Donell D. Brown, Mfin, Mba Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Ne, Us

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Cross Functional Experience (CFX) with a focus on building strong cross-functional knowledge and experience. Led a project in Land development, collaborating with a cross functional team members to generate a solution for development of underutilized land. Earned Tableau Explore II level and implemented analytic skills by using commodity data of demand with future projections of BPOs to develop land development strategies for 10-year Executive growth plan. • Achieved over $5 Million in annual cost avoidance since 2019 by implementing RFP sourcing strategies, bid analysis review, and effective negotiations at each level of the Regional Procurement Organization. Additional support and savings with participation in Cross functional Wave Teams and initiative support.• Leadership Development Program (LDP) completion a with a focus on developing personal leadership style, building an understanding of overall business objectives, overall economic conditions, methods of strategic innovative creation, and cross functional collaboration skills. • Contributed to the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancements of a custom SAP E-sourcing procure to payment system by collaborating in the overall project scope development, providing guidance during the Request for Proposal process, and collaborating with a diverse cross functional team with various support from IT, Audit, Finance, Law, etc.• Implemented various levels of documented standardized continuous improvement workflows for users and customers which resulted in a reduction of over 43% in volume to our various administration tasks by participation in data analytics• Overall management of a staff of (22)• Active lead in Sourcing compliance reviews in cyber security, third party contractor risk, annual Supplier Audit team reviews, Internal audit reviews, catastrophic follow up audit reviews, and Procurement policy compliance.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Participated as on-site emergency contact for Supply on catastrophic events, emergencies, service interruptions with providing system-wide support, Coordinate field supplier management, management updates, policy adherence, and cost audit controls.• Developed strong analytical skills to drive innovation and solutions. Participate in analytical data mining projects that used various raw data tables, query design, and modeling for cross functional projects cost analysis, and vendor KPI scorecard reporting. Ensured data quality and prompt analytics was supplied to help support or create innovative ideas.• Advocate for developing minority and woman owned small businesses to increase overall participation and awards to disadvantaged small businesses by providing feedback on supplier performance metrics, communication of supplier goals for development, and being an effective liaison with our internal customers. • Actively contributed to employee development, training, and engagement by increasing my personal management anonymous survey score to an average of 88% effective by implementing consistent annual goals, using visual metric indicators (Gemba) to track progress, celebrating individual employee recognition achievements, and clear open communication on continuous employee feedback throughout the performance rating process.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Actively manage and provide category expertise for approx. $160+ million in locomotive electrical parts categories. Implement long term cost savings and increased product reliability and maintain a deep understanding of market trends and internal customer needs.• Participated in a cross functional Wave team for AC traction Motors valued at $218 million over 8 years in spend, conducted a thorough analysis of the category spend and saving opportunities. Conferred with executive leadership and aided in the strategy execution which resulted in a $31.1 million TCO savings, increased reliability, and a safer traction motor.• Lead summer internship Sourcing Wave team in Rotating electrical $20 million annually, instructed various training sessions on PSM wave process and informal training on supply polices to internal customers and external vendors.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Managed $90+ Million in spend categories under locomotive and freight car service contracts, negotiated and implemented contracts consistent with internal customer needs, developed an informed fact base for assigned spend categories, and encouraged overall cost reductions with vendors and internal customers to optimize total cost of ownership. • Lead category review of the Mira Loma Auto ramp with an annual spend of $ 1.1 million on inspection costs. Implemented a sourcing strategy by conducting an in-depth market analysis, listening to internal customer feedback, and aggressive negotiation tactics. Ultimately led to a unique sourcing strategy with $1.1 million savings from inspections annually plus an additional $300 thousand annual savings for a wheel set rebate program• Developed problem solving, project management and analytical support to category directors/managers and sourcing teams. Participated in cross-functional projects, strategy development, and TCO reduction projects, and aided in creating solutions for unique and complex problems where there was no precedent.

Omaha, Ne, Us

• Developed problem solving, project management and analytical support to category directors/managers and sourcing teams. Participated in cross-functional projects, strategy development, and TCO reduction projects, and helped in creating solutions for unique and complex problems where there was no precedent.• Analyzed spend and usage information in the castings wave and aided in on site vendor audits. Leading to a new rebuilt item sourcing strategy and had other roles in item should cost development and negotiations.Analyzed spend and usage information in the castings wave and assisted in on site vendor audits. Leading to a new rebuilt item sourcing strategy and had additional roles in item should cost development and negotiations.

Graduate Certificate In Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Master Of Finance (Mfin), Finance, General

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Economics

Bachelor Of Science, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics