Jadwinder Ark
Senior Director, Industry Relations @GS1 Canada
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Senior Director, Industry Relations @GS1 Canada
Toronto, ON, CA
GS1 is a neutral, not-for-profit association that develops and maintains global standards for efficient business communication.GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety, security, sustainability and visibility of value chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors.Our scale and reach help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe.In Canada, through our unique community management role, we collaborate with business leaders, sector boards, advisory councils and industry work groups to develop standards, guidelines and non-proprietary business solutions. Partnering with industry, we provide education and implementation support to subscribers of all sizes across multiple sectors.When directed by industry, GS1 Canada develops Industry Managed Solutions to address specific sector-wide, non-competitive business process issues, designed to enable organizations of all sizes to meet Canadian trading and regulatory requirements.GS1 Canada is a global leader in delivering the highest quality, perpetually cleansed and updated bilingual product content, becoming the one true source of data excellence for Canadian industry.
ABOUT JADWINDER ARK
I am an innovative, results-driven, and multi-faceted supply chain and operations executive, with 15+ years of progressively-senior experience employing dynamic and diverse business acumen to preside over end-to-end sourcing strategy, agreements, and overall operational management in both the pharmaceutical and medical device development sectors. Throughout my career, I’ve leveraged my proven, people-focused leadership approach and extensive experience contributing to every level of the value chain to analyze industry trends, manage multi-million dollar annual spend, and champion procurement and sales cycles while leading high-caliber, multidisciplinary teams. I’ve also developed widespread recognition for my proven performance maintaining supply for critical and tender/contract bidding during peak demand periods. I expertly build, nurture, and leverage an extensive network of internal and external contacts to facilitate business process improvements to add value and improve the company’s competitive standing on an enterprise and global position.As a determined and solutions-minded leader with a proven aptitude for developing relationships, I effectively anticipate stakeholder needs and thoroughly resolve issues down to their root cause while creating a higher standard of performance and value across all aspects of operations. I’m driven by a strong vision for organizational improvement and a willingness to take on projects outside the scope of normal duties, synthesizing big-picture strategic planning with an acute focus on project-critical details. Current candidate for the Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation.Featured Skills Include: Budgeting | Spend Analysis | ERP | Supply Chain Management | CMO Management | Operational Planning | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Project & Management | Leadership | Negotiation | Conflict Resolution | GMP | Quality Systems | Change Management | Business Strategy | Regulatory Requirements
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