Shawn C.

Shawn C.

Chief Operations & Supply Chain Executive ♦ Transformative, Customer Obsessed Leader ♦ Talent Builder ♦ Strategic Thinker & Problem Solver

Under Armour•Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Experience41+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

I am at my best leading large-scale teams in unleashing their potential as we set out to achieve audacious goals, overcome insurmountable obstacles and, in the process, build new leading capabilities that enable us to grow market share and win. I am a customer-centric, operationally driven global executive with broad leadership, strategy, supply chain and operations experience serving a $16B+ Fortune 500 company delivering material value creation for all stakeholders. In last role as COO of Old Navy, led team of 44k+ team members across production, sourcing, inventory management, and stores functions, serving customers online and in over 1,200 company-owned stores. Built senior leadership capability and led initiatives transforming key capability areas modernizing core end-to-end operations. As COO at Gap Inc., led the sourcing, logistics, store operations, customer service center, real estate, store development, facilities, and procurement functions across the enterprise, supporting Gap Inc.'s seven brands. Developed & led the company's COVID crisis center ensuring teams had clear objectives and were empowered to be agile & fast in decision making executing against goals. Collaborated with the Senior Leadership Team in the development & execution of our new "Power Plan 2023" strategy and led execution of our Lean & Advantaged Operations pillar materially exceeding expectations. As EVP, Head of Global Supply Chain, responsible for a budget of $2.5B+ direct spend, $6B+ product sourcing spend and 8,000+ global team members spanning 8 countries. Created compelling vision, strategy and operating blueprint integrating a supply chain that was channel specific, functionally and geographically siloed to one that was fully integrated across channels end-to-end to deliver speed, service reliability, flexibility, and cost efficiency at scale. Championed progress on Environmental, Social and Equity & Belonging goals through numerous initiatives (e.g., water partnership saving 11.2bn liters, 70% of cotton sourced from more sustainable sources, sourcing 17% of energy usage from renewable sources and reducing scope 1 & 2 emissions by 39%) Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering - University of Dayton Master of Business Administration - Xavier University

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Oct 2023–Present· 3 yrs
    • Chief Supply Chain OfficerCurrent
      Oct 2023–Present
  • Feb 1988–Jun 2022· 34 yrs 4 mos
    • Chief Operating Officer, Old Navy
      Jul 2021–Jun 2022
    • Chief Operating Officer, Gap Inc.
      Mar 2020–Jun 2021
    • Executive Vice President, Head of Global Supply Chain
      Mar 2016–Feb 2020
    • Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain Logistics
      Aug 2015–Feb 2016
    • Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Logistics
      Feb 2012–Jul 2015
    • Vice President, Global Outbound Transportation & Europe Logistics
      2011–2012
    • Vice President, Logistics - North American Transportation
      Sep 2005–Dec 2010
    • Sr. Director, Logistics - Midwest Campus
      Oct 2000–Aug 2005
    • Facility Director, Logistics - Eastern and Kentucky Distribution Centers
      1996–Sep 2000
    • Technical Service Manager
      Oct 1990–Dec 1995
    • Industrial Engineer
      Feb 1988–Sep 1990
  • Jun 1985–1988· 2 yrs 7 mos
    • Manufacturing Engineer
      Jun 1985–1988

Education

Master of Business Admininstration

Business Administration and Management, General

Xavier University

Bachelor of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

University of Dayton

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Supply ChainInventory ControlSupply Chain OptimizationCost ReductionVendor ManagementManagement3PLTeam BuildingWarehousingWarehouse ManagementDistribution Center OperationsFreightNegotiationTransportation ManagementTransportationSupply Chain ManagementLogisticsLogistics ManagementOperations ManagementForecasting