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John M. Briere

Bedford, TX
(817) 368-9894 ◆ johnmbriere@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/johnmbriere

MANAGING DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN
“Transforming tactical purchasing into strategic sourcing”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

American Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 1997 – Dec 2015
Managing Director – Procurement & Supply Chain | Strategy | Change Management Mar 2014 – Dec 2015
Directed and led merger strategy and integration efforts for American Airlines and US Airways procurement and supply
chain groups covering $15B in spend.

− Led commodity strategy sessions for supplier consolidation and cost reductions across corporate, field/airport services,
energy and technical operations contributing to merged company’s $1B synergy target
− Developed executive dashboard to monitor and track over 750 merger savings initiatives to completion
− Led migration of Oracle e-procurement tool to Ariba in 8 months with 8,000+ global users

Managing Director – Fuel and Energy Procurement & Supply Chain Sep 2013 – Mar 2014
Led global supply chain strategy, logistics and spend for $8.5B in fuel, electricity, natural gas and glycol. Oversaw
company’s investments in airport & off-airport fuel system storage and pipelines.

− Developed and implemented strategy to achieve $40M in merger savings from supply base
− Established oversight to monitor electricity and natural gas markets securing long term fixed pricing typically beating
market rates by over 5%
− Developed security of supply chain protocol at major hub securing additional supply avoiding operational shutdown
of jet fuel supply to the airline

Sr. Manager / Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain | Direct | Process Improvement Mar 2009 – Sep 2013
Directed team of 25+ internal and contract staff that strategically sourced over $1.5B in aircraft interiors, inflight
audio/video systems and Wi-Fi with recurring spend $400M - $500M. Promoted to Sr. Manager in 2011

− Directed strategic planning and negotiations for restructuring of all supplier contracts yielding $100M savings over 4
years
− Negotiated audio/video and Wi-Fi system contracts for 500+ aircraft including system and software purchase, service
level agreements and maintenance lowering total cost of ownership
− Led supply chain optimization with cross-functional team including procurement, inventory mgmt., engineering,
production & project mgmt. office to establish upfront collaboration on major capital projects
− Reduced lead time for key aircraft components from 150 days to 2 weeks enabling on-time delivery of the program

Manager – Marketing Purchases | Food & Beverage | Logistics | Distribution Mar 2006 – Mar 2009
Managed team of 8 commodity managers and staff support strategically sourcing over $500M in food, beverage, service
equipment, global logistics and $11M in revenue.

− Negotiated contract extension yielding $4M signing bonus, 7.5% annual cost reduction on $60M spend while
leveraging flat price increases at several monopoly locations
− Negotiated $200M financial settlement generating $5M in value leveraging open financial and performance issues
− Pioneered-end-to end supply chain mapping for purchasing department identifying lead-time, logistics and costs from
raw material to production to end user exposing supply chain inefficiency.

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