• Produced $8.5m in cost reductions by leading a team of global category managers to build category management strategies for chemicals, single-use lab consumables, pharma packaging, and logistics.• Directed category managers on regional RFP and VE efforts that consolidated fabricated and thermoform component suppliers from 20 down to 10 and generated $250K in savings opportunity.• $1.2m in annual savings achieved for single-use laboratory consumables by initiating RFP’s and negotiating pricing with several manufacturers based in China, India & EMEA.• Spearheaded effort to improve working capital by 15 days for over $75m in annual expenditure by holding accountable a team of 10 category managers to negotiate with their vendors extended payment terms.

• Delivered construction project 15% under budget by facilitating RFP events and negotiating favorable contracts with engineering, IT infrastructure and contingent workforce providers. • Decreased mobile rate plan charges for 4,000 employees that generated a $700K value by negotiating more favorable agreements with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. • Reduced excess cost by 12% by evaluating hardware asset utilization across 20 offices and replacing these assets with lower-cost alternatives without sacrificing operational efficiency.

• Implemented VE/VA effort to insource $15m of injection molded plastic components that reduced external supply risks across 5 critical vendors and generated a 5% cost benefit. • Mitigated supply risks on $120m of raw materials by identifying and approving secondary competitive sources and transitioning freight to a bulk rail delivery network. • Designed category management strategies for raw materials, resins, chemicals, and mined minerals that mitigated supply risks, removed price volatility, and consolidated supplier base of 100 vendors down to 50.• Won agreement from VP of Procurement and President on plastic resin category strategy that recommend price hedging and approving of alternative sources on $100m of resins procured annually.

• Identified $3m in COGs improvement value for nursing, surgery, medical device, and laboratory products by utilizing Tableau and MicroStrategy platform to create spend analytical reports. • Improved time to contract execution by 50% by creating a custom Microsoft Excel report that automated review of expiring and new contracts. • Yielded $1.5m in revenue for sales region by successfully influencing prospective clients to join GPO network by presenting favorable cost-benefit analysis reports.

• Achieved Six Sigma Green Belt certification by working cross-functionally with engineering design team to eliminate excess machining waste, netting a $250K cost improvement benefit. • Executed strategic sourcing plans to drive supplier quality improvement activity by identifying new vendor partnerships for fabricated and machined components that improved PPM score by 50%. • Improved On-Time Delivery performance from 40% to 90% by coaching material planning team on supply planning best practices and meeting with key vendors weekly to address shipping and delivery issues.