RYAN VOLPE
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Ingredients Procurement Specialist Manager
NESTLÉ USA
12.2021 - Current
- Leading a team of 8 Procurement Specialists overseeing $750MM in above market ingredient spend in partnership with Nestrade across 27 categories supporting 20 manufacturing sites
- Coaching & challenging team members to develop strong localized category strategies in alignment with business objectives to enable value generation through strategic sourcing changes, simplex, sustainability, innovation, and business continuity planning
- Lead for the Simplex Pillar focused on accelerating partnerships cross-functionally to close 2024 gaps & build the 2025 pipeline. Accomplishments include: business specific & NUSA level ideation sessions, Way of Working improvements within Procurement both at & above market, tracking to hit $50MM in savings
- Spearhead initiatives within Direct Materials by coordinating leaders to drive consistency in our teams
- Driving change through the Reimagine structural reorganization by interviewing candidates for all open roles, onboarding new team members, and establishing new & improved ways of working
Procurement Category Management Senior Specialist
NESTLÉ USA
12.2020 - 12.2021
- Managed North American Procurement at-market packaging spend of $30MM, maintaining relationships with 32 suppliers for 34 manufacturing sites
- Negotiated and executed master supply agreements with top 2 label spend supplier’s which we previously have not had official agreements with creating legal protection
- Led a Supply Chain Co-Op as he supported the Procurement Vendor Evaluation Scorecard project
- Collaborated with Tech Packaging & our supplier on the Pizza front label sustainability project to achieve a recycle ready solution at the lowest cost aggravation
Procurement Business Partner
NESTLÉ USA
10.2018 - 11.2020
- Led procurement for California Pizza Kitchen, Jack’s, Tombstone & Outsiders (Total NPS $690MM) and ensured alignment between Procurement category strategies and brands’ strategies
- Influenced and provided business stakeholders with insights on PPV, category outlooks, cost savings opportunities, supply risks and sourcing initiatives
- Executed 20 active innovation & renovation projects projecting $35MM in NNS
- Managed procurement relationship with Nation Pizza for raw & packaging materials and interfaced with category procurement (above & at market) on Nestle managed contracts
Packaging Sourcing Leader
NEWELL BRANDS
01.2017 - 10.2018
- Managed Writing division packaging spend of $70MM, maintaining relationships with 70 suppliers for 4 manufacturing sites
- Supported 20 new product development launches projecting $125MM in incremental revenue
- Led two team members driving $4MM in cost reduction through design to value as well as creation & negotiation of all new packaging materials across 9 manufacturing sites
Manufacturing Engineer
NEWELL BRANDS
06.2014 - 12.2016
- Performed labor analysis for productivity projects totaling to over $1MM in savings
- Analyzed production run data and updated labor standards to reflect actuals for over 200 finished goods
- Created labor standards for new finished goods using time studies and analysis of historical run data
Supply Chain Management Development Program
NEWELL BRANDS
07.2012 - 05.2014
- Four rotations in Sales & Operations Planning, Direct Sourcing, Operational Excellence Engineering & Material Purchasing gaining end to end experience & understanding the connections across supply chain
- In Direct Sourcing, led the execution of two packaging bids with a combined annual savings of $325,000
Education
B.S. - Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Ohio State University
Skills
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Prioritization
- Supplier Relationship Management
- SAP
- Microsoft Suite
Timeline
Ingredients Procurement Specialist Manager
NESTLÉ USA
12.2021 - Current
Procurement Category Management Senior Specialist
NESTLÉ USA
12.2020 - 12.2021
Procurement Business Partner
NESTLÉ USA
10.2018 - 11.2020
Packaging Sourcing Leader
NEWELL BRANDS
01.2017 - 10.2018
Manufacturing Engineer
NEWELL BRANDS
06.2014 - 12.2016
Supply Chain Management Development Program
NEWELL BRANDS
07.2012 - 05.2014
B.S. - Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Ohio State University
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