Joe Barlette

Experience

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  PPG Industries

  Apr 2004 - Aug 2008

  Technical Service Representative

  • Customer Relationship Management - Served as a backup to team leader for largest customer with sales in excess of $450M as a contract employee while also managing complaint resolution with customers, contractors and dealers to ensure win/win results.• Liaison between Sales teams and R&D ensuring customer needs were represented in the product development process and ensuring that Sales teams were aware of new features of products.• Process improvement through assisting in development of database system which created multiple reports used by R&D, marketing and sales to quickly locate product issues and to increase efficiency of each department. Show less

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  Mailton A. Kramer Law Clinic

  Aug 2010 - May 2011

  Legal Intern

  •Led a team representing a distressed local community in an attempt to secure a new $150M manufacturing facility in addition to having represented multiple not-for-profits and advising Board of Directors.

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  Barclays

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Global Summer Program through Fisher Professional Services

  •Tasked with determining effects of financial disintermediation on Barclays PLC, particularly the Non-Bank Financial Institutions group, concentrating on loss mitigation and revenue creation. Produced presentation, white paper and actionable recommendations for multiple senior executives. Researched over 200 companies and established a list of 37 companies posing the greatest threats or opportunities based on Barclays’ current capabilities and future industry landscape.

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  Fisher Professional Services

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  Project Coordinator

  •Provided guidance and direction for 6 teams consisting of 35 individuals working on the project. Communicating with senior executives and teams to ensure project scope is maintained and properly pursued while maintaining deliverables schedule.

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  Fisher Professional Services

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Project Manager

  •Created a framework for a new Center for Impact Investing to be located within the Fisher College of Business based upon current gaps in the market and unmet needs allowing it to become a recognized thought leader in the space. In addition, my team is responsible for determining the scope, funding, governance and operational structure of the Center as well as determining potential partners.

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  Nationwide Insurance

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2014

  Consultant - Supplier Relationship Management

  •Member of a relatively new team at Nationwide which was tasked with streamlining and increasing governance and structure to the relationship between Nationwide and its Preferred and Strategic Supplier. The team developed a new and more comprehensive Scorecard and Review process in order to maximize the benefits of Nationwide's supplier relationships for all parties involved. Our goal was to facilitate the beneficial improvements of both internal and external relationships.•Led development and implementation of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) for, and managed overall relationship with, 24 preferred IT staff augmentation suppliers and 3 preferred IT service suppliers with spend of approximately $300M.•Coordinated development of operational metrics used for organization performance management in delivery of services. Designed and coordinated scorecard process including annual business reviews, action plan development and stakeholder engagement meetings that was used as part of an enterprise-wide program to optimize the preferred IT staff augmentation supplier base. Responsible for 80% of Scorecard Reviews and 100% of Action Plan Development Meetings and Action Plan Review Meetings that occurred prior to departure.•Computer programs utilized - Developed custom reports from Business Objects based Vendor Management System, Excel-based modeling (data validation, formulas, pivot tables, VBA), data retrieval from Business IQ, retrieval and streamlining of documents from Emptoris, creation of initial SharePoint page for department.•Created training content on the proper content of talent requisitions to ensure that positions were filled with the appropriate talent at appropriate cost, designed to prevent pay level exemptions for overqualified hires. Show less

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  Self-Employed

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2021

  Management Consultant

  • Developing a 501(c)(3) entity which will be used to create a Community Garden and well as a future organic farming operation. Establishing relationships with local businesses, foundations, benefactors, non-for-profits for future partnerships. • Legal document reviews and negotiations including leases and vendor/supplier contracts resulting in more favorable client terms and savings (5-20%).• Project Manager for projects involving scoping, budgeting, process mapping, root cause analysis, performance management. Results included decreases in process times and errors (20-40%), increased performance measurements (20-25%), reengineered processes resulting in increased efficiencies (10-20%), and improved supply chain / procurement processes (5-15% cost reductions).• Created an Ohio registered LLC for an online publishing entity while also determining funding and business development opportunities (business plan development and pro forma financial statements) while ensuring each process and result was scalable.• Developed a framework for new Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Risk programs for an organization which would fundamentally alter the current departmental structures and instituting new policies and procedures. Show less

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  Signarama Reynoldsburg

  Nov 2021 - now

  Co-Owner

  My wife Jen and I are off the hamster wheel!!! We now own a full service Visual Marketing Company dedicated to using our decades of experience to help Main St. compete against Wall St. and win. Part of that will be to show the largest companies what a small business can also do for them and provide them all of their visual marketing needs as well.