Leads a global team of over 180 responsible for $7B in spend for Corporate Services Procurement, Renewable and Brown Energy, Facilities Procurement, Workplace Facilities, Corporate Aviation, Travel, Food Services and Hospitality. Leads major initiatives driving increased supplier diversity ($300M in spend with diverse companies) and initiatives to ensure a greener supply chain, including Scope 3. Leads with empathy and empowerment to ensure Procurement Professionals come as their best selves. Champions diversity including co-sponsoring employee resource groups and working with outside organizations to promote women in non-traditional industries.

Leads a global team of 100+ with $2B in spend across Consulting, Travel, Facilities, Real Estate, IT and the back office operations for the company (Procurement PO to Pay process and team). Implemented process improvements to the purchase order to pay processes, implemented improvements to SAP/Ariba and drove cultural change.Represents the company in industry groups (Travel) and sponsors internal groups such as University Relations. Provides strategic oversight, coaches and mentors leaders and individual contributors. Develops market intelligence and utilizes to benchmark costs and develop negotiation and go to market strategies and gain alignment with Senior Executive staff. Works with the team to develop fact based insights for each category of spend, in order to get the best value for the company. Collaborates with other leaders to establish long term Procurement roadmaps and implement digital transformation.Sponsors the Procurement University Relations program and supports internships, university engagements such as networking and coaches others on talent development.

Leads a team of 30+ globally with $3B in spend that covered categories such as manufacturing outsourcing, direct materials and capital equipment. Developed strategy to maximize value, including bottoms up and clean sheet cost methodology, market intelligence and analytics in order to develop comprehensive category strategies. Developed performance goals and optimized performance of the team by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to build and execute global BE Procurement strategies aligned to corporate strategic objectives. Developed key performance metrics and processes for the suppliers in the categories and conducted site visits, audits and quarterly scorecards. Worked with Senior Management and others in the company to establish a vertical integration partnership with a key supplier. Worked and lived in Singapore for 5 years, but traveled often to countries such as China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Senior Manager responsible for a Global Procurement team supporting direct materials, capital and outsourced manufacturing for Micron's backend operations globally. Led a team of 20+ and covered greater than $1B in spend.Also led a team responsible for sourcing of spare parts for Wafer Fab Operations.

Program LeaderProvided leadership and oversight to Supplier Quality and Cost Benchmark Programs. Led a cross functional team in partnership with McKinsey Consulting to identify and remove cost from the supply network, including detailed category analytics covering spending trends, consumption patterns, supplier financials and comparative cost models to establish and enable robust cost reduction activity.

Commodity Manger & Senior Global Commodity ManagerEstablished global commodity strategy for assigned commodity, including approved bid lists and overall market analysis. Lead a global team to implement and enforce agreed global commodity strategy. Developed new suppliers in low cost regions. Evaluated global long-range plans and forecasted demand to ensure capacity. Negotiated long-term agreements with key global suppliers and forged strategic alliances. Continually reduced year-over-year costs through aggressive negotiations, value analysis, re-sourcing actions and industry knowledge. Dealt with industry consolidations and supplier bankruptcies. Travelled frequently to China, India and Europe. Responsible for $250M in annual spend globally .

Managed the worldwide availability of components such as server and workstation chassis, box set integration, printed circuit boards, power supplies and cables for servers. Interfaced with the engineering design team to insure that technical specifications were met and capable at high volume and low cost. Developed supplier selection strategies, and conducted contract and price negotiations with suppliers. Responsible for implementing direct cost savings through negotiations as well as submitting design for cost suggestions and indirect cost savings through cost avoidance. Traveled frequently to Asia and managed 100% Asian supplier base.

Commodity Manager Responsible for $125M in purchases of fabrications, stampings and assemblies; Administered negotiations of long term agreements, developed strategies and gave presentations to Sr. Management during yearly supply base review sessions; Worked with Suppliers in Key Cost Reduction Programs, Researched and investigated new technologies; Traveled to supplier locations; Managed databases and conducted market tests.Supplier Quality ManagerResponsible for on-site Supplier Quality initiatives and process improvement, including executing Six Sigma projects.

Internship and working experience post graduation in Boeing's Military Procurement Unit. Purchased test equipment and other products for the AWACS aircraft. Worked under the FAR and DAR guidelines, including exhaustive price analysis, appropriate documentation and strategic supplier engagement.