Practice Lead | Indirect Spend
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Jennifer spent 10 years in Private Equity where she led a team of Supply Chain experts with a focus of improving cost and driving operational efficiencies across 82+ portfolio companies from various industries and sizes. While there, she pioneered successful leveraged buying programs in multiple indirect spend categories and had the additional responsibility of leading the Operations Lean and Continuous Improvement team. She conducted supply chain and operations due diligence for the company’s buyout teams and led turn around initiatives with a focus of improving EBITDA and growth for its portfolio companies.
She has 35+ years of multi-industry experience in global sourcing, right-sizing supply chains and leading matrixed global supply chain organizations for Fortune 100 and 500 companies such as TRW Automotive, Ingersoll-Rand, Kroger and Briggs and Stratton.
She served as past Chairman of the Board for Lawrence Merchandising Services and was an active board member of Unwired Technologies. She currently serves as an active Board member for G K Elite Sportswear.
Jennifer has her Master’s Degree in Business Administrations, a Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering and an Associate’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Murray State University. She is CMfgT certified and served as Secretary for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.