* 20 + years of well-rounded business and technical experience for American corporations, mainly in procurement/ strategic sourcing, contract/legal negotiations, finance, business, project management, and engineering.* Diverse leadership/management and cultural/organizational knowledge experience and skillset working at various companies of all sizes in various industries.* Can effectively lead a diverse team and collaborate with business partners across a wide variety of backgrounds and levels, both domestically & internationally in executing Category Strategies and Negotiation Plans. * Build strong professional/people networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders, strategic partnerships and strong leader/mentor/advisor. * Can lead a sourcing/procurement team to leverage the sourcing, negotiating, contracting and procurement process to drive shareholder value, to achieve a low total cost of ownership, to maximize ROI/value/revenue potential, minimize legal/business/finance risks, and execute on company mission, goals, targets, priorities, strategies and objectives. * Lead and Apply Seven-Step Strategic Sourcing Best Practices Tools/Framework. * Evaluate and negotiate contracts in compliance with corporate policies (legal, risk management, Finance), standards, and key process controls. * Negotiations, Clean Sheet/Should Cost, FP&A, cost/P&L/business case/TCO/financial modeling expertise and experience.