• Have negotiated over $136 million of machined parts/castings/forgings spend year to date attaining 11% savings to historical contract value and one-month average reduction to lead times• Highest rate of on time completed projects and total contracts completed has led to being recognized by company senior management as top performer in procurement organization• Wrote standard operating procedure for working within SAP based contracting platform used both internationally and domestic• Oversaw lean inventory reduction effort resulting in a $10 million reduction to excess inventory• Effective commodity analysis led to approximately $2 million, or 50% savings to previous price on critical tungsten parts• Engaged in all programs, military and commercial, to ensure parts are procured in accordance with customer need and FAR/DFARS and FAA requirements• Work directly with manufacturing engineers, program management, and transitions team to identify potential challenges prior to moving parts to new supplier(s). Has resulted in greater than 98% first pass yield, ensuring no line stoppages • Lead development of five-year commodity strategy resulting in defined parameters for supplier development and growth, as well as actionable plans to address future capacity constraints• Counsel with upper-management to direct team assignments resulting in highest level of contract penetration in five years• Oversaw large and small claims resulting in $300 thousand of costs being recovered; trained Bell procurement team on executing claims• Train all new contract specialists and interns on procurement best practices and working within SAP contracting platform

• Negotiated with suppliers for pricing, and efficient freight, while maintaining quality products. This resulted in a 20% cost savings while reducing the carbon footprint• Organized and facilitated annual supplier meetings to establish partnerships, discuss future demand, quality standards, and cost savings • Initiated first internship program for Masters students at Southern Botanical, effective August 2015• Developed supplier scorecard to gauge performance, to facilitate a clearer understanding of company expectations for suppliers• Instituted an indirect spend program resulting in a 13% cost reduction for office supplies• Reduced supplier count from 250 to 30 resulting in improved vendor response time, immediate data sharing, and performance through a supplier scorecard• Interviewed and hired team members• Reported to the Director of Operations• Oversaw purchasing and shipping/receiving team

• Developed and implemented a Request For Proposal (RFP) process used on all projects ensuring the ability to make sound, data based decisions • Consolidated all company purchasing into one department during first year of role• Company profitability was greater the first year of purchasing consolidation than that of the previous seven (7) years combined• Implemented a shipping program to ensure all materials were received when needed, 90% of materials were received in two weeks with an average lead-time of 2-3 days • Established a budget tracking spreadsheet, resulting in a margin improvement of 5% upon inception• Evaluated commodity goods suppliers to narrow the field, facilitate generating a 10% cost reduction• Directed purchasing team through goals and projects aimed at providing best customer service and communication with internal customers

• Developed a list of preferred suppliers resulting in a critical improvement on estimate turnover time• Created a spreadsheet to track the win/lose ratio of all projects estimated through concise series of dashboards and charts giving a clear vision of jobs to quote or avoid• Initiated comprehensive RFPs to ensure accurate and comparable quotes from suppliers resulting in error reduction and higher company profits