Your suppliers are eating your margins — and you don’t have time to fix it yourself.
Most mid-market manufacturers are losing 5–15% on procurement spend through fragmented vendor relationships, expired contracts running on auto-renew, and supply chain decisions made without strategic oversight. Hiring a full-time Chief Procurement Officer costs $300K+ before benefits. You need the expertise without the overhead.
That’s where John Kill comes in.
John is a fractional Chief Procurement Officer with 25+ years of hands-on supply chain leadership across automotive, defense, aerospace, electronics, and advanced manufacturing. He’s held senior procurement roles at General Electric, Visteon, Blue Bird Corporation, and Finish Thompson — managing up to $63M in annual supplier spend, leading global sourcing across 43 suppliers on multiple continents, and negotiating contracts as large as $50M.
He doesn’t advise from the sidelines. He embeds with your team and delivers measurable cost reductions — typically in the first 90 days.
What John has delivered for manufacturers like yours:

32% revenue growth at a mid-market pump manufacturer by cutting lead times to one-quarter of the industry average
98% inventory availability maintained across a global supply chain — including through COVID disruptions that shut down competitors
$8.6M emergency vendor takeover completed on time and on budget when an international supplier failed without warning
4.6% cost reduction through strategic vendor consolidation across a company’s top 10 suppliers
Direct sourcing in India established for the first time, expanding procurement capabilities and reducing landed costs
$1.5M in cost savings projects created while managing $63M in electronics spend for GE Transportation

John holds an MBA in Logistics and Marketing from Wayne State University, is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt, and has completed Karras Negotiation training. He serves on the Penn State Behrend Black School of Business Advisory Board and is based in Fairview, Pennsylvania — working with manufacturers across the U.S. on-site, hybrid, or remotely.
If your procurement spend exceeds $10M and nobody at the executive table owns your supply chain strategy, you’re leaving money on the table every quarter. [Schedule a 15-minute Supply Chain Assessment →]