Christian Edwards

Threads Collective, LLC is a retail reseller of clothing and specialty items, offering customers new and preloved products at consistently exceptional value. You can find us in such places as WhatNot, Poshmark, Vinted and Facebook Marketplace.

Led team in managing global pricing strategy for Structural Heart, Aortic, Peripheral Vascular Health, Coronary, Renal Denervation, and Pelvic Health operating units, focused on improving price performance. • Led strategic initiatives to increase list and customer prices that delivered over 2.5% in increased revenue. • Devised global product launch pricing strategies for several new product introductions leading to strong market introduction and company profits. • Coordinated reviews of product pricing and market trends and implemented status with OU leadership to influence strategic business decisions.

Led sourcing and cost savings strategies for the electronic category, composed of $110M in spend, and developed long-term plans to bring significant value and minimize risk for the MICD manufacturing network.

Designed, implemented, and managed sourcing and cost savings strategies for categories with a spend of $60M. Focused on improving material costs and providing more efficiency for managing inventory and cash flow. • Developed and deployed business analytics that helped the RTG direct supply management category team to exceed our cost savings goal by 20% • Built strong cross-functional relationships while supporting Medtronic Navigation’s launch of the refreshed stealth station by finding solutions for end-of-life parts that were critical to launching. • Co-Led COVID-19 risk response team of eight to construct an initiative-taking dashboard to determine long- and short-term supplier and business risks. • Monitored market cost data to reduce price increase risks and plan for cost savings opportunities.

Built and led strategies to drive cost savings and value improvement for electronic and mechanical parts globally, with an expenditure of over $50M. • Directed a cross-function category team of five to devise category strategies for electronic and mechanical parts categories, focusing on market competitiveness and implementation of global suppliers. • Identified cost savings projects through negotiations and value engineering of over $4M. • Built strong stakeholder relationships with research and development, manufacturing engineering, and new product development teams, becoming a preferred strategic sourcing resource.

Member of the Strategic Sourcing and Development leadership board. Led all strategic sourcing activities associated with the paper-based packaging subcategories totaling $100M. • Constructed and executed the best cost country sourcing program for Agropur, focusing on all packaging categories. • Achieved 160% of the 1st-year cost savings target for the paper-based packaging category and delivered 200% of 2nd-year cost savings targets. • Spearheaded sourcing strategy for North America for corrugated packaging and achieved more than $1.1M in cost savings and $600k in cost avoidance on a spend of ~$24M.

Controlled strategic sourcing activities for the plastic packaging category in North America with a spend greater than $300M. • Executed a best-cost country sourcing strategy for plastic packaging, which achieved more significant than $2M in cost savings with no adverse effect on the delivery or quality of the product. • Guided a cross-functional team to provide a category cost savings goal of over $6M through specification optimization, specification consolidation, negotiations, and competitive bidding. • Enhanced stakeholder relationships and built strong networks allowing for strong project communication and smooth implementation.

Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Leadership, Finance