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Westport, Ct, Us

Overall account management and leadership responsibility for a team of procurement professionals focused on delivering strategy, execution, and value delivery across all procurement categories of a large information technology, services and manufacturing company. Role focuses on leadership engagement, sourcing, procurement operations, process improvement, and technology enablement. LogicSource helps companies buy better. LogicSource is reinventing sourcing and procurement with a fully transparent, investment-based model that ensures clients see results. By assembling proven, pre-built assets, including its world-class supplier ecosystem, sourcing and procurement Center of Excellence, leading OneMarket® technology, and skilled on-site sources, LogicSource executes rapidly deployable, customized solutions that deliver immediate savings and sustainable value.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Aligning strategy, people, process, and technology to support the global indirect procurement team on our transformational journey. Expanding capabilities of the indirect procurement team, including category management, supplier management, and risk management. Revamping the technology ecosystem.Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future. Find out more: http://www.appliedmaterials.com/

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Created and led ACS's first Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, & Supply Chain organizations - The team began as Strategic Sourcing, then assumed greater responsibilities to include supplier management, category management, procurement, procure-to-pay systems, logistic, real estate, and meetings and travel - Scope included all categories for 5000 staff in 300 locations in 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam- Aligned procurement and business strategies to capture the greatest value. - Increased spend under management from 0% to 83%- Achieved over 10% savings on all sourced categories- Accomplished spend compliance of over 90% to preferred solutions- Set the Society's procurement vision and strategyLed change management effort for the largest process and technology implementation in ACS's history including Procurement (Coupa), Financial (NetSuite, Adaptive), and CRM (Salesforce) systems.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Held positions of increasing responsibilities in strategic sourcing, supplier management, procurement technology and operations, procurement, contract management, and distribution. Understand the impact of these various supply chain functions on each other, and develop robust solutions that compliment each other.Significant Ariba leadership experience.In this latest role, led corporate procurement, warehouse and distribution, travel, IT temporary labor, asset disposition and bank forms.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Director of Supply Chain Operations, including supply chain processes, technologies, infrastructure, knowledge management, contract management, accounting, and program management. Secure funding for large Ariba implementation

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Manage Value Chain team within Strategic Sourcing. Team focused primarily on complex sourcing activities, including TCO analysis, process redesign, demand management. Also performed traditional sourcing, selection, negotation and contracting duties.

Paris, France, Fr

Project manager for multiple efforts (domestically and internationally) requiring the development of strategies and processes to deliver value through strategic sourcing. Responsibilities included managing the following: sourcing multiple commodities, development of multiple clients' strategic sourcing methodologies, organizational design, e-sourcing, technology selection, and training.Also, acted as Value Analyst - role was to develop analytical methodologies to quantify the economic benefits of various consulting engagements

Nassau, Bahamas, Bs

Project manager for multiple efforts (domestically and internationally) requiring the development of strategies and processes to deliver value through strategic sourcing. Responsibilities included managing the following: sourcing multiple commodities, development of multiple clients' strategic sourcing methodology, organizational design, e-sourcing, technology selection, and training.Also, acted as Value Analyst - role was to develop analytical methodologies to quantify the economic benefits of various consulting engagements

Ba, Economics

Mba, Business