Reporting to the CFO, leading all global procurement efforts for the enterprise. Focus on collaborating with the functional partners to lead the direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts for a spend of nearly a half Billion dollars. Responsible for establishing the Procurement strategy, regulatory compliance, and for increasing the amount of spend under management. Ensures the Source-to-Pay process is managed effectively and efficiently by guiding a global team of senior sourcing professionals. Provides leadership and expertise in the areas of strategy development, savings objectives/attainment, tender execution, contract negotiation, risk management, and supplier performance evaluation. Identifies and implements best practices to transform the organization from operational to strategic, while maintaining a high level of team engagement.Primary Responsibilities are:• Development of the corporate procurement strategy• Identification and realization of cost-savings and cost-reduction opportunities• Creating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure proper staffing• Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities• Selection and management of effective procurement systems• Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement

Led Direct Procurement operations and Business partnering for Roche Diagnostics Solutions (United States & South Africa). Provided executive leadership to procurement team of approximately 20 personnel and to Site Operations executive teams in managing complex situations. Ensured continuity of supply and effective risk management, while delivering quality and regulatory compliance in a GMP environment. Served as a key leader in the global Direct Procurement Operations Leadership Team. Key Results:• Key leader in the successful creation and implementation of the global direct procurement strategy, vision and redesign of the organization resulting in a more effective framework of Operations, Upstream Procurement, Digital, and Category Management• Collaborated with global resources to leverage spend and drive savings; led the global direct procurement organization in exceeding annual savings targets (short-term and PPV) for several consecutive years• Lauded for writing the charter, developing, and implementing the successful supplier risk assessment and mitigation program that became the procurement standard across the division • Successfully integrated the procurement personnel and sourcing requirements of two newly acquired companies (iQuum - MA, GeneWeave - CA) into my team ensuring compliance to the Roche Molecular business area standards• Led the Procurement department to achieve zero major/critical quality observations during more than 25 internal/external company audits• Successfully orchestrated the Operations direct procurement activities of three business units (Molecular, Sequencing, and Tissue) across the U.S. and South Africa• Selected for and completed cross divisional accelerated leadership talent program through London Business School – Horizons

Strategic Procurement Director with emphasis on establishing process efficiencies and best practice solutions in support of both Direct and Indirect Procurement spend. Developed and implemented Global sourcing strategies in support of the Snackfood Division.• Served as lead for the outsourcing project of the Accounts Payable business to an on-shore supplier resulting in the resource optimization of 33 full-time headcount and 22 contractors and a 30% cost reduction• Led working capital and Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) projects; delivered $25 M by year-end• Contributed savings of approximately 7% against target of 5%• Established and governed the Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) program • Served as the intellectual property team lead and secured contractual IP protection for three newly developed, proprietary technologies in M&M capital innovation projects• Led the Technical Procurement team (capital equipment, site services, and MRO) with spend of approximately $200 M and a team of 12 procurement associates. (2003-2005)

As part of Siemens Procurement and Logistics Services (SPLS), managed the indirect material group with a spend of more than $200M. Instrumental in the implementation of an e-sourcing solution. Participated in global team to leverage spend volume and synergies. Developed catalog content and pricing to leverage IT hardware and other indirect categories for the e-procurement solution called click2procure.- Member of North American Procurement Council

Managed Capital Equipment, material handling and other facilities related spend for the company. Worked with the Engineers in drafting equipment specifications for the various plants, which I responsible for negotiating with the suppliers. Managed suppliers shortfalls and any IP related issues. Responsible for managing the Supplier Alliance program with 10 strategic suppliers.

Responsible for leading a team of approximately 110 personnel in the manufacturing of fruit snack products with direct accountability for new product start-ups, production efficiencies, TQM, safety, quality, and daily production performance.