Daniel M

Implementing Procurement Strategy, Vendor Relations, ERP Optimization, Inventory Management and Process Changes. Enjoying this new adventure and welcoming each day with new opportunities.

• Managed a Supply Chain for Custom Install and 12V brands. $70M+ Spend with 20,000+ SKU's. • Directed a team responsible for Procurement, Inventory Control, Claims, Pricing, Receiving and Payables. • Managed difficult Supply chain issues: Tariff price increases, Chip shortages, shipping delays. • Helped integrate an acquired company February 2022 with both cultural and systematic needs. • Developed new dashboard reporting for Executive, Sales, Finance, and Replenishment needs. • Executive team member, helping to drive overall strategy and solid Y/Y growth. Audio America dba Next Level Distribution is a premier Home & Car Electronics distributorship. Specializing in 12v Auto Electronics, Home Lighting, Electronics, Panels and Theater Systems. Offering custom-tailored supply chain management services ideally suited to meet the priorities and distribution requirements of the e-commerce, Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer markets. https://getnextlevel.com/

Consulting areas: • Mentor team members to increase their contributions. • Identify gaps in best practices in purchasing, inventory, payables, supplier relationships. • Review current state of inventory health initiatives, item stratification, & supplier score carding. • Analyze current state of new business generation and providing recommendations for customer & supplier diversification mixes. • Opportunities for increased efficiency, assessing risks, creating flows and process streamlining. • Review use of ERP and processes. • Proficiency review for users of Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, OneNote, Visio). Reporting & Analysis: • Review current state and recommending improvements for reports intended to identify revenue slips and gains within Divisions, Suppliers, Customers, Materials, Inventory Management, Inventory Health & Supplier score carding. • Recommend options for combining data points, returning key reporting information.

NOTE: WYNIT closed their operations September 2017 • Managed 6 Procurement Assistants for 13+ Buyers, 500+ Suppliers, 30,000+ Materials, and Reverse Logistics. • Managed 2 Strategic Planning team members, tasks, goals and overall project focus. • Managed a new Supply Chain strategy for the company on an Executive sponsored assignment. • Developed and executed a new Inventory Health and Supplier Performance strategy and negotiated the metrics with our executive leadership. • Directed the Strategic Planning team's resources, tasks, goals and overall project focus. • Developed new strategies, processes, and delivered new flows for evaluations and reviews. • Created Supplier / Material dashboards for consultation with Buyers and Executives. • Imposed actions and created escalation processes to ensure alignment to our new strategies. Achieved 50% Inventory reduction over 10 months. • Implemented new P2P (Procure to Pay) strategies into our Procurement and Finance teams. • Analyzed, corrected and streamlined our Reverse Logistics process to improve our cash flow and storage needs. Achieved 40% reduction in first 3 months. • Developed and maintained reports for Sales, BD & Procurement (Customer, Supplier & Inventory). • Mapped out and prepared suppliers, materials, categories and authorizations for upload to the new ERP for final go-live.

NOTE: In addition to my other roles 2008 - 2017. Scroll down for other recent positions. • A member of the ERP Migration Core Team, I was the Procurement team's SME, liaison and project lead for the ERP system review, approval, process changes, modifications, and implementation strategy. • Reviewed current processes, documented requirements. I helped search, rate and selected our ERP choice. Worked with the consultants through business flow changes, designed and documented rational for modifications / enhancements and provided end-user testing approval. Budgetary limits existed. • Created platform for identifying, scrubbing and mapping suppliers, materials, categories and authorizations for upload to the new ERP. • Responsible for data scrubbing, mapping, and delivery of the completed upload sheets for the suppliers, materials, categories and authorizations. Final upload was 14,000+ Materials. • Successfully migrated from WDS-II (ERP) / irms (WMS) to SAP (ERP) / High jump (WMS) in August 2017. Prior attempts included Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Epicor Profit 21.

• Owned my team’s Category and Supplier Account Management and sales growth metrics. • Managed a Procurement and Product Management team (10+ Product Managers, Buyers, and Procurement Assistants) for 250+ Suppliers with $400M+ annual revenue. • Managed Purchasing, Inventory Management, Material Maintenance, Reverse Logistics, Payables. • Rebuilt a team during a Corporate move that also introduced a new company and ERP system. • Managed the Supply Chain and its strategy for my team. • Supplier revenue, GP/GM growth and contributions, forecasting and business reviews. • Supplier programs (MDF, Co-op, VIR, Marketing, contests, spiff, pass through, etc.). • Developed and maintained reports for Sales, BD & Procurement (Customer, Supplier & Inventory). • Acted as the Procurement team's ERP Migration Core Team member for search, analysis, process flow changes, and modification needs in preparation for a new ERP implementation.

• Vendor Sales Champion driving sales, training, communication, marketing, business reviews. • Managed Purchasing, Inventory, Product Management & Business Development for my Suppliers. • Facilitated the interface between Suppliers, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Senior Management. • Managed promotional activity (created, negotiated, implemented, claimed, and reviewed ROI). • Conducted Supplier trainings and managed the communications to our organization. • Adhered to sales, profit and inventory metrics. Maximized sales and increased customer growth. • Trade shows, target lists, campaigns, contests, pass-through programs, authorizations, pricing. • Sourced and onboarded new Suppliers, Categories and Customers to build channel presence. • Initiated, led and assisted with Contract Negotiations, renewals and dismounts. • Managed Procurement Assistants and Buyers as needed by Management. • Developed and maintained reports for Sales and Procurement (Customer, Supplier & Inventory). • Company growth above 40% during this period. • Acted as the Procurement team's ERP Migration Core Team member for search, analysis, process flow changes, and modification needs in preparation for a new ERP implementation.

• Managed, planned and directed a Category’s Procurement, Product Management, Business Development and Marketing activities. • Managed my Category’s Suppliers, Product Managers, Buyers and Associate Buyers. • Accountable for Revenue, Vendor Income Statement, profit objectives, and New Business Development. • Negotiated Supplier Contracts and managed Supplier onboarding and terminations / dismounts. • Company growth of 110% during this period with $150M + annual spend • Acting as a system and process SME, I helped design many ERP enhancements: authorizations, international ship, demand planning's ideal ship from location, web-based material maintenance and upload tool, Parent/Child sku creation allowing for visibility and allocation of specially reserved product.

• Responsible for my supplier’s purchase orders, inventory control, item maintenance and overstock. • Supplier launches, promotions, sell through programs and supplier exit strategies.

Purchasing Supervisor March 1997 - October 2000 Sr. Purchasing Agent March 1992 - March 1997 Production Manager November 1990 - March 1992 • Managed a team of Buyers and purchasing activities for Suppliers of industrial garment, uniform, shop towels and walk off mats for one of the largest private industrial laundry & textile rental companies in the United States with 9+ plants and multiple service centers covering roughly 24 east coast states. • Routinely analyzed our purchasing activities and put out to bid garment pricing programs to help keep overall costs down, resulting in more profit over the rental service agreements with our customers. • Assisted in our ERP Migration search and implementation. AS/400 to Great Plains (now Microsoft Dynamics GP).

• As a Partner, I helped manage the bids, projects, supply and project work scheduling. • Utilized Engineering drawings for construction needs, design compliance and as-built documentation. • Hands-on installation with the day to day work, including running equipment. • Projects included the renovation of a seasonal housing community's sewer system and then an installation of a small dam for private homeowner. • Seasonal during college.