With 20+ years of high value business consulting experience across home goods and general retail, industrial manufacturing and distribution, transportation, pet/packaged food/food service, nutraceutical/pharmaceutical, personal care, utilities and communications, government, consumer electronics, and finance, Ms. Zhang has sourced over $1.5 billion in spend in 15+ categories for 20+ Fortune 500 companies and conducted numerous due diligences and synergy assessments.
Ms. Zhang has conducted multiple due diligences, synergy, carve-out, and strategy/operations improvement projects for private equity and corporate clients. With her logistics expertise, she has assessed distribution/logistics networks and evaluated fleet operations and sourced global transportation. Ms. Zhang’s recent engagements include completing a synergy and cost take out assessment on two hydraulic parts distributor businesses and identifying significant direct purchase, G&A and Freight savings opportunities that are leading to implementation.
Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Zhang spent 2.5 years with Avon Product’s North America Sourcing & Procurement group as the Center of Excellence Senior Manager Lead. She developed and implemented best practices, coordinating cross-team collaborations and upgrading talent through training, recruitment, and employee engagement. As interim lead of the Indirect Sourcing organization she re-built the team from tactical clerical resources to strategic category management professionals.
Previously, Ms. Zhang spent 10 years in the Management Consulting Group at Accenture as a Manager, leading multiple spend assessment and strategic sourcing initiatives with Fortune 500 clients. She worked extensively in transportation and fleet management and sourced indirect send categories.
Ms. Zhang earned a bachelor’s degree in management science & information systems from Rutgers University School of Business and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business (specialization in strategy, leadership, and change management).
