Anthony Solis
Procurement - Supply Chain Director
Alva,FL
Summary
Successful procurement and supply chain leader with strong manufacturing and IT background across 8 industries. Proven success building and motivating teams from tactical to strategic. Skilled at improving operations. Leads successful enterprise programs. Achieves results using Lean tools to reduce cost & waste. MBA.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Master's Degrees (MBA & Supply Chain)
Work History
Senior Program Manager
E2open
Austin, TX
02.2022 - Current
- Global Manufacturer Transformation. Led $4.8M 1.5 yr program to discover, design, build, deploy complex SaaS Demand and Supply Planning for global specialty process manufacturer.
- Global Retailer Transformation. Lead $7.5M Agile Purchasing transformation to discover, design, build, deploy complex SaaS solutions: Supply Planning, PO & Forecast Collab, & WIP for Fortune 509 global retailer of upscale apparel.
- Change Management. Developed and deployed Spartan Change Warfare™, proprietary and highly effective change model, to influence highly resistant stakeholders and gain high technology adoption.
- Stakeholder Management. Influence internal stakeholders: R&D, product management, legal, client support on behalf of Top 30 global strategic account.
- Client Relationships. Engage with senior program leadership at clients daily to create positive, trusting and mutually beneficial relationships.
- Manage Teams. Manage and develop large dedicated global teams of technical and functional resources on long-term client programs.
- P & L. Manage all aspects of large global programs: business development, revenue forecasting, budget, resources, risks, billing, tracking and reporting program results to customers and internal management.
Supply Chain Manager
Aequor Technologies (Amgen)
Thousand Oaks, CA
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Program Management. Advised 10 demand and supply planning leads on raw material supply, logistics (e.g. lane setup), master data (e.g. vBOM), supply plans (e.g. planning assumptions), forecast (e.g. CMO capacity).
- Clinical Serialization. Led effort to evaluate if SAP ATTP could process serialized clinical finished drug product (FDP). Wrote business justification for pilot.
- Portfolio Dashboard. Co-created standardized supply chain reporting which rolls up into portfolio dashboard in Smartsheet. Result: senior management visibility into NPI/TT program status.
- Training Tool. Co-developed New Product Introduction (NPI) – Technology Transfer process for new hires and transfers to simplify and reduce lengthy (one year) training period.
Senior Project Manager
Insight Global (Walgreens)
Atlanta, GA
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Program Management. PM for a $20M supply chain program for Walgreens. Managed scope, cost, schedule, resources, results. Led deployment of best-in-class warehouse labor management (WLM) SaaS to 18 large U.S. DCs impacting 7,200 resources. WLM based on labor standards & incentive pay.
- Workstream Leadership. Led 7 work streams: 1. Change Management (communication and training), 2. Engineered Labor Standards (ELS), 3. IT interface development, 4. Labor management system, 5. reporting, 6. Incentive pay, 7. Industrial Engineer group. Managed 3 PMs & 3 work stream leads.
Senior Global Supply Chain Manager
DXC Technology
Ashburn, VA
07.2011 - 07.2020
- Warehousing. Led 27 mo. project; delivered 10.7% (vs goal of 5%) WMS productivity increase to 10 large U.S. beverage factories on time/budget. Annual cost savings estimated at $5M – 7M in U.S.
- Procurement. Simplified demand to requisition workflow in SAP SRM 7 for BU at Fortune 50 global defense manufacturer with $864M spend over 6 months. Eliminated offline reviews, set up DOA.
- S&OP. Advised German elevator multi-national manufacturer how to achieve ROI in 2.5 yrs on $18.6M SAP CapEx primarily through S&OP improvements and reduced inventory levels.
- Analytics. Created integrated supply chain dashboard prototype over 3 months for Fortune 200 pharma with federated data from contract manufacturers and packagers, 3PL, cold chain.
- Transformation. Supply chain SME for 9 mo supply chain transformation project at client with $2.9B annual spend but legacy thinking/processes/systems. Created center-led org with best practices.
- Logistics. Led 18 mo project to deploy SaaS cloud YMS for large US beverage manufacturer each site with 210 full truckloads/day. Resulted in 16% increase in spotter efficiency with 100% on-site visibility.
- S&OP. World’s largest alcoholic beverage maker sought to replace 2 legacy S&OP systems at 13 U.S. plants. Led program through initiation & planning over 4 mos before asked to “save” another project.
- Track & Trace. Big Pharma struggled with emerging global product serialization laws. Developed traceability solution (with IoT, cyber, in cloud) & U.S. consulting offering. Presented to C suite 2x.
- Banking Retail System Upgrade PM. Challenge: upgrade from Shaw Version 5.1 to 5.3 used by 20 banking clients. Process: led team of 12 developers, analysts, customer service dedicated full-time from 11/17 – 12/18. Result: successful upgrade (1st in 5 yrs), delivered on time, on budget, in scope.
- Banking GUI Front-End PM. Challenge: bank clients required upgrade from green screen mainframe to Java GUI. Process: inherited project 1 yr & $1M behind; as PM, led 24, defined requirements; used Agile Sprints. Result: Release 1 deployed May 2018, CSA brand established, positioned for Release 2.
- App Support PMO. Challenge: F125 client transitioned global application support from ECC 6 to S4/HANA. Process: in ’19 – ‘20, managed 56 technical domains in 4 waves (each with a lead), 325 global resources. Result: DXC awarded $7.2M 2-year service contract; promoted to PMO in July ’19.
- IT Deployment PM. Challenge: Fortune 125 client asked for monthly Agile Sprints in ‘20 for global NextGen IT program. Process: managed 8 workstream teams thru SDLC (Plan, Define, Design, Build, Test, Deploy, Hypercare). Result: joined project May ’20, led June release successfully.
Education
MBA -
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, ILMaster of Science - Supply Chain
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, ILBachelor of Science - Business Administration
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, ILSkills
Procurement & Sourcing
Supplier Negotiation & Partnerships
Logistics & Warehousing
Inventory Management
Profit & Loss Program Management
Managing & Developing Resources
Demand & Supply Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Deep Knowledge of 8 Industries
Certification
CPM - Certified Purchaing Manager
Timeline
Senior Program Manager
E2open
02.2022 - Current
Supply Chain Manager
Aequor Technologies (Amgen)
08.2021 - 02.2022
Senior Project Manager
Insight Global (Walgreens)
12.2020 - 05.2021
Senior Global Supply Chain Manager
DXC Technology
07.2011 - 07.2020
MBA -
Elmhurst University
Master of Science - Supply Chain
Elmhurst University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Elmhurst University