• Provide high performing sourcing services to Health First focused on no harm, quality, customer experience and stewardship• Lead establishment and ongoing facilitation of objectives, strategic goals and control of costs• Draft, evaluate, negotiate and coordinate execution of enterprise agreements to support the Integrated Delivery Network• Manage vendor performance to defined deliverables, key indicators and scope as defined by contract terms• Lead collaborative supply chain initiatives to support Health First Clinical Services & Technology

• Source, implement and manage national supply agreements up to $200 Million in value.• Lead engagements with stakeholders to drive priorities and objectives that align with C level staff and leadership teams.• Develop and execute multiple category sourcing strategies to improve cost, quality and service performance.• Prioritize high value strategic opportunities, evaluate options, challenge the status quo, analyze global markets and price movements.• Apply contemporary methods and processes to deliver total cost optimization, value creation and supply assurance.• Drive the utilization of various e-procurement tools.

• Responsible for leading and managing a team of purchasing professionals in a fast paced environment with a variety of purchasing initiatives.• Purchase complex aerospace components and assemblies as well as raw materials.• Manage supplier compliance to purchase order schedules, ensuring alignment of supplier capacity and delivery in support of manufacturing schedules and inventory objectives.• Responsible for performance of all purchasing activities in accordance with company procedures, Sarbanes-Oxley and FAA requirements.• Close management of procurement agents and suppliers to ensure that changes are implemented at suppliers to support engineering revisions and production time-line activities.

• Global purchasing management responsibility for 55 manufacturing sites with an annual capital equipment budget in excess of $120M and a total budget in excess of $250M • Responsible for leveraging Valspar’s indirect category spend and carry out best in class strategic sourcing across global and regional categories including IT, MRO, HR benefits, capital equipment, energy, travel, contingent labor, professional services, recruiting, construction services and fleet management.• Supervise staff to include hiring, training, evaluating performance, providing compensation recommendations and determining disciplinary actions when necessary.• Negotiate contracts to secure the highest quality goods and value based on market shifts, supply chain movement and various product offerings.• Lead cross functional teams to deliver best prices, maximum business profitability and meet cost reduction and productivity improvement targets.

• Enterprise wide strategic sourcing management responsibility for indirect categories including contingent labor, logistics, IT, professional services, consulting, business process outsourcing, staff augmentation and financial services. • Responsible for development and execution of enterprise sourcing strategies supporting all divisions within Harris Corporation

• Global procurement responsibility for the strategic management of expenditures in both Information Technology and Telecommunication projects and services. • Led key management projects focused on improved practices regarding global procurement of goods and services, which included overall quality of the procurement, bid solicitation refinements and analysis effort. • Organized and developed supplier sources and procurement strategies to optimize the value of procured goods and services.• Assessed and analyzed the market for alternative sources of supply, price trends, economic factors and competitive situations. • Led, participated and served on multiple leadership teams focused on improving supplier and internal operational processes.

• Responsible for management of large international cross-functional teams to establish global standards and implementation of common business processes. • Comprehensive management responsibilities for the procurement of goods and services on a global basis.• Supervise staff to include hiring, training, evaluating performance, providing compensation recommendations and determining disciplinary actions when necessary.• Prepare requests for proposals to obtain competitive bids; coordinate bid reviews; negotiate contract, license and purchase order terms; prepares analysis of commercial terms; supports efforts involved in contract award recommendations.

• Comprehensive management of contract negotiations, hardware purchasing and product procurement for multiple divisions which include extensive work in vendor negotiations, purchasing management, inventory/materials control, and related responsibilities. • Supervise staff to include hiring, training, evaluating performance, providing compensation recommendations and determining disciplinary actions when necessary.• Wrote procedures for the Office of Purchasing for its ISO 9001 certification. Acted as supplier manager and procurement Team Leader. • Additional successful project completions and continuing initiatives include: the negotiation of an Academic Software Licensing Agreement with Microsoft Corporation. Serve as the Director of Purchasing at Research Triangle Institute in the Director’s absence.

• Responsible for sourcing and purchasing all items for resale to customers. Worked with commercial building materials, manufacturing and distribution. MRO & MRP purchasing responsibility and management. Negotiated large orders, special discounts and time scheduled deliveries. Implemented Quality Control for all items purchased and manufactured for resale.• Developed and managed Just In Time (JIT) inventory system; implemented various cost reduction and cost elimination programs. Created new sourcing strategies to ensure reliable and consistent supply for all materials and services.