Quality Control Supply Chain

Jamie Hough

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Executive Summary

Senior level manager with 20+ year’s professional experience in Business Development, Supply Chain, & Quality Control Management. Accomplished to creatively turn around under-performing business models into highly profitable models through strategic analysis, negotiations, creative product planning, quality improvements, change implementation, marketing, maximizing partnerships.

Core Qualifications

• Supply Change Management Sales / Business Development

• Strong Negotiation Skills Demand Planning / Forecasting

• Strategic Sourcing & Product Selection Quality Improvement Management

• Vendor Partnerships Training and Development

• Vendor Contracts / Programs Marketing / Event Planning

• Diverse Market/Industry Knowledge Revenue and Market Expansion

• Multi-million dollar P&L Management Cost Reductions / Increased ROI

Professional Experience

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING – SOURCING & PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

December 2011 - Present

TRANSGENOMIC INC. Global Biotechnology Company – Omaha, NE

• Develop Business Plan using Best Practices - Procurement Department

• Review and Improve Vendor Pricing - Programs

• Strategic Sourcing to optimize increased profits

Accomplishments:

• Reduced overall program costs by 18%

• Completed Business Plan maximizing cost reduction, reducing labor time, creating win-win sustainable partnerships

• Completed Purchasing Manual for Senior Executives

NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART – A Berkshire Hathaway Company – Omaha, NE

June 2000 –November 2011

Senior Supply Chain Manager – IT & Electronics

• Lead Buying Teams providing; Training & Development, Support, and Team-building

• Merchandise Product Selection, Sourcing, requiring in-depth industry knowledge while projecting product lifecycles and upcoming trends

• Vendor Contracts, Programs, & Building Win-Win Partnerships

• Inventory & Quality Control Management

• Sales / Business Development Planning to increase market share outperform industry growth

• Marketing through Advertising, eCommerce, Promotion & Event Planning

Accomplishments:

• Consistently exceeded business growth goals each year, and increased category sales from $12 million to $ 55 million

• Reduced costs and increasing vendor marketing support resulting Profit Increases of up to 8%. This is extremely high for the Electronic category.

• Co-Lead a Quality Control implementation plan resulting in reducing returns, and defects by 5% in the first year.

• Increased Inventory Turns by 3.8 turns in two years.

• Analyzed and developed new business processes, and programs used companywide reducing labor hours of up to 50%.

NOBBIES ULTIMATE PARTY SUPERSTORE - Omaha, NE

January 1993 – June 2000

Merchandise and Sourcing Manager

• Lead Buying team in all areas of; Sourcing and Supply Chain Management

Accomplishments

• Sales growth of 47% by developing new business groups and improved product selection

• Streamlining business processes and practices directly impacted the ability for the growth to multiple store fronts.

EDUCATION

METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Accounting & Business Administration

CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Statistical Process Certification

LEAN Process Champion

NEGOTIATING® Negotiate to Win

National Association of Retail Buyers

American Purchasing Society – Purchasing Management

REFERENCES

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL UPON REQUEST

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