Nova Bus, a Division of Volvo Group Canada, 2008 - 2013Responsible for the strategic purchasing leadership, negotiating and contracting of all manufacturing materials and services for two Canadian and one American facilities forming Nova Bus; leading implementation and local application of Volvo global policies in North America through a matrix relationship with our worldwide head office and network covering various locations in Europe, Asia, North and South America and India

Reporting to the Vice President Procurement, responsible for the airline strategic purchasing leadership, negotiating and contracting of Aircraft maintenance services and parts, Buyer Furnished Equipment and other systems; Airports, Flight Operations and In-flight services; IT services and systems, Outsourcing, Corporate requirements and Crew hotels and transportation.• Managed a team of twenty Strategic Purchasing Managers responsible for an annual spend of $1Billion dollars.• Leveraged overall buying power through strong leadership, delivering annual average cost reductions of 29% • Championed Strategic Purchasing improvement process and the implementation of coaching programs and tools that significantly reduced contractual cycle timelines and enhanced negotiation skills. • Conducted strategic purchasing initiatives, key supplier partnerships/alliances and collaborative purchasing, consolidating supplier base, reducing maverick spend and leveraging technology....and more

Reporting to the Vice President Procurement, Responsible for the purchasing leadership, negotiating and contracting of Aircraft parts, systems and services, Flight operations, Airports, IT, Call centres and Corporate purchases. Managed a team of twelve Strategic Purchasing Managers. Lead the contractual merger of CAIL and AC. Delegated to managing the supplier community inquiries relating to the Initial Order and CCAA filing. • Successfully negotiated over one hundred agreements in 2004 required for the restructuration of Air Canada.• Achieved savings in excess of $100M dollars as part of the restructuration process. • Provided contractual recommendations to the intra divisional agreement between Air Canada and Air Canada Technical Services (ACTS) with regards to the ACTS spin-off.• Lead the CAIL/AC procurement integration and successfully merged contracts by consolidating the supplier base and renegotiating agreements while securing and optimizing economies of scale.

Reporting to the Director Procurement, responsible for project and vendor management, negotiation and execution of high value contracts including Engine instruments, Avionics, Fuel cells, ECS systems, Engine parts, Hydraulic and other miscellaneous systems including development and prototype stages, production and product support. Period covering the production of B206B, B206L, B212 and B412, development of B430 and B230 and prototyping of B407 (Commercial programs) and Canadian Forces Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter (CFUTTH) (Military program).• Negotiated in excess of twenty critical agreements supporting the development and production of the CFUTTH.• Negotiated commercial subcontracts including specifications, source control drawings and statement of work reviews, integrated logistic support, pricing and terms and conditions for various helicopter models with strategic suppliers, while interfacing with Engineering, Production, Quality, Program and Project offices.

Reporting to General Manager Sales in Canada, representing the airline to the travel agencies, established various sales strategies in order to facilitate improved profits and increased sales volume. Responsible for the coordination of sales and marketing in Canada, negotiation and execution of capacity agreements with all major travel agencies and ticket consolidators in the province of Quebec, Maritimes territory, Ottawa and occasionally Toronto