Brian Y. Email & Phone Number

Ajax, On, Ca

Rresponsible for the global leadership & strategic direction of the Wealth Management Access Control, Operational Resiliency Program and Business Continuity Management teams.

Toronto, Canada Area

Manage a team responsible for developing and implementing the category strategies and category plans for medium value, medium complexity and/or medium risk categories for all the GP business functions. Understand the demand and supply sides for the assigned category/categories, define the right buying channels, ensuring sourcing strategies are in line with the overall category strategies. Manage client planning and reporting and lead the sourcing and negotiating activities for the assigned category/categories.• Manage all operations and support activities and staff• Provide direction, coaching, mentoring and guidance to staff including but not limited to job accountability, annual goals, performance, and career aspirations• Develop and/or refresh the category strategies and annual category plans for assigned medium value/medium complexity and/or medium risk category/categories ensuring alignment with the goals, strategies and value proposition of Global Procurement• Maintain trusted relationships with assigned KPMGI clients (e.g., Heads/Directors and/or Senior Managers within the various KPMGI functions), KPMGI control partners (e.g., Legal, Information Security) and member firm procurement teams for the assigned category/categories

Supplier Manager working with a globally dispersed, multi-cultural, collaborative and highly driven team environment focused on driving all indirect procurement opportunities (e.g. IT, Marketing, L&D, Venues, Professional Services, Software, Human Resources, etc.) and on establishing and maintaining best practice standards.• Manage all operations and support activities and staff• Member Global Transformation team developing and executing strategy for Global Procurement.• Managed Global Employee Benefits strategic network implementation resulting in anticipated 10-15% savings for Member Firms.• Developing strategy for Global Procurement global visibility on all KPMG websites.• Manage contract lifecycle including negotiating pricing, service levels, and terms and conditions with global suppliers focusing on driving cost opportunities and limiting risk while meeting client requirements.• Work with clients to establish trusted relationships, by understanding their needs, acting with a sense of urgency and making the process as seamless and transparent as possible.• Manage suppliers to ensure all KPI’s met. Develop and negotiate action plans to resolve any deficiencies as required.

GEODIS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC., formerly a division of IBM Canada Ltd., Markham, ONGlobal Logistics Procurement Professional 2010 – 2014Global Supplier Account Manager and Category Manager for contract portfolio of $80M+ annually. Drove strategy implementation globally across procurement teams. Managed performance compliance between operations and supplier. • Member of Global Supplier Account Management team for the development of the global strategic direction with suppliers.• Global overall responsibility for category and implementation of global strategic objectives, achievement of KPIs and contract compliance. Worked with suppliers and all functions of the business, developing action plans for strategy implementation, KPI deficiencies to improve supplier execution, meeting contracted and customer requirements. • Initiated network redesign, delivering $800K+ of cost avoidance. Negotiated improved rates with new supplier, collaborating with customer and operations team for implementation. • Managed all aspects of RFP (Request for Proposal) and RFQ (Request for Quote), from development of business case, supplier response analysis, including rates, service requirements, and contract negotiations. Coordinated operations, finance, and customer requirements. Delivered opportunity for $2.5M of savings in 2013.  Oversaw new supplier implementation across all business functions. • Administered Global Programs, including Fuel Surcharge financial reporting, validating supplier costs and enabling accurate customer recoveries, with no financial impact on business.• Managed new customer requirements.Global Business Development 2010 – 2014Member on business development team, providing solution designs for new business and expanding business for existing customers.• Negotiated and established rates and contracts with suppliers for global sales initiatives and new customer offerings, securing best possible margins while meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

Managed and developed P&L financial plan for Canada Logistics Operations and General Procurement Process Manager.• Designed and developed methodology, using inbound receipts, fulfillment order volume, and space allocation, improving accuracy of cost allocation. Allocated and recovered all spend, ensuring $0 balance at end of fiscal term.• Managed clients, maintaining client approved spending plans, reviewing monthly financials, addressing under recovery, analyzing ledger, and developing action plans for full recovery, as requirements changed. • Instituted programs and initiatives, including successfully implementing Pay to Procure, Order to Pay, and New Business, providing improved recovery on cash and increased revenue.• Supported Global and Domestic RFQs, developing budget for non-transportation overhead, ensuring opportunity-lead presented accurate RFQ responses to customers.

Lead 11 staff members in daily operations and activities. Acted as escalation and solution point for Traffic Operations. Led project initiatives for Global Logistics Canada.• Oversaw and monitored suppliers, ensuring all contracted KPIs were met. • Implemented new freight payment provider, improving accuracy and timely execution of payment to suppliers and financial stability of company.• Canadian representative for new program design and development, delivering successful implementation of global ordering process, direct delivery process, and security initiatives, including CSA and FAST, allowing more timely deliveries while reducing transportation costs. • Worked with domestic and international cross-functional teams, building, developing, and implementing processes, including packaging standards, freight optimization, and cross dock, reducing delivery time, warehousing costs, and decreasing customer reported discrepancies, improving overall customer satisfaction.• Supported new business offerings, solutions, and designs, responding to customer RFPs, increasing revenue and profitability.

Team leader for Business Services that encompassed Human Resources (i.e., health care, payroll), Consultants and Education categories. Responsible for managing contracts, RFP’s, client and supplier relationships. Canadian representative on global strategy development team.Develop strategies to meet global and geography specific targets. Established and achieved savings objectives of over $1M annually; extend supplier payment terms with improving cash flow.Strategically re-aligned contracts centrally resulting in a smaller supplier base and increasing leverage with “core” suppliers.Established customer satisfaction measurement process for team.