I lead a team of tactical and strategic procurement advisors that support the Engineering, Inventory & Logistics, and Portfolio & Project Management teams. Our focus is to progress plans for categories such as poles, transformers, freight, and circuit breakers. The team is responsible for strategically sourcing equipment and creation of a high volume of material purchase orders.

The Major Projects Supply Management team collaborates with internal customers to develop contracting strategies for complex gas, electric transmission, hydrogen, substation, competitive transmission, and BESS projects. The team leads strategic sourcing exercises to execute on strategies. Contract management support is provided for the duration of the agreement life cycle.

I led a team of category specialists that worked closely with the Clean Energy Development team to develop contracting strategies and conduct sourcing exercises for large, complex initiatives / projects.

I led a team of strategic sourcing specialists responsible for progressing category plans. The team specialized in evaluating immature markets for the Business (e.g. IEC61850 equipment / professional services) and establishing flexible contracting approaches that effectively addressed the risk associated with implementation of new solutions. I built strong relationships with key stakeholders, enhanced scorecards, and led tier 1 SRM meetings.

I led a team of contracting strategists that worked closely with the US Procurement team to assess options and then select a contracting strategy for gas & electric construction projects. The team was responsible for developing the bid package with Legal & Procurement.

In this role, I was responsible for advancing paving and gas construction category plans by leading large cross-functional teams to implement strategies, completed multi-year framework agreements with contractors, and provided regular updates to Procurement Category Directors and Business Leadership. I also sourced high complexity, strategically important gas construction projects, delivered substantial cost benefits, while assuming a leadership role on the team.

Responsible for leading cross-functional teams through strategic sourcing exercises for large, complex gas construction projects.

Team leader who was instrumental in establishing a strategic procurement function within the company, which included developing a cost-saving methodology, building stakeholder relationships, and implementing a strategic sourcing process. Successfully led the design and implementation of a procurement module in NetSuite, negotiated terms and conditions for agreements, and delivered on the stretch hard savings target in 2016.

Supported the logistics & marketing teams to develop category strategies & strategically source goods/services. Conducted market analysis via review of research reports, indices, & relevant news sources; shared insights with logistics team members to support informed decision making. Established agreements with tier 1 pallet suppliers in multiple regions which included equitable pricing adjustment clauses, KPI’s & rebates. Provided historical spend & future forecasted spend reports to leadership.

Responsible for sourcing metals & other components required for the manufacturing of company goods. Successfully negotiated rebates with key suppliers based on year-over-year revenue growth. Supported the business development team on responding to new/existing customer RFP’s via providing key cost inputs based on the bill of materials & design.

Responsible for placing purchase orders for aircraft components & expediting orders with suppliers to ensure customer needs by dates were met. Subcontracted program work to other FAA-approved repair shops in instances where in-house capacity was not sufficient, or capability did not exist in house.