1. DANA L BARTON
 5440 Whitehall Blvd, Oakland Township, MI 48306 and 11000 N 77th
Place #2050, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(248) 670-2594 c/w, 248-371-9131 h,  danabarton1978@att.net
SUPPLY CHAIN – PURCHASING – STRATEGIC SOURCING - PROJECT MGMT – CONSULTING - CUSTOMER SERVICE
Vice President / Director leadership experience in Fortune 200 companies in diverse manufacturing and service
industries. Versatile change-agent customer service leader providing unprecedented bottom-line cost reduction,
innovative project mgmt, and creative process improvements enabling meaningful revenue and profit growth.
• Global leadership in diverse Fortune 200 companies, industries, business protocols, and cultures
• $3.2B bottom-line audited career cost reductions while improving processes, quality, and supplier service
• Established communicator with the ability to convey complex ideas and concepts to all levels
• Experience in Private, Public, Merger, Venture Capital, Multi-Division, Global, Start-up, DoD, Outsourcing
• Ability to see the “big picture” and build customer service orientated teams that master the details quickly
• Led heavily matrixed Supply Chain Team responsible for $7 billion annual spend
• Professional with experience in leading / motivating / coaching / award winning cross-functional teams
• Hands-on leadership skills in strategic sourcing, direct and indirect procurement, customer service, lean /six
sigma process improvement, project mgmt, TCO, multi-million dollar negotiations, supplier development,
logistics, inventory control, MRP, TQM, transportation, customer service, reverse auctions, warehousing,
production control, capacity planning, sales forecasting, category strategy & mgmt, JIT, diversity,
CORE STRENGTHS
 Complex, Global, High-Risk Negotiations  Cost Reduction Driven to the Bottom-Line
 Leadership in Multiple Industries & Cultures  Honesty and Ethics
 World-Class Supply Chain Programs  Exceeding Stretch Goals
 Building Teams Passionate about their Jobs  Mentoring /Coaching/Motivating/Diversity
 Game-Changing Process Improvements  Collaboration/Communication/Presentation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTING
Supply chain / procurement / process improvement consultant to the manufacturing, service, and homebuilding industries
SUPPLY CHAIN / PROCUREMENT CONSULTANT LOWER 48 STATES 2008-
PRESENT
• Develop, communicate, and implement unique and creative strategic sourcing, process improvement,
and negotiated material cost reductions providing competitive advantage
 LENNAR CORPORATION
US largest homebuilder (19 states, 90 markets, 900+ communities, 50,000 homes annually, $16B sales)
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT SUPPLY CHAIN MGMT CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, TEXAS 2006-
2008

2. Responsible for company-wide supply chain activities including the management of 350 associates, $7 billion
spend, and thousands of suppliers in both direct and indirect categories of spend.
• Consolidated and standardized 70+ procurement locations to 3, reducing the G&A budget by 85%
• Renegotiated and reduced existing corporate strategic sourcing agreement pricing an average of 19%
• Unbundled trade partner costs, initiated companies 1st
item master, introduced international sourcing
• 80% sku reduction, 27% supplier rebate increase, purchase mfg direct, developed co-wide distribution
• Reengineered several unsophisticated status-quo Supply Chain organizations to awarded best-in-class
 PULTE HOMES
3rd
largest US homebuilder (25 states, 54 markets, 700+ communities, 43,000 homes annually
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT PURCHASING BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI
2004-2006
• 100% reengineering/simplification of strategic sourcing /supply chain / operations processes
 XCHANGING INC
Start-up London based Venture Capital Company performing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
SR VP STRATEGIC SOURCING / PURCHASING LONDON, ENGLAND
2001-2004
Start-up team of a very successful Procurement Business Process Outsourcing Company; today 6,000 employees
• Provided clients’ new sources of supply improving quality and efficiency by 20-40%; material/process
improvements of 15% - 40%, negotiated $4M travel client cost reduction in 2 months
 RAYTHEON COMPANY / HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
$14B merger of 4 large Aerospace and Defense companies manufacturing military hardware
DIRECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR INDIRECT STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS
DIRECTOR CORPORATE MATERIAL
MISSILE AND SPECIAL AVIONICS DIV, AZ / TX 1994-
2001
CORPORATE, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
CORPORATE HQ, WESTCHESTER, CALIFORNIA
• Led aggressive Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Customer Service reengineering change
process improving productivity by 20% and cycle-times by 60%
• Utilized Lean Manufacturing & Supplier Management / Partnership tools and processes providing
supplier and manufacturing productivity improvements by 30%
• Corporate Supply Chain lead in the successful merger of 4 aerospace companies. Implemented &
Developed the first Government approved merger tax incentive from unique cost reductions
• Created Corporate Indirect Strategic Sourcing Team responsible for $2B spend. Saved $1B (12-20%
annually) in material and service costs over 5 years; most to the bottom-line
• Initiated program transforming service departments into profit centers via consortia with external
partners saving incremental $25M annually. Initiated $1B travel consortia
• First to apply commercial buying practices & reverse auctions in Raytheon DoD environment
 SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PHARMACEUTICAL
$13B Pharmaceutical Company providing R&D, services, prescription & OTC drug manufacturing. Offices in US & UK
DIRECTOR STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT PHILADELPHIA, PA AND LONDON, UK 1991-
1994
• Initiated a first-of-it’s-kind global travel program partnering with a single world-wide agent and
negotiating multi-million dollar supplier agreements reducing travel costs by 30%
• Initiated and directed a US and London based Global Strategic sourcing team responsible for $600 million
in agreements and providing cost reductions of 12% - 20% annually.
 LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWSPAPER / TIMES MIRROR COMPANY

3. Publishing conglomerate publishing newspapers for 5 major metropolitan areas, textbooks, maps, guides, internet etc
NATIONAL CONTRACTS DIRECTOR, TIMES MIRROR
PURCHASING / MATERIALS MANAGER , LA TIMES
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1985-1991
• Directed all Supply Chain organizations; logistics, shipping, receiving, inventory control, production
control, transportation, material handling, purchasing, and warehousing.
• Wrote/ implemented new policies and developed new processes providing 20% productivity gain.
• Introduced new Inventory Control tools providing 50% improvement in annual turns
• Initiated Corporate strategic sourcing program for all Times Mirror companies saving 18%
EDUCATION
BS Business Administration / Economics; Purdue University W Lafayette, IN.
MBA course work at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI and Butler University, Indianapolis, IN