Senior purchasing and category management leader with broad experience and accomplishments utilizing the development of strong relationships with leadership teams and business executives to drive world class procurement practices throughout the organization and deliver measurable year-over-year improvement in cost and quality. Strategy development and implementation, complex global purchasing and finance negotiations, leading and developing global cross functional teams of direct and indirect reports, complex RFx, cost reduction initiatives, supplier relationship management and policy development. Significant accomplishments in global lease financing, budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management.Areas of expertise: Category management of IT hardware and software, telecom, travel, office supplies, consulting, finance, insurance services, clinical hardware and software, HR, legal, and other indirect. Global contract structuring and negotiations, compliance, global spend aggregation and cost reduction, contract management, global software audit and negotiations, licensing and compliance.