Jennifer Heddle Email & Phone Number

United States

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Currently leading a growing Indirect Procurement Organization to support Sonos' mission to fill every customer's life with music, starting in the home. Reporting to the VP Finance Planning & Analysis. Responsibilities include: Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management across Go-To-Market (GTM), Facilities, IT, People, Finance, Global Travel & Expense, Supplier Diversity, and partnering to manage programs including: Corporate Credit Cards, Mobile Devices, and other Corporate Indirect Spend Categories. The Indirect Procurement Team manages a complex global supplier base and is responsible for optimizing spend by developing Sonos-wide Category Strategies. Responsibilities include managing the End-to-End processes (Procure-To-Pay, performance management, risk mitigation, and working cross-functionally).

Beaverton, Or, Us

Led Training + Development of Global Procurement Transformation strategy in areas of sustainability, supplier innovation, and Global Category Management across EMEA, Greater China, and WHQ geographies in a complex, matrixed organization. Delivered strategically aligned results via planning, measuring, implementation of strategic initiatives, and unlocking critical capabilities including category strategies, unified Third-Party relationship management, spend management, enhanced analytics, Procure to Pay, policy refresh/governance, and enhanced intake to contract procedures.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Supported the Workplace Design + Connectivity, External Services, and Technology + Sustainability teams through leadership of the Global Supplier Management function. Orchestrated an end-to-end supplier management transformation for NIKE Global Procurement – a key initiative for achievement of NIKE’s Digital Growth and Purpose strategies.

Engineered the realization of client visions by balancing risks while optimizing rewards in the areas of procurement organization optimization, procure to pay enablement, and strategic sourcing. Specialized in delivering value via analysis, assessment, RF(x), large-scale contract negotiations (global), governance program development, 3rd Party Management (TPM), building collaborative relationships, process engineering, data security, strategic planning, and strategic sourcing.

Bayport, Minnesota, Us

Led Enterprise Information Security (EIS) and Vendor Management Office (VMO) teams as direct report to the CIO. Held critical responsibility for ensuring data/info systems security via the protection of confidentiality, integrity, and data availability internally, and w/customers and suppliers. Directed development/implementation of VMO Data Security strategy. Engineered continuous improvement initiatives in asset management/compliance, supplier assessment, best practice identification, through process optimization and standardization. Developed/ implemented Cyber Security Strategy including defense/detection, Crisis Management Preparedness, Cloud Solutions Enablement. Served as HIPAA Security Official and member of the Cloud Center of Excellence Steering Committee.Key Responsibilities: Governance, Risk and Compliance, Asset Management, PCI Compliance. Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity, Security Awareness Strategy, Cloud Governance (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) Vulnerability Management, and IT Category Management/Sourcing including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, hardware, software, services, help desk, and on/offshore teams, and Managed Services relationships. Vendor Management including scorecard initiatives for strategic supplier relationships including QBRs, action plans, and KPI measurement. Account Relationship management for (Legal and Enterprise Risk).

London, Gb

Directed processes that supported the standardization of global supply chain technology and tools in an $8B global organization as a direct report to the VP Global Supply Chain.Key responsibilities: Led globally dispersed team across 5 business units with budgetary responsibility in APAC, EMEA, and NA geographies including data analytics and global sourcing teams. Administered integration of lean principles across 12K global suppliers. Developed a Supplier Management Playbook through identification of best practices spanning Supply Chain, Operations, EHS, Logistics, Real Estate, Sourcing, Asset Management/ Compliance, and Supplier Management functions. Designed controls to monitor performance/compliance across global business units to drive continuous improvement/performance.

Toronto, On, Ca

Led team of global sourcing support leaders in matrixed environment to establish Global Sourcing Category strategies with $1.5B+ in addressable spend. Served-up sourcing best practice solutions to enhance internal sourcing effectiveness in areas of supplier relationship management and a preferred supplier program through a focus on continuous improvement and training. Led cross functional teams to collaborate on strategic, global solutions. Cultivated relationships with senior executives globally in promotion of sourcing and vendor management value proposition. Chaired large-scale sourcing and negotiation efforts with suppliers to mitigate risk, align w/contract requirements, and meet lowest cost of ownership. Produced cost-savings over and above stretch goal of $30M.

Master Of Arts - Management Program

Business Administration And Management, General

B.A., Business Administration/ German (Minor)

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