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Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Partner with leadership in the Commercial Operations organization, Legal, Finance, and relevant business functions to develop contracting strategy, policies and procedures. Facilitate, negotiate and execute.
• Negotiations: Coordinate sales, legal, pricing, and partners to negotiate to establish pricing strategies for client framework agreements. Conduct thorough analysis of market trends, competitor insights, and customer.
• Strategic Contract Management: Direct the course of contract negotiation and administration. Facilitate and negotiate new and existing framework agreements across North America and globally. Lead the creation and.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with the Sales Organization, Divisional Leads, Legal and managing partners to manage risk, facilitate effective communication and execution of strategic initiatives including the.
• Collaborate with a global, multilevel team (North America, EMEA, LAC and APAC regions) of contracts and legal professionals to facilitate multinational framework agreements and pricing strategies.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Primary Procurement lead for the Clearway Thermal division of Clearway Energy, Inc. developing and implementing procurement policy, practices and process improvement across 9 regional operations.
• Lead corporate procurement separation functions to divest CEOC from Clearway Energy Inc. in 2022 including contract and vendor management, policy and process changes from a public to a private company, and supporting.
• Lead procurement of new ERP software and implementation post divestiture of CEOC from Clearway Energy, Inc. and
• Steering Team partner during implementation of new ERP update from SAP to new ERP system in 2022.
• Develop and provide oversight of programs, policies, and procedures to define supply chain management responsibilities to assure that proper tools are in place including job descriptions, policies, and procurement.
• Develop, negotiate and execute internal and external partnerships critical to meeting objectives and driving cost savings initiatives.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsibilities include overseeing overall Mill Capital procurement and provide procurement support for the Services Group for the Mill Division of WestRock. Lead strategic sourcing events for assigned categories of.
• Manage Capital spend on all capital projects over $250,000 for eight WestRock containerboard and paperboard mills.
• FY 2017 spend was $71.7 million with $7.4 million in documented cost avoidance and negotiated savings.
• FY 2016 spend was $37.0 million with $5.2 million in documented cost avoidance and negotiated savings.
• FY 2017 - Negotiated 150 + contracts, Master Agreements and amendments with vendors in to procure capital equipment, installations, technical and mechanical construction services, engineering and civil/environmental.
• Drive contract resolutions with vendors to ensure WestRock exposure minimized through collaborative efforts of WestRock legal counsel and vendor negotiations while supporting corporate policy.

• Responsible for identifying, securing and managing new sources of recovered paper into the St. Paul Boxboard & CorMed paper mills consuming approximately 385,000 tons annually. In addition, I managed a team at both St..
• Managed St. Paul Recycling as an independent profit center in FY2012 procuring recycled fiber from the Upper Midwest & Central Canadian markets to sell into both internal and external paper mills. First year resulted.
• Accountable for procuring and driving loose fiber substitution initiatives to replace high cost fiber with lower priced alternatives while ensuring consistency through contractual negotiations
• Through Fiber Team consensus and in conjunction with mill management, will drive and support mill supply productivity, inventory levels and logistics savings initiatives.
• Manage an initial team of 7 in St. Paul in order to coordinate low cost, high quality fiber into the St. Paul mills. Through attrition and layoffs over the last 12 months in position, I successfully managed this.
• Successfully developed Plant Manager in Maple Grove to the promoted position of General Manager of Maple Grove upon my transition to my next role in Mill Capital Procurement in 2013.

Hartsville, SC

• Responsible for identifying and securing new sources of recovered paper, as well as managing the flow of quality recovered paper to three Sonoco paper mills in the Southeast region consuming approximately 670,000 tons.
• Procured recycled fiber for three paper mills in the Southeast region consuming 670,000 tons annually.
• Accountable for procuring and driving account and fiber substitution initiatives to replace high cost fiber with lower priced material exceeding the 2009 budget by $291,000 in productivity savings. 2009 1Q achievements.
• Manage SE Fiber Coordinator to support supply and savings initiatives as well as drive mill fiber handling initiatives. Monitor freight cost and initiate projects to reduce freight cost as a productivity driver.

• Manage Personnel, Sales and Operations for both Louisville, KY and Evansville, IN Smurfit-Stone Recycling facilities.
• Responsible for increasing operational efficiencies, implementing Lean initiatives and continuous improvement plans, monitoring engineering, managing day-to-day activities including safety issues, employee relations.
• Develop internal and external working relationships with large multi-national companies with varied lines of business in multiple industries.
• Responsible for leading procurement and sales functions in fast-paced environment to manage material costs and capitalize on margins.
• Responsible for developing 30+ personnel in multiple job classifications within two regional facilities.

• Continuously acquire and manage new suppliers allowing Smurfit-Stone Recycling to procure additional, larger and more profitable material volume.
• Proactively research, approach and negotiate procurement contracts with new accounts to increased monthly profit margin.
• Explored & implemented new procedures over current paper grading operations allowing Smurfit-Stone Recycling to upgrade our material’s value an average of 225%.
• Responsible for tracking current account supplier volumes, pinpoint more profitable accounts, and consult those accounts to both secure mutually greater cash flows to the supplier and Smurfit-Stone Recycling.

• Analyzed work standards, policies and procedures, and implemented changes to improve productivity and reduce costs.
• Conducted work process analysis revisions to reduce inefficiencies and optimize productivity of current human and technological assets for BCBST. Gain cross-divisional consensus for implementation of corporate wide job.
• Planned, organized and led project team for executive management in Human Resources, Training and Development and Business Engineering. Project team identified the major drivers of employee dissatisfaction and turnover.
• Analyzed processes and developed new process measurement requirements for BCBST’s - TPL Research Assc. Improved measurement standards resulted in an accurate inventory measurement tool, a robust staffing forecast, and.

• The McDonald’s Account Group / Applications Engineering GroupResponsible for insuring corporate customer satisfaction with several new fountain products for The Coca-Cola Company’s largest fountain account.
• Oversaw performance of prototype dispenser in over 800 customer locations. Researched performance issues, analyzed data, and coordinated supplier / customer dialogue to effect improvements of fountain dispenser..
• Revised promotional calibration cup for Spanish-speaking customer locations. Supervised onsite production and 100% quality inspection for over 15,000 units. Resulted in improved quality product by adapting and.
• Assembled and tested contemporary fountain design for varying environmental performance information to learn of design improvement opportunities. Established and addressed major points of concern to improve beverage.

B.S. I.E., Industrial Engineering, Economics

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business, 4.0

Corporate Education Manager Leadership Program

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering