Experience

MCL Solutions
• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• Vice President Global Strategic Sourcing

  • Mar 2023 - Present

LSC Communications
• United States
• Printing Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Vice President Sourcing

  • Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

Quad/Graphics
• Global Procurement Director

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2021


Quad Graphics

• Manager of Direct Materials

  • Jul 2010 - Jan 2015

  • Manage a $250 million global spend. • Responsible for purchasing Direct Materials for 40 plus plants in North America, Europe, and Latin America. • Key member of the corporate procurement department reporting directly to the Executive Director of Global Procurement. • Oversee a staff of six purchasing professionals. • Manage a $250 million global spend. • Responsible for purchasing Direct Materials for 40 plus plants in North America, Europe, and Latin America. • Key member of the corporate procurement department reporting directly to the Executive Director of Global Procurement. • Oversee a staff of six purchasing professionals.



Worldcolor

• Printing Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director Corporate Procurement

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Key member of the purchasing team with full accountabilities for testing, qualifying and implementing new paper grades standards for all North American (NA) facilities. • Maintain the paper claims data base for all of North America. • Successfully collected $3.8 million in paper claims in 2009 through fostering critical working relationships with paper mills and North American Worldcolor facilities to resolve and collect paper claims. • Saved $2.3M by leveraging Pressroom Chemistry spend to lower the supplier base, which provided; lower prices, standardized products and improved payment terms. • Developed a key Product Performance Tracking agreement which incorporated a performance data tracking mechanism to assist in identifying which products perform best in Worldcolor’s manufacturing operations. • Led the grouping of like-business sectors, standardizing products within each business type. • Saved $600K by leveraging Flat Blanket spend to lower prices, and standardized products. • Work with suppliers and WC facilities to test and qualify press Rollers.



QW Northeast Graphics

• Manager, Pressroom & Pre-Press Departments

  • Sep 1990 - Jul 2008

  • Key member of the division’s senior management team reporting directly to the division Vice President at this 500 employees, 450K square-feet, division producing catalogs, sales promotional-literature, direct-marketing and specialty publications • Multi-department leadership, accountability and responsibility for budget-management, cost-control, customer-satisfaction, quality, safety and positive employee relations in two departments totaling 150 employees in a 4 x 12 hour shifts, 7 day/24 hour continuous production environment. • Lead, train and direct a team of shift supervisors. Set and enforce adherence to strict standards of safety, quality and efficiency and maintain production on 8, multi-color, offset-web presses while fostering effective two-way communications. • Successfully implemented numerous cost savings initiatives in both the Press and Pre-Press departments including reducing paper over-consumption, improved make-ready speeds, reduced plate-making times and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. • Established positive employee-relations, inter-departmental, and customer-relations environments via consistent communications.