Max Rufeev, CPSM, LSSGB

- Account Management of key strategic supplier accounts with an annual spend exceeding $150M. - Full Contract Lifecycle Management for >$1B strategic contracts portfolio. - Contract and proposal reviews, terms negotiations, contract performance metrics and reporting to senior Leadership. - Identify, lead and execute strategic savings initiatives. - Act as Internal Consulting on supply chain business processes documentation and improvement for Integrated Business Planning (IBP) initiative. - Collaboration with IT on Procurement Systems development: Global Sourcing Portal and Electronic Data Integration (EDI). - Lead a team of Category Buyers, develop and implement Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), provide training and mentorship for direct reports.

- Develop a long-term sourcing strategy for assigned categories. - Demand Planning and Forecasting in close collaboration with internal stakeholders: operations, finance and logistics. - Spend analysis and identification of areas and opportunities for cost savings, risk mitigation and new products introduction. - Contract negotiation and lifecycle management in compliance with organizational policies, performance monitoring of contract execution and deliverables. - Vendor Management: serve as primary relationship holder for suppliers, perform evaluation, onboarding and supplier performance reviews. - Procurement Project Management: sourcing, RFx, bidding, negotiation, contracting and execution.

- Budgeting and Forecasting. Supervise overall financial planning across stakeholder groups and projects to align with Supply Chain strategies and goals. - Supply Chain Performance Metrics and Compliance reporting, including SOX. - Procure-to-Pay Metrics reporting. Created the vendor statement and IID (invoice in dispute) analytic tool which improved payment resolution by 76%. - Supplier/Vendor Financial Evaluation and Risk Management. A member of the Global Vendor Management Platform development team. - Strategic Decision-Making Support. Presentations for Supply Chain Leadership, data mining, validation and visualization - Training Payment Coordinators and Buyers in procure-to-pay rules, processes and problem resolution methodology

- Operational and project procurement across multiple categories. - Operational and project sourcing: RFQ, RFP, bids evaluation and vendor selection. - Leading Local Sourcing Initiative for Asia-Pacific region. Developed 9 new local suppliers, increased local sourcing 9 times and generated additional $250,000 savings in the 1st year. - Created and implemented the Global Sourcing Guide containing over 16,000 entries, organized by product categories, locations, and various attributes such as sole source, contracted items and aftermarket details. - Created performance metrics and reporting system for the Procurement Department.

Contracted to lead Inventory Optimization for Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry: - Examine inventory performance metrics: levels, turnover, stock accuracy. Analyze demand patterns, lead times, reorder points. - Examine existing inventory management system, planning and re-ordering processes and workflows, identify process gaps and bottlenecks. - Develop and present an Inventory Optimization Plan: inventory management processes and workflow refinement; recommendations to improve forecasting and demand planning; a new reordering model for product categories; improved reporting to increase accuracy, visibility and discipline.