Cole Landers, CHS III
Senior Associate

Cole is a Senior Associate at Elite Leadership Solutions. He is experienced as a business and process consultant, and project manager, with broad and diverse Strategy & Operations expertise in the domains of manufacturing, supply chain, risk, security, compliance & governance.

His professional specialty is providing direction to and correction of business, financial and systems processes and controls for remedial alignment, operations improvement, compliance and cost mitigation. He utilizes his extensive cross-functional proficiencies in infrastructure, financial controls, and technology enablers to deliver beneficial results. Accustomed to both working independently and as part of a team, Cole is expert at managing and executing a project to meet deadlines and objectives. His focus on process improvement and cost controls allows him to provide value-added recommendations on client engagements.

Capabilities

• Managed international business consulting projects in the Fortune 500 arena; North America, Europe and Middle East.
• Directed world-wide operations assessment, business transformation design, process re-engineering, ERP systems selection & implementation for a leading global aerospace firm.
• Designed global fulfillment network for farm equipment division for international automotive OEM.
• Developed distribution network overhauls for a large consumer goods OEM, and a global pharmaceutical corporation.
• Analyzed and defined requirements for technology enhancements while integrating Stakeholder need with best practices and enablers
• Utilized understanding of corporate operations, processes and business objectives for attestation and non-attestation-related compliance engagements
• Project-Managed consulting projects related to enterprise supply chain, risk management, business strategy, process compliance, and operational and security risk assessments.
• Architected a centralized procurement operations function for a global petrochemical conglomerate.
• Managed Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance audits from initiation to completion for both financial and IT segments; recommended process improvements; drafted policy & procedural guidelines.
• Delivered organizational alignment and synchronized processes for a significant academic and research institution.
• Strategized and account-managed the assessment, planning and delivery of consulting projects and business systems to two major US Defense contractors.
• Certified Homeland Security Professional, CHS III (accredited by ACFEI), specializing in risk and vulnerability of supply chains.

Education

• MBA - Operations Management
• BS - Business Administration
• Military - Command & Staff

• Veteran - US Army Officer
• Master Logistician
• Security/Plans/Operations