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• Expert in global sourcing with an entrepreneurial mindset and creative approach to drive best sourcing and purchasing practices. Organizational leadership and negotiation skills demonstrated through managing over $57 million in domestic and international spending. Drive innovations and simplicity linking purchasing to the corporate vision and sales/marketing goals resulting in delivery of high-quality products at competitive costs via collaboration with cross-functional teams, leveraging supplier technical expertise and global footprints, supplier relationship management, and team leadership. Excellent communicator, personal influencer, innovator, collaborator, and tenacious negotiator with a strong record of reducing costs, enhancing the quality of products, and improving the purchasing process. Strong interpersonal and mentoring skills to build and develop team members. Residence, work, and education in China before US MBA education provide an advantage in Asian sourcing that would be difficult or impossible to be replicated in the US.