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Crystal Lake, Il, Us

Des Plaines, Illinois, Us

Hauppauge, New York, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Executing dual-sourcing activities to create supply contingency plans for single-sourced commoditiesAuthor and implement corporate-wide supply agreements with indexed pricing for structured review during escalating pricing period

De Leon Springs, Florida, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Implemented a spend analytics solution to create visibility into the spend portfolio, accumulating data from multiple sources, and allowing for data normalization to drive future strategy. ★ Deployed inventory reduction initiatives and inventory turns improvement via working capital optimization in Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) indicators.★ Administered improvement activities of Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) measurements to improve the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) of the company. ★ Rewrote and reissued the Corporate Travel Policy to reduce indirect spend, leverage corporate relationships, and enforce compliance with company policy.★ Established organizational alignment across 11 individual sites that were all operating their own purchasing organization and using nine diverse ERP solutions. ★ Led process reengineering initiatives to improve on-time delivery and established corporate agreements in several MRO/Service-related categories to achieve savings while implementing invoice audit and pay service for a new corporate parcel agreement.

Niles, Il, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Oversaw strategy development, spend analysis and control, supplier development and tracking, scorecards, and indices tracking to continually refine the commodity management processes while leading updated supplier scorecard implementation.★ Conducted collaborative capacity analysis and planning with suppliers throughout the value chain to ensure their ability to meet desired forecast changes. ★ Managed the Online Purchasing and Partner Collaboration activities of the suppliers and coordinated recruiting, interviewing, managing, and evaluating purchasing professionals and interns on an annual basis.★ Standardized multiple purchase processes between various buying organizations at multiple facilities and served as a project manager in the global launch of a new internet-based purchase requisition system integrated with the SAP platform.★ Expanded the role of Purchasing on new product development teams where there had been no support previously, including the execution of a new part checklist for SAP set-ups.★ Implemented a strategic sourcing process, developing the group from one person to 10 people while conducting the hiring, associate development, performance reviews, and pay raises.

Palatine, Illinois, Us

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Devised a supplier scorecard measuring service, cost, delivery, quality, and technological support and performed detailed spend analysis using custom-designed spreadsheets to aid in strategy development. ★ Evaluated new domestic and overseas suppliers via site visits, product sampling, Requests for Quote (RFQ), and a comprehensive review of their capabilities and prices.★ Coordinated Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) of preferred suppliers with the Research and Development group on new products to obtain low-cost solutions with a high level of manufacturability.

Arlington, Va, Us

Mba, Purchasing/Logistics/Materials Management

Mhsa, Health Services Administration

Bs, Business Administration