Ashley Possiel

About Ashley Possiel

Industrious, cross-functional leader with technical, creative and executive aptitude in supply chain operations, strategic sourcing, product development, and finance. Enthusiastic Director of a diverse team and a $500 million spend across a global supply base. Experience in building dynamic, global sourcing and operations teams, cultivating a diverse supply chain based on total cost, negotiating commodities, onboarding new vendors, and managing supplier performance.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Sourcing Strategy & Operations

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   Jan 2025 — Present

   Founded new team responsible for bringing new skills, processes and overall strategy to the different Category teams, dedicated focus on tariff avoidance and improving the vendor network via newly established Supply Network Dashboard, vendor score cards and improvement plans, and consolidation as well as responsible for keeping all Category teams operating cohesively•Map current supply network for toys, school supplies, furniture and bicycles to identify risks and opportunities, curate multi-year sourcing plans to optimize cost, provide mitigation, and improve supplier maturity• Establish business cases that support the sourcing plans including resource and tooling investments and a streamlined business transfer process • Define global sourcing organizational structure that supports the multi-year plan, hire accordingly in US, China and Vietnam, establish formal roles and responsibilities, escalation models and thorough onboarding plans • Refine legacy practices and establish process flows for key areas of standard work including quoting, vendor vetting, scaling and exiting to support repeatable efforts

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Mechanical Engineering and Design, Innovation & Society

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)