Consult with senior executives to identify/prioritize challenges and lead strategic sourcing, supply chain, quality improvement and cost reduction delivery. Savings exceeded $200M. Examples follow:• Related Companies (property management, development, and construction company) - Implemented category management and restructured all Indirect supplier contracts: IT, Freight, MRO, Energy, Travel, Printing, and procure-to-pay process improvements – savings exceeded $15M.• InterContinental Hotels Group – Delivered 3 procurement systems to support implementation of a new Group Procurement Organization (GPO) established to supply all goods required to US hotels. Worked lighting and disposables categories to deliver improved outcomes and reduced costs.• WSSC - Negotiated multi-county consortium buys for a water utility, reducing risk and costs $4M.• J&J - Chemical quality remediation - led team qualifying 275 ingredients through sourcing, product testing & validation. Enabled return to market of $6B in product sales, cut raw material costs $2M.• J&J - Addressed inflationary oil spiral at same company, reduced costs $6M and ensured quality supply.• Merck – Negotiated software deals: Environmental Health &Safety, Security, Clinical Ops. Saved $5.2M.• Dow Corning - Consolidated Lab Supply and Chemical purchases, saved $5M.• Clients: J&J, Merck, The Related Companies, Dow Corning, WSSC, InterContinental Hotels, Sandoz Pharmaceutical, Accenture, AstraZeneca, Becton Dickinson, Kaiser-Permanente, Takeda, Link-Belt Excavators (Sumitomo Corporation), Axalta Coating Systems, and more.

Led procurement team at Otsuka for all IT acquisitions: Software, Managed Services, and Hardware. • Sourced and negotiated contracts on behalf of twelve companies in multiple industries and geographies tying together divisions to deliver synergies and cost reductions. • Reduced spending by over 10% in 2023. Total savings since 2016, $100M.• Created Vendor Management Organization (VMO) reducing risk and improving service delivery.• Led RFx’s and negotiations in support of R&D, Enterprise, Commercial, Infrastructure, and Safety.

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Consolidated sources, contracted, and oversaw outsourcing of studies, labor, and diagnostic support.• Collaborated with senior stakeholders, refining formal business requirements, reduced costs by $10M.• Directed seven Sourcing Managers in developing Center of Excellence approach for R&D Procurement, creating unified global supplier strategies, saving $58M.• Replaced Phase 1 lab test supplier, improving service, capabilities, and costs. Costs reduced $2M.

Developed and executed strategies to improve cost, quality, and service levels in IT.• Trained and led four multi-national teams composed of twenty-eight people in developing sourcing strategies in Software, Hardware, Professional Services, and Telecom categories.• Delivered $55M in cost reductions through business requirements evaluation and redefinition, supplier and product consolidations, negotiations, and contracting programs.• Drove global Managed Service Provider agreement for benefit of three countries, saving $9M.

Supply chain and strategic sourcing ownership for over 2,500 chemicals and five hundred packaging components.• Led 4 North American facilities in product and supplier management initiatives, reduced costs $30M per year through negotiations, alternative material qualifications, and vendor consolidations.• Successful collaboration with R&D, developing raw material substitution process, removing 15% of chemicals from product bills, reducing costs, decreasing scrap, and improving sales.• Led ERP purchasing implementation, reduced inventory 20%, improved turns from 4 to 10 per year.

Responsible for all procurement, supply chain, computer systems and logistics oversight for multi-plant injection molding and assembly manufacturing operations within a major supplier to the consumer products industry.• Led a team of twenty-six within 3 North American facilities in product and supplier consolidations, reducing materials costs - through improved negotiations and contracting - by $45M per year.• Led successful ERP implementation, including all aspects – training, financials, shop floor, material bills, and routers. Project was two years behind schedule and completed it within 7 months.• Led component design and development improvements with R&D, Engineering, and all material suppliers, reducing scrap and waste by 25%.

Responsible for all procurement, R&D and engineering interactions for resins, bottles, closures, molds, corrugated, and labels used in US Company’s multi-plant, decentralized manufacturing environment.• Managed all supply contracts, costs, and forecasts for materials used in packaging C-P’s products.• Led cost reduction initiatives totaling $35M through vendor negotiations, and re-designing materials and packaging in collaboration with R&D and Engineering.• Supported development of new products- designs, bids, supplier mold/copy development, start-up, and delivery of approved materials for production.