Alan J. Rice has been serving as Southern Wine & Spirits of America‘s Senior Director of Corporate Procurement since early 2010.

Prior to Southern, Alan worked for a series of Fortune 500 companies, including Cemex, Unisys, Nokia and Sara Lee. Previous to Southern he worked at Nortel Networks, Inc., managing their global indirect procurement with over $2 billion in spend under management. 

Alan has over 20 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, P2P and supply chain management. He has spent half of his career working internationally in Europe, Latin America and Asia. During the last 8 years, Alan has led major transformation initiatives to drive higher value and reduce costs, while focusing on ROI. He has also specialized in the creation of indirect procurement organizations for enterprises that did not previously have one. 

Alan has a Masters in Supply Chain Management and an undergraduate degree in International Affairs from Florida State University. He is also very active in various procurement organizations and is an Advisory Board member for the Information Technology and Operations Management Department of Florida Atlantic University (FAU).