top of page

    Supply Chain

​

  • Consultation for supply chain contracts, disputes and strategies across many diverse industries.

 

  • Business-oriented (rather than strict legal-only) approach to supply chain management.

 

  • Negotiation and drafting of complex agreements, contracts and documents with multi-tier supplier networks, for advertising, ancillary commercial documentation, confidentiality, co-branding, components, consulting, distribution, equipment, financing, fleet financing, fleet maintenance, independent sales, letters of credit, licensing, logistics, marketing, master services (MSAs), non-circumvent, non-compete, non-disclosure, non-solicit, outsourcing, professional services, promotion, raw materials, reputational risk management, requirements, reseller, risk management, sole source, sourcing, sponsorship, supply agreements, technology, transportation, warehousing.

 

  • Developed and managed contract templates, handbooks and playbooks in English and managed their translations into several foreign languages.

 

  • Provided legal support for all critical supply chain functions, such as customs clearance, inventory planning, inventory management, logistics, product tracking, product visibility, purchase order management, outsourcing, reverse logistics, sourcing, third-party logistics (3PL) distribution services, transportation, warehousing.

 

  • Developed and implemented corporate policies, procedures, protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) relating to global supply chain management, manufacturing and logistics operations.

 

  • Developed and implemented records retention corporate policies, procedures and protocols relating to customs compliance documentation, data collection, data management, data reporting, invoice management, certification (CE), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), standard operating procedures (SOPs), supplier management.

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding trade practices, such as the Brazilian Clean Companies Act, California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), European Union (EU) Directives on Transparency , Defense Federal Acquisitions Regulations (DFARs), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs), Trafficking in Personscontractscontracts Mexican General Law of Administrative Responsibility (GLAR), Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), United Kingdom (UK) Bribery Act, UK Modern Slavery Act of 2015.

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding trade practices in the United States (US) as well as other global regions, such as the Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), European Economic Area (EEA), European Union (EU), India, People’s Republic of China (mainland China), Republic of China (Taiwan), Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding advertising, antitrust and pricing guidelines.

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-kickback, cybersecurity, and privacy.

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding product labeling, recalls, warnings, warranties and related issues and risks.

 

  • Compliance with cross-border, domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding country of origin labeling, customs compliance, export controls, import controls, trade compliance.

 

  • Familiarity with domestic and international guidelines regulations, rules, statutes and treaties regarding the transportation of goods by air, rail, truck, vessel and pipeline.

 

  • Strategies to minimize the risks of supply chain disruption and improved supply chain resilience through compliance audits, expedited dispute resolution processes, innovative contracting strategies (such as including language in standard contracts allowing for immediate contracting with alternative secondary vendors in the event of any affecting the primary supplier) and procurement strategies.

 

  • Aggressive and expedited enforcement of contract rights through domestic and international alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, litigation and mediation.

 

  • Personal collaboration, cooperation and intervention in disputes between customers, distributors and suppliers, to keep the supply lines moving along.

 

  • Provided in-person and online training to management and business personnel regarding best practices for supplier engagement, management, qualification, selection and termination.

 

  • Consultation for administrative hearings involving Federal agencies, such as Aviation Administration (FAA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Transportation (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Railroad Administration (FRA), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

 

  • Typical supply chain legal oversight management responsibilities, such as harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) code verification and validation process in conjunction with customs brokers, interaction with domestic and international customs brokersand trade attorneys, Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (TEA) Section 232 investigations, Trade Act of 1974 (TA) Section 301 maintenance of duty drawbacks, Section 301 List import tariff mitigation strategies, value added tax (VAT) recovery process issues, verification of stock keeping unit (SKU) level bills of materials (BOMs) using enterprise proprietary management platform.

 

  • Established and managed good working relationships with domestic and international audit consultants, brokerage houses, freight forwarders, freight payment businesses, legal consultants, other trade partners and subject matter experts (SMEs).

 

  • Analyzed and established key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics focused on delivery cost, inventory, quality and safety for the operations business unit.

 

  • Cross-functional team experience with accounting, customer service, finance, logistics, marketing, product management, sales and operations (S&OP).

 

  • Managed the intellectual property (IP) portfolio related to supply chain operations, cloud transactions and outsourcing relationships.

 

    Last updated 200818_2123

bottom of page