N Williams - President & Owner, Clear Sight Global Logistics, LLC

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Work Background

NovelisSenior Manager-North America Procurement Operations – Specialty Operations

Apr. 2021Atlanta Metropolitan Area• Post Operational Reorganization, managed Procurement Operations for 8 North American manufacturing facilities and led a Natural Work Team of 15, $189M in annual OpEx spend, and $132M in annual CapEx spend • Led Procurement Strategy in 5 focused areas of: Safety, Cost Improvement Execution, CapEx, Supply Risk Management, & Supplier and Product Innovation • As a Team, contributed $39.2M towards an annual North American Savings target of $36.2 • Successfully led the development and transition from 4 Operational Clusters to 2 focused Business Units to optimize spend leverage, resource deployment, and Business Unit autonomy

NovelisSenior Manager-North America Plant Procurement Operations

Apr. 2017 - Apr. 2021Greater Atlanta Area• Managed Procurement Operations for 16 North American manufacturing facilities, including responsibility for 8 direct reports and over $650M in annual spend • Led Strategic Procurement Transformation Project • Drove Integration Value Capture Project for a strategic acquisition, which generated over $48M in North American synergy savings • Managed under-budget execution of CapEx projects totaling $127M for North America • Directed North American Storeroom Operations Team of 41 individuals, which totaled $95M in MRO inventories and $105M in annual spend. • Championed North American Logistics Procurement Team to optimize warehousing footprint, truck freight spend and operations, and global ocean freight.

NovelisLogistics Manager – Automotive Value Stream

Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2017Greater Atlanta Area• Led Strategic Logistics Transformation Project, which resulted in $25M savings • Managed Automotive Logistics Operations for 2 North American manufacturing facilities and Automotive Tolling network, including responsibility for 3 direct reports and a total staff of 17 individuals • Engaged with diverse functions to design and manage a closed-loop, fully-integrated, and dedicated Transportation and Tolling Network for the primary Automotive Customer and Recycle System. • Orchestrated strategic alignment among all modes of transportation, which included flatbed truck, dry van, air freight, intermodal, rail, ocean freight, and LTL, as well as among warehousing, infrastructure, and design aspects of the Automotive Logistics Operations • Directed Freight Procurement, Operations, and Spend, which included a $105M budget for carrier management, carrier allocation, and rate management

NovelisTerritory Logistics Leader-NNA

Jul. 2014 - Apr. 2016Greater Atlanta Area• Managed Logistics Operations for 4 North American rolling mill facilities, including responsibility for 5 direct reports • Accountable for strategic management and procurement of all modes of transportation, which included flatbed truck, dry van, air freight, intermodal, rail, ocean freight, and LTL. • Led Strategic Cost Reduction and Continuous Improvement initiatives, which resulted in $3.4M in freight-related savings • Directed Rolling Mill Freight Procurement, which included a $40M budget for carrier management, carrier allocation, and rate management

Clear Sight Global Logistics, LLCPresident

Aug. 2012 - Jul. 2014Marietta, GA• Logistical & Operational Consulting • Worked with Customers and Providers to create efficiencies, reduce costs, and maximize their internal resources • Provided overall Logistics solutions suited for a departmental budget as well as a corporate budget • Warehouse Consulting & Brokerage • Worked with Customers to develop custom warehouse solutions to support their business • Conception-to-Reality Management of warehouse operations • Matched a vast network of Warehousing Providers with Companies looking to source Warehousing Services and Storage Space • Import/Export Operations • Consulting for Contract Management, Procurement, Documentation, and overall Freight Management

Graphic Packaging International, LLCCorporate Manager-Warehousing, Air Freight, International Logistics, & Customs Compliance

Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2012Marietta, GA• Strategic Management, Procurement, and Accountability for a combined area annual spend of $115.4MM supporting 5 Global Business Units/Divisions including 8 Paper Mills and 75 Converting Plants and managed inventories of approximately $395MM. • Responsible for and Managed Synergy Integration and Supply Chain Network Optimization to reduce warehouse operations from 134 locations to 69 locations over the course of 2 years. This involved maximizing the efficiency of internal storage and mill and plant operations and then leveraging external warehouse service providers as appropriate. • Led 8 Direct Reports and Managed all North American Office and Warehouse Real Estate Procurement of over 4.9 million sq.ft. • Averaged Annual Savings/Cost Reductions of $4.8MM each year over the course of 4 years (2008-2012) and a Total Savings impact of $31.68MM in area of responsibility. • Managed the Negotiation, Procurement, and Scorecard development of all international transportation and logistics contracts to include Warehousing, Ocean Freight (12,000 FEUs), Freight Forwarding, Air Freight, International Customs Brokerage, Short Haul Trucks, Hostling/Spotting, and Internal Rail Operations.

