Supply Chain Business Development

Marcellaus Johnson 404-***-****

Farmers Branch, TX ********@******.***

https://linkedin.com/in/marc-johnson-67904a69

Director of Procurement

Future-minded procurement and supply chain operations leader with over 25+ years of experience in international manufacturing and procurement throughout the consumer products, retail, and automotive industries. Passionate about building and leading teams and expanding technology to exceed deliverables while reducing costs through innovative solutions that actively engage engineering leaders. Process expert comfortable with designing ground-up systems and processes.

Skills:

Global Negotiations & Strategic Sourcing

Continuous Improvement & Lean Mfg.

Talent & Team Development

Financial Modeling & Analysis

Business Development & Startup

Root Cause Analysis

Supplier Management

Quality Certification (TS, QS, ISO)

Professional Work Experience:

Nestle USA 2019 - Present

Procurement Business Partner - Solon, Ohio

Directly supervise 2 employees and provide indirect supervision for a staff of up to 20 employees.

Produce effective leadership on developing strategic procurement initiatives to optimize supply chain.

Serve as business unit liaison between engineering, operations, and supply chain for the largest manufacturer of consumer food products.

Identify value-added procurement programs and growing participation for current programs.

Provide strategic leadership for team in negotiating and procuring capital equipment, indirect materials, services through global buying, and identifying and leveraging cross-brand synergies.

Deliver competitive cost, while maintaining desired food safety, quality, and service levels.

Produce $27M(4.15%) in savings on $650M spend in 2021 and ensure supply of PPE materials to 23 Nestle USA factories throughout the pandemic without a shutdown for over a 24-month period.

Generate savings through Q1 of 2022 at run rate of 3.5% on approximate $800M projected spend.

Develop Ways of Working Procurement process for acquisition of required equipment involving transition of procurement duties from Engineering to Procurement function.

Recipient of recognition points for achievements in customer satisfaction and problem resolution.

MJ Enterprises NT, Inc. 2013 - 2019

Procurement Consulting - Atlanta, GA 2017 - 2019

Assisted college instructor at Clark Atlanta University in designing and creating curriculum for proposed certification titled Procurement for the Non-Procurement Professional based on rolling out and implementing the widely taught 6/7 Step procurement processes utilized in prior corporate jobs.

President / Owner – Kennesaw, GA 2013 - 2017

Acquired and managed retail beverage outlet as turnaround target to position for sale.

Successfully created and sold premiere branded beverage outlet business, The Well Wine & Spirits.

Executed operations for retail and provided branding, sales, marketing, and customer service.

Regulated supply chain, inventory management, procurement, bookkeeping, personnel management.

Implemented changes resulting in average sales growth of 200% year-over-year in the first 2 years

of ownership.

The Coca-Cola Company 2006 - 2013

Global Procurement Manager Capital Equipment & Fleet – Atlanta, GA

Led 16-member matrixed global team and oversaw sourceable annual spend of $600M+ with 1,1K+

suppliers for production equipment across 20+ countries, including category strategy

creation, strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, and contract negotiations.

Marcellaus Johnson 404-***-****

Farmers Branch, TX ********@******.***

https://linkedin.com/in/marc-johnson-67904a69

Director of Procurement

Implemented 100+ sourcing initiatives delivering avg savings of $24M/year versus $18M goal.

Steered negotiation of “first of a kind” Global Master Supply Agreements with the 3 largest OEM

equipment suppliers that streamlined negotiations, order, and delivery schedules by 30+ days resulting in process time reductions translated into annual savings of $100M+ through expedited contracting, lead-time reductions, and early implementations.

Developed and implemented a Supplier Performance Management process with the top 3

global suppliers that reduced after sales/delivery complaints by 80%.

Eaton Corporation 2000 - 2005

Global Commodity Manager, Capital Equipment & Steel – Cleveland, OH 2003 - 2005

Promoted to create, define, and drive procurement insights, strategy, and scope of sourcing initiatives.

Served as the liaison between stakeholders and technical teams to translate business requirements through specification, analysis, and negotiations.

Guided a 16-member global sourcing team to procure and dispose of capital assets while simultaneously leading metals commodity sourcing efforts.

Championed 2004 sourcing initiatives delivering savings of $8.5M versus $5M goal on $328M spend.

Formed risk mitigation and tracking tool for metals commodity used by Eaton CEO.

Introduced asset disposal and re-deployment program delivering savings of $2M/year.

Manager, Business Development & Standardization – Rivarolo, Italy 2001 - 2002

Promoted to provide strategic plan development, business analysis, detailed financial, marketing and

engineering evaluations to recommend production placements in 5 EU valve manufacturing plants.

Acting Plant Manager / Operations Manager – Sanford, NC ; Rochester Hills, MI 2000 - 2001

Factory/plant management with P&L responsibility for leading combination of 375 direct and indirect reports in an automotive component plant with machining, assembly, and testing operations.

Responsible for 5.2% productivity gain against goal of 3% without capital investment.

Launched $100M transmission and engine engineering prototype manufacturing business unit and transitioned prototype products from “concept to manufacture” and ultimately into final production.

Additional Work Experience:

Engineer, Various Corporations 8 years

Held various leadership, manufacturing operations, and engineering roles with increasing levels of responsibility including project execution from concept creation through implementation.

Provided project engineering and management, continuous improvement, Lean Manufacturing, quality control, production operations and supervision.

Worked in automotive and consumer products industries at General Motors, Allen-Bradley, & Steelcase. Specialist in Machining, Assembly, & Manufacturing Operations.

Education:

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

Master in Business Administration (MBA), Integrative Management with International concentration

Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute)

Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

Community Activities:

Grace Community Christian Church: Habitat for Humanity Community Volunteer, 2017 - Present

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