October 29, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) - Spend Management Experts (SME), a leading supply chain spend management consultancy, today announced the appointment of Scott Cornwell as vice president of technology and finance. Cornwell will lead the development of the company's financial modeling and business intelligence tools used to help companies optimize spend across the supply chain.
"As a leading provider of technology-enabled spend management services, it is important to have dynamic leaders with strategic expertise that enable us to develop and implement optimization solutions and deliver measurable cost savings across our customers' transportation, distribution and fulfillment networks," said Matt Huckeba, chief operating officer, Spend Management Experts. "Scott has extensive finance experience within the logistics industry, and a successful track record of implementing tools and processes to streamline business analytics, all of which make him a perfect fit for Spend Management Experts."
Cornwell comes to SME from American Global Logistics, where he served as director of finance and manager of financial planning and analysis, respectively. While at American Global Logistics, Cornwell spearheaded the creation of the company's financial planning and analysis (FP&A) department, and was responsible for creating an enterprise-wide Access Database and financial dashboards used for internal and external reporting. Cornwell also held financial analyst positions at Arconic (NYSE: ARNC) and thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas.
"The growth of ecommerce, changing consumer preferences and constant carrier rate increases continue to put pressure on the supply chain and drive up shipping costs for retailers and manufacturers," said Cornwell. "I look forward to helping Spend Management Experts further enhance its financial modeling and business intelligence tools in order to help its growing customer base successfully navigate today's increasingly challenging supply chain landscape. Our services and technology will help bring greater transparency to customers' supply chain spend and enable them to take advantage of opportunities to reduce shipping and fulfillment costs."
Cornwell received a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Stetson University College of Law, and an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Central Florida.
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About Spend Management Experts
Spend Management Experts provides strategic guidance, cost modeling technology and deep market intelligence to help companies optimize their transportation, distribution and fulfillment spend. We help large shippers reduce spend across the supply chain by 20% or more through reduced distribution and fulfillment costs, increased operational efficiencies, dynamic reporting, greater budgeting and forecasting accuracy and optimized supply chain execution. We leverage our proprietary models to identify savings opportunities and build negotiation strategies based on data and meaningful business cases. This is a fresh approach from industry experts to provide clients with straightforward details on exactly how savings are derived. Spend Management Experts is your competitive edge, delivered.
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