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Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Manage a 4 to 6 person team managing assurance, financial and tax advisory, strategy, digital, M&A, sales and marketing, organizational design, advisory by function (technology, risk, HR and real estate), consulting, content, and legal. Managed a purchase base of up to $300m. Provide executive level sourcing and cost management support including for C suite executives. Created and managed the first ever demand management process at TR; working closely with the CFO and Head of Corporate Finance to effectively manage advisory and consulting spend. Partner with the General Counsel Office for more productive, better managed, higher value engagements with law firms in all practive areas. Global role, supporting senior stakeholders in all geographies; which combined with broad category coverage helps develop an excellent understanding of relationships, processes, issues and strategies across all functions and segments in TR. Balance key business goals of creating value and growth, managing risk and delivering material savings.

Westport, Ct

Director level sourcing role providing strategic direction and execution oversight for procurement across Bridgewater with a focus on Facilities, Real Estate, design and construction, Corporate Services, Food and Hospitality, Transportation, Trading Infrastructure, Market Data, HR, Benefits, Insurance, ERP systems and business management consulting. Developed category strategies and procurement plans as well as providing advice, audit and assessment of departmental procurement. Lead negotiator for major business contracts.

Led a team of 20+ procurement professionals in the development of strategies associated with the procurement of goods and services for $2 billion in ongoing construction projects. Responsibilities included best practice implementation, value improvement initiatives, key supplier development, supplier evaluations, MWBE development, contractor productivity improvements and performance based contracts tied to business unit goals. Responsible for the procurement life cycle from sourcing, to bid to contract administration. Projects included new construction of a 950 MW coal plant, environmental upgrades of existing coal plans and development and construction of 300 MW of wind generating capacity.

Managed cross-functional department responsible for global sourcing, productivity, property management and environmental health and safety worldwide. Sourced and negotiated infrastructure, market data and outsourced investment management services. Managed purchasing for entire IT spend including hardware, software and services. Negotiated contracts across the entire business and managed contracts and vendor relationships on an ongoing basis. Global sourcing and property management. Directed and managed environmental health and safety program at all sites. Set vision and strategy for the sourcing, properties and EHS functions. Drove productivity including deflation and sourcing savings while ensuring core services were delivered in time to support business operations. Provided expense control leadership, vision and execution.

Created the sourcing, productivity and property management function / department. Directed all purchasing activities including IT buy, market data, business services and buys related to all properties / facilities. Led buy to pay initiatives including implementation of an Oracle based purchase order system. First productivity leader driving expense reduction across all business functions and driving cultural change. Global property management.

Course coordinator for general chemistry course, wrote teaching modules used by 33 college professors, developed / ran science seminar for high school students and taught college chemistry to > 450 students.

Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Managed Surface Navy’s portion of $2 billion annual operations and maintenance and weapons procurement accounts along with designing, briefing and managing 1st Surface Warfare public affairs and congressional strategy/lobbying effort. Provided key guidance, identifying both excess funds and deficient accounts, tying current year and long-range budgets to organization’s strategic plan.

Coronado, Ca And Alameda, Ca

Planned, projected, managed and coordinated repair and modernization of nuclear aircraft carrier, keeping ship battle ready while staying within budget. Sourced suppliers for emergent and planned maintenance of all ships systems. Managed an annual $11 to 26 million repair and maintenance budget keeping the ship deployment ready.

Charleston, South Carolina

Chief Operating Officer for 350 person, $100 million ship, ran daily operations meeting worldwide commitments on time and within budget.• Twice won annual award for best operating unit (Battle Excellence Award).• Provided the audit oversight and follow on management to improve organization’s engineering condition from unsatisfactory to excellent, in less than 6 months - including best Engineering Exam in the Atlantic Fleet over a 3 year period.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

Mbs, Finance

Activities and Societies: Monterey Penisula College Cross Country TeamPublished - Shipbuilding Capability of the People’s Republic.