Graphic Packaging International, LLCFinishing, Shipping, & Traffic Superintendent

Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2007Macon, Georgia Area• Managed and Responsible for the Finishing, Shipping, and Traffic Departments at the Paper Mill and associated Warehouses totaling 909,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and operations. • Accountable for Departmental Annual P&L of $8.9MM and managed 68 employees while leading 5 direct reports. • Designed and managed the construction of all Logistical Operations across 4 facilities including daily management of 130+ railcars and 180+ trailers and tankers of all inbound raw materials and outbound finished goods. • Managed the Negotiations, Procurement, and Operations of the on-site Rail switching, Short- haul shuttle, and Trailer Hostling vendors leading 30 employees and combined annual spend of $4.9MM. • Led Cost Reduction/Savings Projects to realize over $2.4MM supporting three 3 Business Units. • Successfully led a cost reduction team comprised of the Corporate Customer Service Department and Materials Management Group for scheduling, load planning, and inventory control of all finished goods to successfully reduce production overruns and waste levels by 31%. • Led Cost Reduction/Savings Projects to realize over $2.4MM supporting three 3 Business Units. • Successfully led a cost reduction team comprised of the Corporate Customer Service Department and Materials Management Group for scheduling, load planning, and inventory control of all finished goods to successfully reduce production overruns and waste levels by 31%.

Graphic Packaging International, LLCFinishing & Shipping Supervisor

Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2002Macon, Georgia Area• Responsible for the hiring, training, scheduling, evaluation and daily Supervision of 38 employees in the Finishing & Shipping Department and supervised four off-site contracted warehousing facilities and associated employees • Developed and maintained all I.S.O. 9001 procedures in the Traffic and Finishing & Shipping Departments and consistently delivered results of 98% Excellent Rating in all I.S.O. Audits. • Departmental SAP Maintenance Planner and Procurement Lead for mobile equipment, loading equipment, and conveyor systems which led to a 95% uptime of all departmental equipment. • Coordination of all inbound and outbound trailers, domestic intermodals, and export containers to ensure 100% loading equipment availability. • Facilitator and team member of the Hiring, Unit of Invoice Control, Railcar Demurrage, Roll Quality, and the Managing Flow of Materials Teams. .

Graphic Packaging International, LLCProduction Shift Supervisor & Quality / I.S.O. Supervisor

Jan. 1994 - Dec. 1999Macon, Georgia Area• Responsibility and direct supervision for 4 supervisors and 120 employees on a shift basis. • Managed the production, quality, and safety of the entire production process to optimize throughput while improving up-time from 89% to 94%. • Facilitated the training, cross-training, and competency of the Paper Machine and Recycle personnel to ensure that each employee was fully trained and competent on their current position and at least 3 positions above. • Worked closely with the Scheduling and Shipping Departments to prioritize customer orders at the winders and reduced the percentage of “hot orders” from 3% to 0.8%. • Quality / I.S.O. Supervisor & I.S.O. 9000 Series Coordinator (concurrent with Production Shift Supervisor position) • Certified Auditor of the Quality System. • Facilitated, trained over 80 employees, and implemented the departmental quality and all I.S.O. procedures while maintaining a 100% audit completion rating. • Team Leader and Coordinator of the Departmental “Best Practices” Committee which led to the design and setup schematics during successful installs of the DCS Control System.

Graphic Packaging International, LLCProduction Operator / Trainer

Jan. 1984 - Dec. 1994Macon, Georgia Area• Key member of operational team and production task force that generated an average of 1,600 tons per day and 560,000 tons per year in Coated Board, Linerboard, & Bag Paper products. • Author and trainer of the training manuals and task modules for over eighty employees in 11 levels. • Developed training materials and task modules for paper machine conversion between linerboard and coated paper products.