• Leads all aspects relating to automotive products outsourcing operations across all divisions. Aligns the operations of engineering, manufacturing, quality and new product development with overall global strategy and achieves targeted financial results. • Directly manages a global EMS team and strategic outsourcing partner relationships including make-vs-buy analysis, negotiation, and supplier QBR process while focusing on capital avoidance while meeting business financial requirements • Oversees risk management and business continuity strategy implementation.• Coordinates ongoing improvement to a rapidly growing supply chain with +$500M annual spend and more than $5B in lifetime program value, supporting year over year 12% CAGR while working closely with internal stakeholders. • Streamlined the award and source board process by reducing RFQ to award cycle time by 20% to increase velocity and ensure outsourced capacity requirements were met.• Identified and developed global strategic outsourcing partnerships to meet Harman and customer requirements for cost, quality, and delivery & ensure competition among supply partners• Implemented a global scorecard process to drive continuous improvement via data-driven KPI’s• Led complex global supplier purchase and other legal agreements

• Build, lead, and inspire an internationally-based team of procurement professionals in support of Harman's newest division, Connected Services. Spotlight on building a global supply chain which enables rapid business growth across multiple product families and service types to support a growing and dynamic portfolio of disruptive products. • Key focus on automotive aftermarket products such as amplifiers, speakers, in-dash electronics, telematics, and other aftermarket electronics accessories.• Negotiated the cost of purchasing pre-production samples and tooling

• Responsible for Procurement strategy development and execution in support of Harman's Headphones & Wearables Strategic Business Unit. I am thrilled to be leading a team of professional Category Managers based in North America, Europe, and Asia and acting as key business interface into procurement.• Together we find ways to bring value to our business partners through supplier selection, management, and strategy implementation. • Working with our colleagues in these Business Units allows for day to day support of cutting edge technology and opportunities to implement and execute procurement strategy to help them achieve their required business results.• Our team reduced suppliers by more than 50% while increasing savings more than 20% compared to prior results.• Negotiated the cost of purchasing pre-production samples and tooling in addition to best-at-launch pricing and annual cost savings / productivity improvements.

• Responsible to manage and make critical decisions on all aspects of global supplier relationships including contracts, commercial/pricing, supply assurance, quality and conflict resolution• Coordination of executive level engagement between procurement, supply chain functions and senior stake holders within the business• Execute effective supplier negotiations and event driven cost reductions to meet annual cost reduction goals• Establish consistent commercial terms/conditions and present a single unified Harman interface to the supply base

• Primary point of contact for sourcing of common and disruptive mechanical technology in support of high volume, high velocity consume electronics devices• Identified challenges and developed a cost effective risk mitigation plan to ensure on-time delivery of mechanical components for highly complex mobile communication products• Ensured supplier readiness for capacity, quality, and cost target compliance in order to support on-time and safe launch of programs

I was employed at Flextronics from 2002 to January 2010 in various Global Account Management roles. My primary activity was in the manufacturing of telecommunication devices including cell phones and infrastructure equipment, managing customer accounts from $50M to more than $1B per year and leading a global team supporting these key accounts.• By working for both a major OEM and a Tier-1 EMS, gained a deep understanding of the process of outsourcing the manufacturing of electronic and electro-mechanical products• I developed significant knowledge of international business cultures and travel requirements including China, Mexico, Japan, Malaysia, India, UK, Israel, Hungary, and Germany• Strong commercial contract negotiator for Flex when engaging with several Tier-1 and Tier-2 Telecom OEM's

From Feb 1995 to 1999 I worked in different Technical Operations groups in Motorola, gaining a deep understanding of the PCBA, SMT & model assembly manufacturing processes.• From 1999 to 2001 I was a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, responsible for the development of documentation packages for RFP development and the validation of first article builds at EMS suppliers in Motorola's outsourcing organization for their PCS division (now Mobile Devices). • From 2001 to the time I left in early 2002 I led an event-driven cost reduction team that recognized more than $50M of receipted savings in 1st 12 months through activities such as dual sourcing, PCBA panel optimization, board de-population exercises, etc.