Group Executive, Global Supply Chain
Brown Deer, Wi
Chartered to leverage P2P practices globally while developing a culture that provides seamless integration for all business practice managers. Responsibilities include global supply chain, strategic negotiations, expense management, corporate credit cards, global travel, and shared service functions.• Restructured supply chain organization, driving $25 million in annual savings through contract negotiations strategies.• Over the last decade, led company through 33 acquisitions and a major industry merger between Metavante Corporation and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS). Acquisitions include CSMI, mFoundry Inc., and SunGard.• Transformed negotiation strategies by implementing negotiation training for key business practices.• Established new policies and procedures gaining top executive approval at the COO and EVP Human Resources level. • First in the organization to implement an electronic HR approval tracking and acceptance of policies and procedures to drive cultural change. • Paired category plans with risk profile of the supplier category for consistency and regulatory compliance• Collaborated with financial accounting to create a business intelligence tool allowing key performance indicators (KPIs) to be shared with executive management.• Implemented Concur travel program, resulting in $3.6 million in annual savings.• Effectively implemented and mandated a corporate credit card program resulting in cost savings and data collection points across the United States, Canada, and EMEA.• Implemented I-procurement Oracle catalog tool and OIE (Oracle Internet Expense). Also implemented SAP Concur Travel and Expense in various global locations.• Implemented Ariba contract management system.• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt trained. Implemented process engineer optimization practices.
