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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 to ensure P&L impact was realized. Re-structured and transitioned the Procurement function to a Category Management focused team. Implemented a more robust spend analytics tool/process and invested in market data resources to expand the team’s knowledge of their respective categories as subject matter experts. Recruited and hired several new team members from diverse industries and backgrounds to compliment the core team in place.

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. Focused on strategic supplier relationship management focused on reducing complexity; eliminating waste, and lowest total delivered cost. Increase net working capital through pay term prolongation and supplier owned inventory. Implemented a risk management process to proactively develop mitigation plans. Ensured strategic product launches were executed timely and within budget. This was possible through selection of highly capable suppliers, sufficient contractual protection and continual development of internal/external business relationships.

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 enable the required transformationEnhance strategic sourcing capability (establish in Mexico as a center of excellence)Design and Implement a robust Supplier Development and Performance Measurement process Create focus and energy to deliver "breakthrough" supply chain performance (all critical KPI's)Streamline critical supply chains through localization of suppliers and/or inventoriesImplement robust Business Continuity and Risk Management processes to proactively manage supply risk

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 that supported English-speaking customers outside of Europe.Noteworthy AchievementsRecognized with 9 supplier recognition awards by key customers that represent 25% of the company's total yearly revenue.

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 contributing to company cash flow objectives.Reduced global procurement operations costs by 40% while still contributing the required rate of critical cost savings and support during the 2000 dot.com crisis.Transitioned from a legacy procurement system and implemented Oracle procurement in 9 locations simultaneously. Significant consolidation of supplier base

Austin, Texas, Us