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Procurement/Purchasing leader with 25+ years experience creating from ground zero procurement organizations and continuous improvement value add in centralized/de-centralized, global/domestic, direct/indirect procurement organizations within global corporations including Fortune 100 with spend responsibility up to $1B USD. Significant experience and focus on the InDirect Procurement organization. Leadership experience with professional procurement, cross functional team members and highest levels of supply chain management. Experienced materials and vendor services procurement at all levels from buyer up through director. Policies, procedures, processes, sourcing and corporate strategies, KPI's, contracts management, vendor quality management, six-sigma, e-sourcing among other areas of expertise. Industry experience includes automotive, aerospace, energy and real estate/facilities among others. Leadership working at the highest levels of business and fostering cross functional teamwork to achieve corporate goals, bottom line savings and risk management/mitigation. Goal is to work with an organization that values Procurement as a strategic function that contributes to the bottom line of the organization and mitigates risk and is looking for creative leadership and involvement at all organizational levels.

Listed skills include Strategic Sourcing, Cross Functional Team Leadership, Procurement, Six Sigma, and 20 others.