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Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for leading teams of industry leading sourcing professionals, managing enterprise-wide operating supplies, fixtures, construction labor, and material handling & distribution equipment & services.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for leading cross-functional teams spanning the organization through sourcing processes, driving best-in-class sourcing / negotiation strategies, process improvements, and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Acted as a trusted adviser to all levels of internal and external leadership, including C-suite executives, leading them through sourcing and negotiation events by demonstrating strong strategic, innovative, and.
• Actively drove improvements in the skills and effectiveness of Target's sourcing organization by developing, socializing, and training on new capabilities including direct negotiations, category management methodology.
• Additionally responsible for major contract legal coordination, redlines, execution, and data management.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for collaborating with client groups to find indirect goods and services to suit their needs, negotiating the best Total Cost of Ownership value on these programs, and writing contracts.
• Successfully led multiple complex categories through to completion resulting in millions of dollars of savings with savings rates in excess of 40%.
• Drove innovation throughout categories, and gained buy in from senior leadership for updated item suggestions and spec changes to drive costs out of established and commoditized programs.
• Led a cross-functional team including Technology, Finance, and other Operations teams to develop a process for, and drive Target's UNSPSC conversion for an upcoming system transition.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Led Target's full indirect third party logistics provider (3PL) transition, including all purchasing and inventory management for both the current and new 3PL, resulting in significant decreases in inventory.
• Led multiple departments through the Item Master File Cleanup Project, resulting in the validation of more than 250K data fields, providing sustainability in the current non-retail system and laying the groundwork for.
• Collaborated with strategic vendor partner to define the role of a new onsite representative, identifying opportunities and creating more streamlined processes to reduce costs and improve level of service to the stores.
• Developed and implemented best methods for the collection of all accounts payable for owned categories, resulting in additional millions of dollars being collected, a more efficient, repeatable process to avoid future.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for a team of operations experts driving the integration of new international teams with their domestic counterparts, allowing US based teams to focus more strategically on their respective businesses.
• Managed the development and integration of an international analytics team serving US based merchandising categories, and driving tens of millions of dollars in increased sales opportunity through their work.
• Drove the development and implementation of a Target India release strategy for processes to support MP teams across the company, tripling the transferred processes within one year, resulting in significant time.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Merchandising business analyst in Target's Grocery business, responsible for all forecasting, purchasing, and supply chain management for multi-million dollar grocery categories.
• Developed division best methods and led department through Target's first four Dedicated Food Distribution (DFD) Facility negotiations, resulting in increased in net PMU, decreased contribution expenses, and increased.
• Director’s Award recipient for developing a division-wide Segmentation strategy to improve instocks and sales performance by volume grouping, resulting in significantly increased high-volume instocks and sales over.
• Director’s Award recipient for creating division wide markdown and manual order analysis tools to help the merchant teams make more strategic decisions about their assortments and item replenishment.

Lincoln, Nebraska, US

• Responsible for a full team of employees directly managing all domestic and international shipments
• Managed all training and onboarding for customer service skills, policies, safety procedures, and computer skills
• Scoped and developed new corporate locations, taking ownership of the location for the company and converting it to fully functional new operations within tight deadlines

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General