Charles L. Cottingham

Arlington, Texas 817-965-0555 (M) chuck.L.cottingham@gmail.com

SENIOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LEADER

Defining teams and systems that create effective supply chain solutions based upon strategic planning, S&OIP, global supply chain, optimization, voice-of-the-customer driven quality and delivery and continuous improvement.

Global experience in leadership roles with proven success growing existing and emerging markets through the design and installation of supply chain systems including strategic and tactical planning, inventory optimization and strategic supply chain management. Strategically builds global teams through talent assessment, training, mentoring and coaching individuals reach their highest potential. Change agent known for strategic thinking and collaboration in a matrix environment.

Global Supply Chain Management | International Sourcing | Executive S&OIP | Strategic Planning | Inventory Optimization | Cost Optimization | Trade Compliance | Continuous Improvement | Materials Management | New Product Development | Contract Negotiations | High Performing Teams | Demand Planning Budgeting | Cost Analysis ______________________________________________________________________________________________

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alcon Labs , a Novartis CompanyFort Worth Texas

S&OP Head – Execution Planning Dec 2014 - Present

Responsible for managing all Pharma and Surgical products on Global allocation, Product Market Actions, Capacity shortfalls and all Plant supply constraints impacting both internal and external Customers.

Insure continuity of supply Maximize revenue in Globally constrained markets Plants capacity reviews

Franchise Head, Global S&OP July 2013-Dec 2014Responsible for Global Sales and Operations Planning forecast for Surgical Equipment including Lasers, Cataract and Vitreoretinal equipment.

Manage Global forecast through monthly Demand and Supply reviews Establish KPI metrics such as DIO, SAR and Global inventory targets Chair monthly Integrated and Executive business reviews Manage Global allocation for all constrained products

Accomplishments: Project lead for Supply Chain co-managing fastest and most successful equipment launch in

Company history Improved Alcon Grieshaber SAR from 82% to 96.1 in 12 months Supply Chain lead for successful product launches of Vit products,

Microscopes and Consumables

Planning Manager – Global Lens Care January 2011-2013Manage Lens Care Forecasting and Planning for all US, and Global Markets with annualRevenues of $900M.

Responsible for managing all Raw Material , Finished Goods forecasting and Master Scheduling for U.S. and Global Markets.

All KPI management including MOC, SAR, DOC.

Project Manager for all new Product Launches Manage all offsite Contract Packagers.

Accomplishments: Improved SAR from 95.1% to 99.1% on time. Reduced MOC (Months of Coverage) from 3.1 to 2.4 or $6m in total inventory.

Senior Purchasing Agent January 2006-2011Manage Secondary and Primary packaging suppliers for the MTO organization in the Fort Worth, Texas plants with an annual spend of $40M.

Responsible for sourcing new packaging configurations and suppliers based upon pricing, quality and delivery.

All packaging budgetary requirements. Work closely with the packaging engineering, quality, validation s and compliance teams in order

to provide a consistent quality product to the internal and external customers. Deliver positive purchase variance throughout the year. Initiate and manage PPC’s from initiation to implementation. Deliver solid CIP savings by reducing material cost and increasing production efficiencies.

Hewlett Packard, formerly Compaq Computer Corporation April 2004 – Dec 2005

Houston, Texas

Materials Manager – Industry Standard ServersManage a staff of 9 direct reports (supervisors and analysts) and an overall organization of over 300 direct labor employees.`

Responsible for planning, scheduling, and materials management functions on product line delivering over 40,000 servers and options per month

Full budgetary and cost management control Lead efforts to coordinate production schedules with support teams; engage engineering, quality,

finance and sales to ensure factory goals and processes are aligned with business goals and timelines

Successfully ramped supply chain to support 40% growth over 3 quarters – the fastest ramp in product line history.

Implemented process improvements that reduced overtime expenses from 20% to 3% while increasing production rates.

Led a cross-functional quality initiative that cut internal failures by 40% and directly boosted Net Customer Loyalty Index by 3%.

Managed Materials implementation of SAP 6.0 .

Commodity Manager – Storage and Solutions/Industry Standard Servers April 1998- April 2004 Managed the Procurement Team responsible for PCAs, Chassis, packaging and many other small

mechanical components Responsible for managing all critical partner interfaces including EDI signals, product lifecycle

management, vendor managed inventory, and Third Party Logistic providers (3PL)Accomplishments:

Reduced Plant shortages by 30% during first six months in the position Decreased buffer shortages by 40% and obsolescence by 22% Negotiated cost savings with Packaging  Suppliers of $1M per year by bringing together teams of

packaging suppliers and negotiating cost reductions by leveraging logistics and hub resources in order to build cost efficiencies.

Alcon , Fujitsu, United States Airforce July 1984 - Dec 1998

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BA University of Texas at Arlington, Management Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing training & workshops