● A proven global leader with 25+ years Direct Material and Indirect Material procurement experience in the Healthcare, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Chemical and Aerospace industries. Managed $10+ billion in spend.● A transformational leader with a track record of forming and coaching global purchasing organizations to be high-performing teams, excelling in all operational metrics including cost, quality, delivery, timing, and launch readiness. Managed 350 employees, advocated for a diverse workforce and built multi-cultural teams.● Extensive knowledge of the latest procurement trends and techniques including strategic sourcing, supply risk management, supplier scorecards, supplier relationship management, continuous improvement, cost reduction strategies, procurement systems, spend and data analytics, contract management, supplier diversity, and supplier sustainability.● Increased direct materials cost performance from 1.9% in 2016 to 4.5% in 2019. Total cost savings, including indirect materials, increased from $200 million to $230 million in annual savings on $7 billion in annual spend.● Increased diverse supplier spend by 50% and developed successful strategies to increase all categories of diverse spend. ● Successful track record of partnering with Business units to successfully focus on product innovation and product launches. ● Improved supplier selection and contracting for new products.● Partnered with Supplier Quality to develop joint goals, metrics, and scorecards resulting in a global standardized supplier on-boarding process, improved supplier risk identification/mitigation and 10% reduction in the supply base. ● Institutionalized global category strategies enabling global contracts and leveraging multiple site economies of scale resulting in increased spend under contract in key categories by 80%.● Implemented and launched a global P2P effort to improve PO compliance, 3-way matching, and payments on time (improved to 80%). Implemented Coupa, spend analytics, cost reporting tools, and a new purchasing policy to simplify and standardize purchasing processes, therefore, reducing complexity.● Improved purchasing employee” Best Place to work” scores by 5 points through establishing, regional committees to drive initiatives that focused on training, recognition, morale and the purchasing brand.