•. Supplier diversity manager increase women and minority supplier base 2%-5% year • Membership Chair for the Multicultural Employee Alliance • Marketing Diversity messaging content consultant Print Buyer for Financial Advisor support and marketing, internal marketing and corporate initiatives, trade shows, recruiting, rewards and recognition events.•. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion captain, helping drive sustainable change and process to ensure inclusion of all is a daily reality of all business. • Negotiate terms, purchasing agreements, and long term contracts.• Define, and record specifications, for all projects in the purchasing operating system.• Responsible for selection, relationship, and negotiations with vendors, manage production quality with all US and International Suppliers.• Partner and collaborate with key stakeholders to respond to large RFQ’s, to win new business.• Implemented sourcing practices that have cut cost by an average of 30% on thousands of items.• Manage warehousing and fulfillment operations.• Manage and curate the corporate store of branded merchandise. • Monitor and track in stock levels for critical items for new and, and existing store projects.• Track yearly spend and chargebacks to support budget planning for future years business.

On-site purchasing Manager, working with all levels of senior management, in Operations, Logistics, and Distribution to ensure quality and delivery expectations are exceeded.• Source and manage the purchasing of fixtures and marketing, for multiple large US and internationally operated retailers.• Negotiate terms, purchasing agreements, and long term contracts.• Define, and record specifications, for all projects in the purchasing operating system.• Responsible for selection, relationship, and negotiations with vendors, manage production quality with all US and International Suppliers.• Partner and collaborate with key stakeholders to respond to large RFQ’s, to win new business.• Implemented sourcing practices that have cut cost by an average of 30% on thousands of items.• Create and manage purchase orders, and manage invoice / payment process.• Evaluate and implement best methods to drive optimum operational efficiency through effective problem solving.• Monitor and track in stock levels for critical items for new and, and existing store projects.• Attend trade shows, acquiring new vendors as strategic partners to stay ahead of competition.

• Managed an annual fixture/marketing budget of $20+ Million.• Category Manager for all fixtures and hardware, chain wide, for all campaigns.• Led fixture purchasing spends optimization team, established long term contract pricing, reducing operating costs by $5 million annually.• Sourced installation and service contracts.• Traveled internationally to conduct quality checks, of fixtures during production phases.• Received multiple patents for innovative fixture designs.• Provided detailed estimates and timelines to partners and leadership for project approvals.• Led cross functional teams, and worked with fixture designers, developing and implementing chain and test marketing campaigns.• Created purchase orders, hosted sourcing events, and validated invoices.• Tracked in stock levels, for critical collateral, needed for new and remodel store projects.• Implemented best methods to drive operational efficiency for effective problem solving.• Attended trade shows, acquiring new vendors as strategic partners for Target.• Serve as a SAP super user upon corporate implementation of new operating system.

• Managed the execution of purchase orders and product distribution for new store, remodel, and retrofit projects for fixture procurement department• Forecasted order quantities for Target inventory by developing and maintaining tracking database• Ran analytics to reduce over ordering of store fixtures, achieved $2 million in annual savings• Managed and tracked vendor inventory held for Target Corporation at supplier facilities• Tracked import manufacturing lead times to ensure on time purchase order placement• Coordinated delivery dates internally and externally, and maintained arrival information on purchasing system

• Managed a cost effective and strategic global supply chain, and sourced new products• Product development through collaboration with cross-functional partners in Marketing, Research & Development, Manufacturing• Manage all aspects of the strategic sourcing process• Created forecasting, and managed a $10 Million P&L• Coordinated with the legal team to get contracts signed with vendors for exclusivity, contact pricing, and non-disclosure statements• Developed proprietary systems for Homeland Security, post 9/11• Managed core suppliers to minimize risk and maximize profits to Motorola • Provided price negotiations, lead time reduction, vendor business and quality reviews, resolution to accounts payable issues, preferred vendor selections, resolution of customer field installation issues • Issued weekly tracking reports to ensure vendors accomplished on time deliveries• Administered field surveys resulting in improved installation and delivery satisfaction

• Managed inside sales support team• Managed warehouse and pick and pack/fulfillment operations for multimillion dollar online media distribution center• Developed processes to ensure that all expedited projects were completed accurately• Initiated and managed print/media projects for customers • Managed vendor performance to make certain of on time completion of all projects • Created forecasting and inventory controls to enable customers’ visibility to the availability of their products• Co-developing electronic processes which allowed customers and Source 4 to communicate more effectively