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Minneapolis, MN, US

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Responsible for strategic sourcing of indirect goods and services. Spend responsibility exceeded $700 million. Expanded partnering to several new areas of the business to leverage scale and provide best value to enable business objectives. Identified and negotiated savings to ensure positive impact to EBITA. Savings validated by Finance and budget adjusted.

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Responsible for strategic sourcing for high complexity/high mix products manufactured at 3rd party contract manufacturers for Adhesives, Beauty Care and Laundry Home Care products. Spend responsibility of approximately $325 million. Worked within a global matrix organization to leverage scale, tools and processes to ensure best total cost to the business..

Birmingham, GB

Transformed the Procurement operations from a vertically integrated business to one that delivers value to the customer through external suppliers. Reported to the Vice President of Operations. Spend responsibility across several manufacturing sites within the US, Mexico and Brazil. Focus areas include:Develop procurement strategy, processes and actions to.

Scottsdale, Arizona, US

Responsible for Global Customer Service Operations in Asia, Europe and the US. Significant reduction in employee turnover rate in offshore locations by partnering with HR and local managers to design a retention strategy.Migrated remaining strategic OEM customer service accounts from Phoenix to Slovakia, which was a breakthrough operation in that region.

Scottsdale, Arizona, US

Led a global organization of approximately 120 people with 13 direct reports. Managed significant annual spend for goods and services with 50% of the budget supporting manufacturing operations. Attained significant P&L savings and improvement in production materials inventory utilization. Negotiated average pay terms to a level 2X historical average.

Austin, Texas, US