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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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+.
• 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.
• 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..
• Administered Global Programs, including Fuel Surcharge financial reporting, validating supplier costs and enabling accurate customer recoveries, with no financial impact on business.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.