfillment.

Extensive Experience creating and presenting detailed reports to Executive Level Management.

Excellent Communication & PC Skills including MS Office and Excel Pivot Tables.

Professional Accomplishments:

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA (Remote Contract) Jan 2023 – Present

Takeda is a global R&D-driven biopharmaceutical leader committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide focusing on oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, gastroenterology, and makes targeted investments in plasma-derived therapies and vaccines.

Global Category Manager (GCM) - Contract Manufacturer Outsourcing (CMO or CDMO) & Drug Product, Research & Development (R&D) Procurement Pharmaceutical Sciences

Plans and leads category initiatives with a total spend value ranging from 30M to 400M and accountable for setting the Global Category Strategy, driving the overall category savings target and demand management, leading proactive category projects while managing supplier performance and innovative activities to support the delivery of the global procurement targets; ensuring appropriate Supplier Relationship Management to achieve value contribution globally.

Focuses on a holistic value creation blending a need for outstanding business partnering alongside category and supplier management excellence.

Kriya Therapeutics, Morrisville, NC 2021 – 2022

Kriya Therapeutics is a fully integrated company pioneering novel technologies & therapeutics in gene therapy. We aim to revolutionize how gene therapies are designed, developed, and manufactured, improving speed to market & delivering significant reductions in cost.

Director / Sourcing & Procurement / Supply Chain

Developed, Managed & Led a first-time Procurement Team ceasing the need for an outsourced contracted company

Transitioned from a Procure-to-Pay Process to include “Strategic Sourcing” becoming a Source-to-Pay Process

Exceptional Negotiator for Best Value & Pricing including equipment, services, and multi-year contractual agreements

Excel in vendor due diligence, sourcing, negotiations, contract management, partnership development/vendor mgmt. including Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) to support Kriya ensuring timely deliveries with pandemic constraints

Trained Cross-Functional Teams for Best “Value” Procurement Practices improving process efficiencies, strategic sourcing, request for proposals (RFP), negotiations, vendor contract terms & cost-savings including cost avoidance

KBI Biopharma, Inc., Durham, NC – A JSR Life Sciences Company 2015 – 2021

KBI Biopharma is an award-winning biopharmaceutical contract services organization providing fully integrated, accelerated drug development and biomanufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies globally; we deliver efficient process development and clinical and commercial cGMP manufacturing services for mammalian, microbial, and cell therapy programs.

Associate Director / Global Strategic Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Excel in global supplier management, negotiations, contract management, partnership development and supplier performance management; exceptional ability to build long term relationships to ensure continuity of supply

Exceptional Negotiator for Global Capex equipment, services, and multi-year contractual agreements

Developed & led the SC buyers & planners’ team to meet company objectives & production goals

Planned & procured all materials for GMP production requirements in support of Clients’ projects; secured supply ensuring on timely deliveries, VMI – vendor managed inventory, and developed a CYCLIC Replenishment plan

Developed and managed KANBANs, PARS sub-assemblies including SPARE PART requirements for production

Merck & Co., Inc., Durham, NC 2011 – 2015

Merck is a global healthcare company improving access to medicines, vaccines, and quality healthcare worldwide.

Senior Buyer / Planner / Supply Chain Management

Plan & Procure all Media raw materials in SAP supporting VMF & VBF production requirements

Adjust Master Data to meet manufacturing needs; cross-functional meetings help communicate changes

Created a delivery system mutually beneficial to both the supplier & Merck, “Cyclic Plan” reduced the number of POs

Proficient in supplier management - negotiation, contract management, partnership & supplier performance mgmt.

Novartis Animal Health US Inc., Greensboro, NC 2010 - 2011 (Contract)

Novartis is a world leader in the research and development of products that protect and improve health and well-being.

Supply Chain Planner / Supply Chain Management

Budgets, Plans, Purchases, Forecasts & Schedules to balance external customer demands & production capacity

Implements SAP for all MRP planning & purchasing activities… including new product intros and part set-ups

Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Clayton, NC 2010 (Contract)

Novo Nordisk is a focused healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes care.

Supply Chain Planner / Supply Chain Management

Developed and maintained Corporate Master Production Schedule

Maintained accurate data in SAP, PRISM, and DP for material purchase orders and bill of materials

Implemented SAP Advanced Planning and Optimizer (APO) for production and capacity planning

Implemented and maintained LEAN tools and Flow in the supply chain processes

Parata Systems, Durham, NC 2006 – 2009

Automated Prescription Systems – advanced pharmacy robotics, counting automation and workflow software

Master Production Scheduler / Procurement & Planning Department

International Business Machines, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 1999 - 2006

IBM Personal Computing Division / Global Supply Chain - Finished Goods Inventory & Supply Management Planner

Lenovo Global Supply Chain Operations (purchased PCD in May 2005) - Fulfillment Manager and Inventory Control

Managed changing inventory of 40 million dollars of finished goods and reduced inventories to 10 million dollars

Managed 3 factory locations to meet customer demand through scheduling and LEAN initiatives

Implemented cost reduction methodologies to reduce direct material cost without adversely affecting production

Achieved end-to-end optimization and efficiency through cross-functional teams of centralized supply/demand planning and coordinated customer fulfillment which included support of World Trade Customers

Education/Affiliation:

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Bachelor of Science Degree & Post-Undergraduate Coursework: Business Administration

APS –American Purchasing Society 2021 – 2023

APICS –CPIM (Certification in Production & Inventory Management) Training 2015

The Association for Operations Management 2008 - 2011

Kriya Therapeutics, Inc., Morrisville, NC 2021 – 2022

Oracle NetSuite ERP System, Ironclad Contract Management, Point Purchasing

KBI Biopharma, Inc., Durham, NC 2015 – 2021

MS Planner, MS Project, MS Power BI, & MS Dynamics Great Plains

Merck & Co., Inc., Durham, NC 2011 - 2014

Six Sigma Yellow & Green Belt Training / Project: Kanban Ordering Improvement Process & Replenishment - Cyclic Plan

Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Clayton, NC 2010

SAP Advanced Planning&Optimizer (APO), Business Warehouse (BW), Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) & cLEAN Training

Parata Systems, Durham, NC 2006 - 2009

ORACLE– Agile Advantage & SiebelCRM OnDemand, APICS CPIM & Lean Manufacturing, Avante S/W ERP (Epicor), MS Dynamics Great Plains

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