After years of driving transformation, I’m channeling my expertise into my own venture. My mission? To be a Catalyst in our space to reimagine procurement through a lens of innovation, disruption, and digital transformation—leveraging technology, including cutting-edge AI and strategic thought leadership. From upskilling teams and optimizing processes to navigating disruptive trends, I bring a fresh, bold perspective to every challenge. If you want mainstream, I am not a good fit.As part of this transformational role, I am deeply committed to inspiring and mentoring the next generation of procurement leaders—but also plain pushing to “make procurement cool”, be it through speaking engagements, teaching, or career coaching. My motto? Poke the bear. Challenge norms. Create impact. Let’s build the future of procurement together, one bold idea at a time.Available for advisory “sparring”, think tanks, board advisory roles, coaching, mentoring and teaching the next generation, as well as innovative speaking engagements.

Bayer is a €44B+ Revenue Life Science company with more than 150-year history and core competencies in the areas of pharma, consumer and crop science. Responsible for a Procurement Excellence (CoE) "on steroids" - covering all things People (Capabilities, Operating Model, etc.), Process (Global E2E Process S2P Optimization) and Technology (Innovation & Technology Lighthouse Program). As we formally call it "Global Governance & Enablement". All things cross-divisionally, E2E Procurement, strategy, technology and operational framework.Created the vision and launched the foundation and governance for Strategic Thought Leadership and Technology Innovation (Lighthouses) across Key Leading Procurement Topics. These were identified as differentiating in industry and competitively essential for Procurements advancement, even leading edge. Key “Lighthouses” include Advanced Category Management, Collaborative Supplier Management, Complex Procurement Risk, (Supplier) Diversity & Sustainability, as well as E2E User Experience / S2P Root cause identification and Predictive Data & Intelligence / Analytics.

Advisory. Transformation. Digital thru People. Indirect & Direct Procurement, CoE"Ahead of the Curve" Disruptive ProcurementSought out Thought Leadership and Strategy Ai, Source2Pay Technology and Digitalisation work, Center of Excellence (CoE), Procurement Strategy, Organisational Greenfield Build out & Transformation, Stakeholder Relationship Management Strategy, Broader cross-industry Procurement Best PracticesRecent work includes:Procurement Garage style Lighthouse Innovation Model💡 Industry Leader Thought Leadership / Disruptive Procurement- S2P Consulting / Digitalisation incl. Marketplace strategy- Global Auctioning strategy for leading Industry Retailer- Process optimisation and BPO co-sourcing solutioning- Procurement Summit Speaker June 2019 Hamburg, Germany- BigIdeas Summit Zurich Nov 2018 - Guest Speaker "Mindset"- IACCM Switzerland Conference March 2019 - The Mindset Shift - 2019 Trends in Procurement Podcast Interview - SpendCube- ProcurementLeaders Americas Congress - Workshop Procurement 2025, Value Creation in Procurement. New developments and strategies in Talent acquisition and retention- Executive Panel: “Undermanaged Categories”, “What’s new in Supplier Scorecarding”- ProcureCon Indirect - Host Women’s Leadership Workshop- ProcureCon Benchmark Report "Defining the Value of Procurement"- ISM Conference "The Evolution of Procurement Models" Keynote- Speaker and CPO Roundtable Facilitator - ProcureCon Indirect East- CPO Procurement Executive Panel - ISM NY

Responsible for the “from scratch” visioning, creation and sustainability of the global Category Management practice, process creation, resulting implementation and change management across the Global organization resulting in 80% spend under category management by Q1 2018. A whole new mindset. Additional responsibility for the creation of a comprehensive global SRM program and the roll-out and adoption of a formalized Strategic sourcing process – with resulting integration of processes into the S2P (Ariba) technology. Added responsibility for other aspects of supply chain integration such as technology, risk and other aspects of SME support. We are one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, we’ve applied our unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed lives.

Note: Early departure due to death in family Senior exec support at major Pharma firm in New Jersey - project based

Note: Dissolution after major board shake-up / management exitLed large-scale corporate co-sourcing initiative for project and category management across North America and multiple global projects. Managed sourcing and procurement for logistics, MRO, corrugated packaging, temp labor, agency, website, store design and construction, in-store media and print. Key projects included:- Created 1st global procurement policy accepted across all regions. Identified potential savings of $10.7M across the organization’s $83M spend and realized $2.2M within 1st year ramp up.- Wrote / created and directed 1st business case for key gaps of global ERP roll-out, utilizing spend management, eCatalog, eRFx / eAuction and contract management tools. Provided ongoing support for global tool selection.- Selected to lead 1st company-wide contract management tool selection with vision toward source-to-pay (S2P); Drove initiative for legal process redesign.

Director, Procurement Strategy (2012 –2013) – Managed new business development, client acquisition and prospecting, driving to proposal stage for hand-off to Sales. Provided CPO-level strategy and end-to-end process work through pre-sale, during delivery and post-implementation. Advanced from:Director, Consulting Services (2011 – 2012 – Drove strategic vision for organization as part of 4-person leadership team that expanded previous requisition-to-pay focus to include upstream sourcing services, thereby servicing end-to-end.- Served as lead strategic consultant / project management (PMO) on key strategic projects involving critical technology implementations, strategic use of payment channels, enrichment methodologies, procurement processes, outsourcing, change management and organizational development.- Managed existing account relationships of key Fortune 500 clients (Bank of America, Toyota, SallieMae, Hess, Booz Allen Hamilton, Blackstone, McKinsey, Time Warner) expanding existing business and developing/closing previously unexplored business. Requested by top executive lead at bank to become sole account lead at BoA, outside of the President of Shelby. Broke open 3-year closed account at key media company through personalized value-selling at CPO level.- Served as SME on strategic sourcing and S2P projects utilizing consultative selling that drove significant sales growth and increased client satisfaction. Initiated 1st account relationship management process, enabling consistent CRM performance tracking across organization.

Director, Global Indirect Sourcing 2004 – 2008Drove global vision for sourcing of $2B in business-critical material and services. Recipient of Avon’s Nova and Presidential awards for exemplary cost containment. Also identified and developed as an Avon High Potential Executive (2001-2008). Key contributions included:- Conceptualized, organized and facilitated 1st indirect spend workshop for North America, identifying savings opportunity of $35M for $1B domestic spend. Implemented new procurement strategy.- Directed 50% of total North America spend and 24% of supply base. Supervised and motivated a team of 10 managers. Captured entire global spend across both direct and indirect sourcing categories; identified $400M in savings opportunities worldwide.- Saved $3.5M in 1st year and $22M+ over 2 years, compared to goal of $35M over 4 years, despite reduced staffing and other challenges.- Recruited top talent and aligned field procurement organization with centralized strategic sourcing across all locations; created and led C-Level steering committee on indirect sourcing.- Identified gap in technology solution, ran RFP and initiated eSourcing solution (Ariba), resulting in fully integrated S2Contract platform (spend, contract management, eRFx / eAuction).Advanced from: Director, Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement (2004-2006); Director, Global ERP Project Lead (Source Workstream) 2003 – 2004; Director, Supply Management & Engineering (Beauty, Non-Beauty, and Indirect) 2003 – 2004; Director, Supply Management & Engineering (Apparel & Accessories) 2001– 2003; Director, Sourcing (Beauty Plus – Apparel & Accessories, Jewelry & Watches) 2001.

Note: IBM acquisition & shake-up / hired away to join Avon