"How and Why to Build a National Procurement Program to Optimize Your Spend"

Supply Chain Now Episode 445

This episode of Supply Chain Now features Tyson Steffens and Jim Fechner. Tyson Steffens started his professional career as a process engineer with United States Gypsum Company after receiving a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Akron and completing internships with General Electric. During his time with USG Tyson moved into an operations role where he managed manufacturing, quality control, and distribution. In 2003 Tyson joined Pallet Alliance where he began creating custom solutions for manufacturing clients. His efforts refined pallet program management by incorporating pallet design and sourcing into a singular effort. In 2006 Tyson earned his MBA from the Keenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since then he, and the Pallet Alliance team, have created and managed pallet programs that provide significant cost savings, transparency, process efficiency and supply chain security. Tyson serves as a trusted advisor to clients and values building collaborative partnerships that lead to innovative, strategic and comprehensive pallet programs. Jim Fechner has been with USG for 30 years. He is currently the Strategic Sourcing Manager of Packaging and Paper-based commodities for manufacturing locations in the US and Canada, and responsible for over $100MM Corporate spend. Major commodities include corrugated packaging, wooden pallets, specialty papers, paper and flexible packaging, printed papers, and various other commodities. The Strategic Sourcing group located in Chicago is responsible for supplier selection, evaluation, and implementation for the locations, and includes negotiation of national supply agreements, pricing, quality and service levels.

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