Strategy Development
John has a record of challenging the status quo and thinking outside the box to advance strategic outcomes for cost, quality, capability, sustainability, speed to market, and minority business development.
Some examples include:
+ Retained to move jar production to new supplier, identified potential to convert to stand up pouch delivering 30% savings, reducing annual material usage by 50 tons, and offering supply chain benefits of reduced cycle time and process variability.
+ Developed a white sheet approach for potential of North American Converting Platform. Supported by strong supply chain and financial analysis sold the agenda to Corporate and Industry leaders. Suppliers invested in state of the art factory doubling output rates and lowering costs 20%.
+ Developed collaborative sourcing strategy with a Mexican snack business delivering $20MM savings on higher value materials. Multiyear strategy including developing export capabilities from the US.
+ Developed coated paper strategy for food category that lowered costs 15%. Exploited supplier’s manufacturing advantage to deliver heavier material with better barrier and improved QF plant performance 5%.
+ Set the agenda to develop from the ground up a women owned supplier to support a poly bag category. Commercialized the manufacturing capability, organization, supply chain to support a $20MM category and lower costs 10%.
+ Sustainability strategies include advancing extended gamut printing to take waste out of the system and lower production footprint, material source reductions, right sizing of packages, developing sustainable materials, and replacing styrofoam shipping containers.
John has a record of challenging the status quo and thinking outside the box to advance strategic outcomes for cost, quality, capability, sustainability, speed to market, and minority business development.
Some examples include:
+ Retained to move jar production to new supplier, identified potential to convert to stand up pouch delivering 30% savings, reducing annual material usage by 50 tons, and offering supply chain benefits of reduced cycle time and process variability.
+ Developed a white sheet approach for potential of North American Converting Platform. Supported by strong supply chain and financial analysis sold the agenda to Corporate and Industry leaders. Suppliers invested in state of the art factory doubling output rates and lowering costs 20%.
+ Developed collaborative sourcing strategy with a Mexican snack business delivering $20MM savings on higher value materials. Multiyear strategy including developing export capabilities from the US.
+ Developed coated paper strategy for food category that lowered costs 15%. Exploited supplier’s manufacturing advantage to deliver heavier material with better barrier and improved QF plant performance 5%.
+ Set the agenda to develop from the ground up a women owned supplier to support a poly bag category. Commercialized the manufacturing capability, organization, supply chain to support a $20MM category and lower costs 10%.
+ Sustainability strategies include advancing extended gamut printing to take waste out of the system and lower production footprint, material source reductions, right sizing of packages, developing sustainable materials, and replacing styrofoam shipping containers.