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Durham, Nc, Us

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Leading Procurement strategy for continuity of supply, resilient supply chain, agile procurementSupply Chain Risk Management LeaderLeading operations teams for our Next Generation Supply Chain

Morrisville, Nc, Us

• Leading strategy, PMO and supply chain organization for data center infrastructure, storage and networking products, managing $875M in spend and 20 employees in US, Europe, Taiwan and China• Spearheading engagement, due diligence and integration with multiple networking and storage joint ventures and partnerships with Fortune 500 companies• New supplier base for data center ecosystem for storage, networking and software defined products to meet business model and customer needs, drive new revenue streams• Received 2016 Top Leadership Award – Data Center Business Group• Led major outsourced contract manufacturing sourcing efforts in Europe in 2013 for server products resulting in $3M annual contract cost savings and lower manufacturing and logistics costs

Morrisville, Nc, Us

• Provided management and coaching for global team of purchasing and supply chain professionals in Brazil, China, Taiwan, Slovakia and Hungary with R&R for achieving targets and supply chain outcomes, sourcing product, product lifecycle, compliance and controls, reporting and metrics, and cost controls• Led PMO, supply chain and new products introduction for ThinkPad, Edge brand notebook, tablets• Directed sourcing for ThinkPad notebooks with $1.2B annual spend. Awarded $200M spend RFQ for 2M units of L-Series, Edge brand laptops. Procurement Brand Management for first gen X1 Carbon laptop• Directed all compliance governance and policies, sustainability, purchasing interface to audit• Reported directly to Procurement VP & CPO and ThinkPad SVP/GM in matrix management

Morrisville, Nc, Us

• Managed sourcing professionals in US, China, Brazil, Slovakia and Hungary with $1.1B annual spend• Built and led China procurement team providing for Lenovo’s new All-In-One desktops with $400M annual spend. Purchasing team sourced and launched six new AIO desktop products in 2008• Directed $330M Brazil annual vendor management spend ($80M Brazil sourced parts, $250M imported)• Led major innovation plan for new contact manufacturing partner in Europe at $400M annual spend to locally build desktop, workstation, and server products resulting in $2M annual cost savings

Morrisville, Nc, Us

• Developed supply chain models and strategies for notebooks to move from in-house manufacturing to outsourced (ODM) design and manufacturing models resulting in improved finance, operations• Managed operations and I/T technology staff on innovation projects to transform to direct fulfillment, direct to customer models resulting in lower cost per unit, lower inventory, greatly improved operations performance metrics and controls• Led design for manufacturing (DFM) strategy with procurement / development / quality teams for new notebook platform product structures (shell model), with lean and continuous improvement policies• Directed worldwide supply chain project to integrate all teams and processes in Asia, Europe and Brazil

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Procurement Global Commodity Manager that led and coached employees in US, UK, and China with responsibility for new contract manufacturing relationships to reduce fixed costs• Trained, educated, and motivated purchasing team to manage vendors, contracts, negotiations and outsourced relationships

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Served as Direct Ship project manager supervising employees in US, UK, and China administering integration of direct ship I/T projects and supplier contracts with manufacturing, distribution centers• Led eProcurement and direct ship projects with suppliers, manufacturers for IBM desktops, notebooks, printers, storage devices in US, Europe, Asia resulting in improved delivery and financial performance• Led IBM’s first RFQ to purchase desktop products with outsourced manufacturing and design (ODM)

Masters In Computer Systems

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations