I am responsible for sourcing, contract negotiations, improving payment terms and decreasing cost. Also contract management, supplier relationship management and working closely with business principles to optimize procured products and services. Regularly manage 15 business teams progressing priorities across multiple stakeholders while ensuring that all work is in compliance with global procurement strategies, processes and policies. Proven success effectively negotiating project specific agreements and master contractual agreements spanning multiple locations and services.

Helping guide a committed and passionate organization to provide single parents who are low-income, full-time students with the help needed to complete their education, so that they may secure satisfying employment, establish careers and become self-sufficient citizens.

Delivering gross margin growth through operating efficiencies and direct to factory Sourcing. PromoCentric is an experienced, full-service promotional marketing agencyoffering a single source for everything from ideation to production to fulfillment.We’re your brand ambassadors. We serve as a smart, trusted extension of yourHR, marketing and sales teams, delivering high impact solutions that are in stepwith your culture and in sync with your branding strategy. Our uniquecombination of proactive creativity, best-in-class technology, provenpartnerships, (as well as our membership in a billon-dollar buying group), set usapart in the industry, enabling us to deliver inspired solutions that achievebranding objectives, while saving time and maximizing your promotional spend.

Create a culture of accountability and urgency in underperforming production facility. Introduced data-based decision making and KPI driven mentality. Measuring the most important production metrics, establishing stretch goals and setting paths to higher productivity. Training and coaching managers and associates to reach these goals. Have achieved consistent improvements in production, warehouse, packing, shipping and art departments. These improvements are lasting and will continue to compound productivity gains as we continue to optimize.

Consulting to dramatically reduce the instance of fraud and embezzlement at charitably focused organizations and small businesses.

Working with Steel Fabricators to provide strategy, detailed business plans and execution guidance for growing revenues and income to small to middle market steel fabricators and associated trades. Experience providing succession plans and growth plans to transform your business.

Enhancing capacity and profitability of steel fabricator; Trinity Steel. Setting the stage for an aggressive organic and acquisition growth plan. Firming up processes, management and systems to support a larger and more diverse business.

Inspired and directed Product Development, Product Design and Sourcing Departments for PCNA, the global leader in the promotional products industry. Successfully launched innovative and patent earning products under 40 brands including New Balance, Slazenger, Cutter & Buck and Kenneth Cole. Led a team of 22 professionals, located in North America and Asia, in new product ideation, delivery, marketing and full life cycle for 25 categories covering the premium and value segments in PCNA’s two divisions, Leed’s ($280M, 2014 Sales) and Bullet ($110M, 2014 Sales.)

Vice President of Supply Chain for Leed's promotional products. Primary responsibilities include Sourcing, Logistics, QC, Demand Planning, Purchasing and Analysis. Manage groups in the U.S. and China.

Seven year’s experience establishing a new private brand and sourcing organization; partnering with senior management & newly hired V.P. to establish Product Development & Sourcing organization delivering $500 Million in product.

Ran financial and intellectual property aspects of Product Development Group. Started group at Dick's with Walter Archie, V.P. of Product Development. Wrote and assembled International Vendor Manual including, Human Rights Code of Conduct, Routing and Packing Instructions, International Vendor Agreement, Letter of Credit and Wire Transfer Requirements.

Cost Accounting, Payables Management, Departmental Operating Statement