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Clint Miller

Austin

Summary

Global sourcing professional with strong expertise in strategic procurement, supplier management, and cost optimization. Skilled in negotiating contracts, analyzing market trends, and driving supply chain efficiencies. Focused on collaboration and adaptable to changing needs, ensuring reliable team performance and impactful results. Known for problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Global Strategic Sourcing Manager - Packaging

Cardinal Health
02.2024 - Current

• Manages contracts and ensures suppliers comply with contract terms.

• Ensures that disputes are addressed and leverages the legal team to negotiate resolutions and solutions.

• Proactive leadership and management with cross-functional partners to effectively select suppliers, negotiate favorable contracts and manage supplier performance and relationships.

• Perform data analysis and utilize financial acumen to identify opportunities to leverage scale and drive cost savings.

• Develops strategies for supply chain and risk management to improve supply base and supply quality.

• Collaborate with and influence business partners in a highly matrixed environment to optimize key supplier performance and innovation. Influence business decisions to enter/exit product lines, drive make/buy decisions and implement supply in optimizations. • Facilitates Supplier Relationship Management through development and tracking of Key Performance Indicators for the category; establishes collaborative environment with key suppliers and business partners to optimize supplier performance and innovation.

• Proactive leadership and management with cross-functional partners to effectively select suppliers, negotiate favorable contracts and manage supplier performance and relationships.

• Investigates customer complaints and ensures that corrective action is taken in regard to suppliers.

• Validates suppliers through RFPs.

• Manage $100MM in spend across two categories: Corrugated Boxes and Paper Board Folding Cartons

  • Through the first round of an RFQ for the folding carton category we are looking at a 20% decrease in immediate costs over six different plants.
  • RFQ for corrugated boxes at our largest site brought a total of 15% in immediate savings without having to change the current supplier.
  • Have successfully implemented contracts with multiple corrugated suppliers, with price change mechanisms and rebate clauses for a total of $75MM in total spend.

Packaging & Non-Food Sourcing Manager

FreshRealm
05.2022 - 02.2024
  • Responsible for the strategic sourcing of Packaging and Non-Inventory items across4 plants throughout the United States
  • Responsible for vendor management and contract negotiations for all Packaging, Non-Inventory items in the corporate foot print
  • Drove cost savings initiatives buy adjusting structure material and buying practices for plastics, corrugated, corrugated sleeves, labels, and non production use materials
  • Result so far have been $850M (20%) in cost savings across the board
  • Drove the move from Distributors to Manufacturers as partners in the business that has resulted in shorter lead times and better pricing
  • Help lead projects across cross functional teams that include: New Product Development, FSQA, Commercialization, Business Development, and Project Management

Flexible Packaging Manager/Buyer

Land O'Frost
01.2019 - 05.2022
  • Responsible for the managing of inventory and contracts with Packaging Suppliers, Ingredient Suppliers, and miscellaneous needs suppliers
  • Managed2 direct reports and3 indirect reports
  • Led cost savings initiatives for corrugated that resulted in $2MM (10%) yearly cost savings for Flexible Packaging
  • Led cost savings initiatives for corrugated that resulted in $750M (12.5%) yearly cost savings for corrugated

Procurement Buyer

Land O'Frost
03.2015 - 01.2019
  • Purchase and maintain inventory control of materials and manufacturing supplies
  • Verification of goods received and approval of vendor invoicing
  • Maintained obsolete and aged materials
  • Provided accounting with price/cost input and reconciled monthly/yearly inventory reports
  • Interviewed and negotiated with both existing vendors and their competitors to obtain information relative to products, price, quality and service
  • Coordinated multi-plant purchasing and timely distribution of promotional packaging components
  • Negotiated component pricing/distributor warehousing for multi-plant common items
  • Manage and direct warehouse activities and pallet operations
  • Manage and direct warehouse coordinator and three warehouse attendants
  • Organize and oversee plant and satellite warehouse inventories

Sales Representative

Gwatney Chevrolet
11.2014 - 03.2015
  • New and used car sales

Company Purchasing Manager

U.S. Army Active Duty
01.2005 - 10.2014
  • Accountable for over $32,000,000 in government owned property.
  • Served as the liaison between multiple medical sections in regards to property and supplies needed to fulfill hospital functions.
  • Directly responsible the addition and tracking of over $3,200,000 in undocumented medical equipment and supplies.
  • Directly responsible for the Shipping of over $32,000,000 worth of medical equipment from Fort Campbell, KY to Ibn Sina Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq resulting in zero loss of property.
  • Directly responsible for the shipping of over $32,000,000 worth of medical equipment and personal property from Ibn Sina Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq to Fort Campbell, KY resulting in zero loss of property.
  • Purchasing Manager for the Company
  • Loss Prevention Supervisor for the Company
  • Succeeded in the prevention of loss of any government property owned by the company.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Operations Management

Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH
05-2018

Skills

  • Supplier relationship management
  • Negotiation expertise
  • Supply chain optimization
  • Spend analysis
  • Data analytics
  • Cost reduction strategies
  • Global sourcing
  • E-procurement tools
  • Category management
  • Procurement systems
  • Strategic business relationships
  • Negotiation strategies

Timeline

Global Strategic Sourcing Manager - Packaging

Cardinal Health
02.2024 - Current

Packaging & Non-Food Sourcing Manager

FreshRealm
05.2022 - 02.2024

Flexible Packaging Manager/Buyer

Land O'Frost
01.2019 - 05.2022

Procurement Buyer

Land O'Frost
03.2015 - 01.2019

Sales Representative

Gwatney Chevrolet
11.2014 - 03.2015

Company Purchasing Manager

U.S. Army Active Duty
01.2005 - 10.2014

Bachelor of Science - Operations Management

Southern New Hampshire University
Clint Miller