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Houston, Tx, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Linköping, Se

Vice President of Payment Strategy, driving the development and execution of an "Optimized Digital Payments Strategy" that creates significant value for our clients, the company, and its shareholders. Building strategic value within the buyer-supplier trading partnership by optimizing paymentprocesses and ensuring seamless and efficient financial transactions.

INDEPENDENT BUSINESS CONSULTANT & ADVISORCurrently providing strategic sourcing, business optimization, and procurement consultative services to a Fortune 100 company in the Healthcare industry. Provided negotiations, optimization, implementations, and execute sourcing strategies to reduce overall exposure and expense across a $7.5b spend enterprise. Design and developed and spend analytics environment to capture and classify all spend activities across the enterprise for strategic sourcing targeting.Other client industries serviced by CGK Consulting range from environmental reclamation, glass recycling/re-use, organics processing, recycling and logistics, energy optimization, tank rentals, and ePayables platforms across many verticles.Focused on strategic sourcing and business optimization activities in various business sectors to enhance company performance and increased cost savings through pro-active management and lean optimization.• Negotiated, designed, and executed an ePayables program and platform that will generate an estimated $70M annualized new cash in the healthcare vertical through changes in payment modalities and enhancements in accounts payables process flows.• Designed and lead development of a spend data platform to achieve enterprise visibility consisting of over 45K suppliers, and $7.5B in spend profile.• Successfully developed a polished investor package along with phased development plans and use of funds. • Providing Strategic Sourcing and business optimization strategies to organizations in the glass recycling and soil reclamation, environmental, ARM collections, and BPO industries.• Consultative Strategic Sourcing and Business Optimization• Consultative business reviews and C-Level and board presentation of technical and financial opportunities for execution and buy-in from all levels.

Carol Stream, Il, Us

As Senior Vice President of Procurement, I oversee and drive cash generation and savings through sourcing and procurement activities within the organization (~$300M spend profile)• Surcharge development and implementation generating >$36M in annual revenue with a >$13m pure profit infusion.• Led profitability and client pricing strategies to recover and exceed cost impacts post-pandemic and extraordinary economic impacts.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, Us

As Senior Vice President of Sales, I oversaw the sales organization in creating new revenue streams on go-to-market strategies.• Deployed market-leading technologies for payment disbursements creating cash interchange shares.• Implemented a new CRM (HubSpot) platform across the organization to enhance client and internal management experience and interactions.• Oversaw the development of a market-leading b2c payments application to support disbursements of funds through electronic media for interchange share.

Houston, Texas, Us

Innovative Organics is a leading edge technology and processes oriented entity that enables clients to achieve greater sustainability, greater visibility, less expense, and higher value returns through consolidated, and strategic organic recycling of food waste from major grocery store chains across North America.An innovative organics program brings greater value and cost efficiencies to our clients, while providing a sustainable and transparent platform.We are a recycling and waste optimization company that implements custom processes for a positive environmental and financial impact to our clients.

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Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Procurement, and Planning. Oversee all Real Estate and Facilities management. Reporting directly to CFOTSI was an industry leader in providing clients with successful business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions. Their outsourcing portfolio includes accounts receivable management, customer management services, and back office services for a diversified customer base. Their goal has remained constant - to reduce client operating expenses, increase cash flow, and improve their customers' experience. Their best-in-class, results-driven reputation, strong financial track record, and proven business model made TSI the choice for BPO solutions during their market prime.

Strategic Sourcing, Strategy and Planning.EGS (Expert Global Solutions) - NCO Financial Services, Inc - APAC / $1.2b annual revenues$355m annual trade spendEGS Expert Global Solutions Company ProfileExpert Global Solutions (EGS) is the holding company for two renowned companies in the global business process outsourcing (BPO) industry -- APAC and NCO. APAC is the EGS brand in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) BPO marketplace. NCO is the EGS brand in the Accounts Receivables Management (ARM) BPO marketplace. EGS, through both companies, is a fully scaled provider and global partner serving all aspects of the customer lifecycle. Our clients benefit from the unique complement of a single-source solution with a customized CRM and ARM service delivery platform.EGS clients include 70% of the Fortune 400, serving clients across all major market verticals. Our operating platform includes a global network of more than 100 locations, world-class technology, and more than 40,000 associates. As a BPO industry leader, EGS has unique capabilities to develop, grow, and innovate throughout all aspects of the customer experience.Developed and implemented vendor master records cleansing initiative. Cleansed and inactivated in excess of 53,000 vendors from SAP systems.Initiated a vendor verification and screening program to ensure proper risk mitigation and vendor compliance.Sourcing and negotiating trade vendor contracts for a spend bucket in excess of $355m. Savings documented and validated in excess of ~$4.9mm in 2013. Credit Reporting Agencies - TransUnion Skip Tracing - LexisNexis Telecommunications - Verizon, AT&T, Level 3 IT support services and infrastructure Operational support services Energy and Utilities - Ecova Payment platforms and B2B infusionDeveloping cost reduction initiatives and implementing across all subsidirary companies.

Houston, Texas, Us

Developing execution strategies around the Logistics, support systems, third party outlets and fleet to support the Organics development within WM. Defining and developing a company wide service match platform that will streamline to go to market process.Developing a North American outlet network that will bring residual value on back end processing generating energy or value add composite residuals.Developing alternative packaging and collections models the are market leading and cost effective solutions to a robust client portfolio.Developing final go to market strategies for residual product resale (Compost, Energy, Feed-stock)

Houston, Texas, Us

• VP of Strategic Sourcing for a $700m organization with over 4,000 employees• Effective Organization Change Management in traditional non-conforming processes• Designed and Implemented company-wide Sourcing Policies and procedures• Designed and implemented spend management tools giving insight into transactional history and trends• Training and Development of a staff of 12 sourcing members• Member in continual budgeting process and industry trends• Negotiations of all large scale contracts and agreements for organization• Designed and led conversion of supply base to an alternative payables methodology delivering reduced transactional costs, increased cash ($375k), elimination of paper invoices, and increased terms

Houston, Texas, Us

On staff through a contract company to assist the strategic sourcing function at the Georgetown, KY manufacturing plant. Negotiated onsite services contracts, and processed necessary RFP's.

Turned a no profit operation into a 30% margin business unit within 60 days through aggressive supplier negotiations and proper market pricing strategies. Managed a staff of 6 employees and an inventory of net value of $700k.