*Prioritize, research, and execute Category Strategies for Indirect Spend categories by utilizing Mohawk's Strategic Sourcing process, gaining stakeholder support, and targeted negotiation to lower total cost, reduce inventory/working capital levels, and encourage supplier innovation.*Develop and implement initiatives to aggregate spend across all Mohawk Business Units to drive down cost and reduce overall supply base. Leverage enterprise wide spending, resources, and champion best practices.*Identify and evaluate new/increased sources of supply, while improving existing ones, to support plant expansions, new products, and sustainability objectives.*Drive cost optimization efforts by improving processes and eliminating wasteful spending to achieve cost savings goals.

o Manage supply chain activities including the purchase, inventory management, and ongoing support of customer requirements for Yamaha’s diverse parts and accessories business.o Establish strategic demand and procurement plan using inventory and supplier metrics in support of business objectives, resulting in $5M inventory reduction over 2 years.o Lead affiliate task force, which directly attributed to a 15% fill rate improvement from domestic factories.o Oversight of Quality Assurance team which supports the business through accessory development, warehouse parts inspections, QA claim resolution, and supplier audits.o Development and management of the department budget and mid-term plan (3-year plan) to drive departmental improvements in support of corporate objectives.o Functional Lead in SAP system project to replace legacy software system.

o Establish and manage the procurement department for the two companies under the Cardiff Holdings umbrella with two direct reports and 6 indirect reports.o Develop the procurement strategy to consolidate spend and develop new entrants in categories in order to leverage the overall spend of two companies and reduce total cost.o Successfully lead an inter-state office relocation which included systematic process improvements to streamline operations and reduced headcount.

o Establish, successfully negotiate, and coordinate final execution of contracts with suppliers and service providers including Equipment, Marketing, IT, and Accounting.o Lead supplier volume allocation and invoice to contract compliance strategies.o Develop and maintain internal supplier audits to ensure contract compliance.o Spearheaded the development of a procurement intranet site for dashboard information, contract management, and contract term library.

Conceived and implemented continuous improvement projects to reduce overall cost.o Analyze historical data to effectively decrease inventory-on-hand and increase inventory turnover. o Conduct and implement process improvement projects to improve material flow and cost-savings. o Participate in lean events and quality improvement teams.o Collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams to ensure supply chain requirements are met.

o Design and implement a Supplier Performance Review process and Scorecard.o Manage raw material inventory and demand planning.o Established consistent metrics and procedures across plant operations.