Jason Ingling

Strategic sourcing and operations leader overseeing $50M in annual capital and direct spend, supporting 130+ new store openings annually across North America and Travel Retail. Lead a team of 7–10 professionals driving supplier strategy, financial performance, and cross-functional execution for enterprise expansion initiatives. Key Achievements & Responsibilities: • Develop and execute category-level sourcing strategies across 40+ domestic and international vendors, aligning agreements to financial targets and operational timelines. • Deliver $2M+ in annual cost savings via RFQs, contract restructuring, value engineering, and rebate strategies. • Lead end-to-end supplier lifecycle: onboarding, compliance, contract negotiations, master sourcing agreements, and performance governance. • Manage executive-level supplier engagement, holding vendors accountable through scorecards, QBRs, and improvement plans. • Partner with Finance to provide cost forecasting, capital tracking, and feasibility analysis to support strategic decision-making. • Oversee cross-functional execution with Design, Construction, Logistics, and Legal, ensuring rollout milestones are met and risks mitigated. • Drive innovation and value engineering to enhance product quality and cost efficiency. • Lead talent development, succession planning, and performance management, cascading VP-level strategy into actionable team execution. Focused on optimizing development timelines, supplier performance, and enterprise capital efficiency while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on sourcing risk, strategy, and global rollout initiatives.

Elevated operations, procurement, sourcing, and vendor management for the Mast Global division of L Brands as key interface and influencer on brand-specific kit of parts for multiple categories and brands. Directed multistore purchase order/contract ordering and inventory management and spearheaded vendor, construction, logistics, finance, sourcing, and talent management initiatives. Partnered with operations management on inventory usage and disposal and implementation of new articles, categories, vendors, and strategies as key thought leader. • OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: Presided over 1550 store openings in more than 40 countries over a 3-year period. • Optimized relationships with 61 vendors spanning 7 countries. • Drive execution of $100M in annual spend encompassing >4.1K SKUs, including $25M annually in multistore contracts and purchase orders, with less than .15% written off each year. • SOURCING/VENDOR MANAGEMENT: Onboarded new vendors and maximized capacity planning, annual projections, and in-season forecasting for all categories and all brands. Partnered on vendor performance improvement and scorecards. • Assured that purchasing, processes, methodologies, and execution supported strategic direction, including sourcing strategies, capacity projects, article/inventory usage, and project scheduling. • Monitored vendor trends and influenced and aligned design/buy/construction decisions and timelines. • TEAM LEADERSHIP & COACHING: Doubled team size and developed 2 direct reports later promoted to next-level roles. Earned highest-possible Associate ratings 3 years in a row. • PROJECT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES: Directed initiative that standardized project timelines and preserved vendor lead times. Serve as trusted advisor for peer executives on project management and regional sourcing issues.

Optimized $38M in global spend with a team of 2. Specialized in store construction material procurement; managed 60+ vendors and offshore vendor inventory. • OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Delivered construction material procurement in support of 189 stores in >60 countries and maximized $8M in inventory with less than .5% remaining at year’s end. • Enabled the launch of 20+ stores in China, leading Store Development and Sourcing Operations Team through purchasing and production buildouts. Delivered 9 projects for Victoria's Secret Beauty & Accessories in China. • Executed the company’s first stores in Italy, France, Japan, and Netherlands, as well as the first Victoria’s Secret and PINK stores in Russia.

Sr. Purchasing agent responsible for the purchasing and inventory management of Owner Supplied Material (OSM) for construction projects. Key projects included operationalizing the purchasing of material for Victoria's Secret and PINK projects in the United Kingdom. Responsibilities included: -Setting up an OSM schedule that ensured all material would is produced and delivered from various vendors in North America and Asia. -Operationalizing OSM schedule for future projects. -~$12mil in purchasing of flooring, fixtures, lighting, wall covering, trim, and signage. -Allocating excess inventory from projects to future projects.

Sr. Purchasing Agent for 20+ La Senza full store remodels in over 10 countries. Successfully managed the purchasing side of a 49 store fixture densification across the UK. Sr. Purchasing agent for the first La Senza Flagship store on Oxford St in London, England. Lead role in implementing regional inventory locations to better support remodels and fixture rollouts internationally. Responsible for managing over $10 million in inventory across 7 vendors in warehouses in Eerbeek and Dubai.

Promoted to spearhead business operations spanning outside sales, purchasing, accounts payable/receivable, forecasting, and profit/loss management for start-up location with direct report to Division Manager and Regional Manager. Propelled sales and profit up 11% in 2009 while industry average sales decreased 30% and generated $1.1 million in 2008 sales to produce 23% profit in start-up location. Outperformed sales goals year-over-year by 5% or more while driving cost containment and bolstering operating income. START-UP OPERATIONS: Enabled market penetration of one of fastest growing areas in the state by directing Delaware new office launch from market research to location selection while resolving customer dissatisfaction issues. INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION: Fortified order pull accuracy and out-performed competitors in inventory investment by selecting a prime warehouse location and strategizing effective building layout. PROFIT MAXIMIZATION: Boosted store profit margins while maintaining pricing competitiveness, partnering with vendors on pricing program design and spearheading inventory selection of inventory customized for market segment and welcomed by customers as trusted, quality-driven product lines. REVENUE GENERATION: Produced 30 new customers while increasing sales for CED Delaware by devising and steering strategic marketing/advertising plans to generate new business. Negotiated rebate programs for 15 key customers and deals for specialized market segments, forging relationships with 100 total vendors. GOAL ATTAINMENT: Met sales goals by working closely with vendors to negotiate pricing and sales programs, including securing rebate programs for numerous product lines for 15 customers and for specific customer segments. One of the largest electrical distributors in the country with over 500 locations in 45 states.

INSIDE SALES - CED COLUMBUS [2005-2007] Promoted to direct $7.1 million in sales for American Electric Power (AEP) at CED's 2nd-largest location with $56+ million in annual sales. Orchestrated AEP purchasing/material delivery to distribution centers in 11 states and produced new product presentations. Reduced costs 15% and won AEP standards approval as member of the team charged with boosting efficiency. COMMODITY PRICING: Optimized adherence with AEP's budget and maintained low price levels through negotiations of firm commodity pricing in the midst of Hurricane Katrina and the consequent rise in oil prices. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Increased satisfaction by leveraging spreadsheets to streamline purchase order management. Orchestrated order delivery times, tracking, and vendor fulfillment to ensure accuracy.; CED COLUMBUS [2004-2006] Recruited to complete 24-month rotational program for graduates through all corporate departments. Trained 70 staff on new sales software and facilitated seminars, workshops, and presentations, traveling to 10 corporate locations in 7 states in 8 months.

Participated in a Business Co-Op Program. Program included numerous seminars on Disney Business Tactics.