VP of Supply Chain

VP of Supply Chain | Structural and Specialty Building Materials

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Building products supply chain and merchandising executive with 30+ years of progressive leadership across national LBM distribution, building products manufacturing, and big-box home improvement retail. Serves professional homebuilders, commercial builders, remodelers, and Pro and DIY retail customers, with deep expertise in structural products (lumber, panels, engineered wood) and building materials categories. Leadership impact centers on turning transactional buying organizations into disciplined, scalable category teams that protect margin and working capital.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Facing volatile commodity pricing, built the company’s first commodity risk management program, establishing $20M productivity line of sight in one product area while sustaining 96% in-stock
• To scale sourcing beyond a legacy operational alignment, reorganized the team into a category structure, introduced a buyer scorecard (50% buy-vs-market, 25% inventory/DSI, 25% in-stock
• Integrated AI agents into demand planning, reconciling FP&A and operator forecasts, increasing product availability, improving COGS productivity, and reducing inventory valuation
• Launched the first succession planning framework across key leadership roles, upgrading 20% of team talent and promoting two category leaders to director
• Utilizing strategic lumber bidding at a leading national home improvement retailer, delivered $23M in cost-out and reinvested the savings to grow bulk pricing sales by $100M
• Led a 36-person assortment planning team on multi-billion-dollar spend, streamlined the review process, increasing product line and business reviews by 50% and reducing cycle time by 25% without compromising analytics