Elissa Decker, Moss Inc.’s new vice president of global procurement and textile development. Image: Moss Inc.

Moss Inc., a graphics and tension fabric structures provider headquartered in Franklin Park, Ill., announced the promotion of Elissa Decker to the position of vice president of global procurement and textile development. In her new role, Decker will provide leadership and direct oversight of the Moss global procurement organization. Her responsibilities will encompass the rationalizing and sourcing of raw materials, outsourced procurement manufacturing and services and vendor diligence. Decker will also lead the company’s development and maintenance of global procurement systems, policies, and reporting, ensuring governance and consistency across all regions.

“Our ability to secure the highest quality and widest range of raw materials is a key differentiator,” says Jason Popp, president and CEO of Moss.  “Elissa has an innate understanding of our core products, their performance characteristics and the associated global supply chains that deliver our raw materials to Moss around the world.”

Decker holds a bachelor’s degree in textile design from Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science and has been a leader at Moss for 16 years, contributing to the development and procurement of core textile offerings. She has spearheaded initiatives at Moss that led to cost savings, quality enhancements and the establishment of global supplier agreements. Decker has expertise spanning across textiles and substrates, aluminum and OEM manufactured parts.

“Our global procurement team members are so talented and I’m excited to lead this group through our next phase of growth at Moss,” says Decker.  “We will keep scouring the globe to get the best supply base for our customers.  The focus of our global procurement team is also on ensuring a robust supply chain with suppliers from multiple countries and sources for each of our core raw material categories.”



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