Leads global strategy, standardizing policies, and creating common processes and tools across the globe. Manages a team of sourcing professionals responsible for sourcing & negotiations of all indirect corporate spend in the Americas & Asia Pacific and dotted line responsibility for EMEA.

Set the Global Vision and Leads the Procurement & Travel Operations team responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Category Management & Supplier Management, P2P, Travel and Global Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analytics & Contract Management systems & processes.

Led the U.S. Procurement Operations & Strategic Sourcing teams responsible for Non-IT Strategic Sourcing, Category Management & Supplier Management, P2P, Supplier Diversity and Global Strategic Sourcing & Contract Management systems & processes.* Winner of the 2011 Chairman's Circle of Excellence Award.

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•4/10 – 9/10: Developed, implemented and led THD’s North American Procurement Councilo Charged with developing sourcing methodology for THD USA, Canada and Mexico to create enterprise synergieso Provided guidance to operating companies in order to maximize THD’s overall position in the marketplaceo Created Council’s long term strategic plan, savings goals and managed budgeto Responsible for identifying and creating Category Councils in strategic areas• 2/10 – 9/10: Domestic Transportation with a Spend of over $1B annuallyo Led comprehensive review of a $170MM subcategory realizing over 20% savings utilizing the combination of RFP & eAuction.•9/07 – 2/10: Marketing & Advertising Spend of over $700MM annuallyo Led Agency Review in the CRM & Digital space consolidating nine suppliers to oneo Reduced Agency Partners by 58% while increasing service levels and reducing total costo 2008: Delivered over $12MM in total valueo 2009: Delivered over $8.4MM in total value•6/07 – 9/07: Financial Services Spend of over $1B annually•Developed and implemented a departmental CPSM training for over 30 Associates•Led departmental focus group, “Voices that Matter”, for Personal Development Committee, identified and implemented training programs for associates•Team member on focus group that implemented new Strategic Sourcing methodology

•Commodity Spend of $33M annually•Within 9 months increased the amount of spend under contract from less than 10% to over 90%•Negotiated [incumbent] contracts to achieve $1.65M savings over a two year period and upgraded terms & conditions•Managed cross functional project teams for tool transfers to new suppliers in Asia, resulting in an additional $1.4M annual savings•Position relocated

•Post Merger Supplier Consolidation – (UK) Cable, Internet and Mobile Phone Company: Analyzed contracts, supplier spend, services and conducted negotiations to consolidate supplier base in an effort to realize post-merger synergies for Third Party Logistics (3PL) and IT areas. •Strategic Sourcing – Global Engineering, Construction, Technology and Services Company: Researched and evaluated the Contract Management software industry. Conducted market research, developed RFI and RFP documents, evaluated vendor responses, developed software demonstration scenarios and created evaluation models. Final recommendation was for a fully implemented package with a value of $5.3M•Strategic Sourcing – Communication and Aviation Electronics Manufacturer: Drafted & analyzed RFP results, conducted market & industry research, developed negotiation strategy and analysis for the Electrical, Janitorial and Facilities Management categories with a total spend of $9.5M and realized a 15% savings. Trained cross-functional teams on the 7-step strategic sourcing process and methodology.

Sourcing Manager for IT-SW.•On average, delivered a 46% reduction in cost from the initial RFP bid •Led the initiative to develop a standardized Strategic Sourcing Process for Facilities Purchasing•Led the negotiations of contractual terms and pricing•Started and directed the training of 5 fellow employees to reach A.P.P. certification and later passing the final 2 modules of the C.P.M. certification•Member of the development team of the Supplier Management Program

•Total spend responsibility of over $100M annuallyManaged private label Kitchen Electrics brand "cooks essentials".

Support Sales Representatives and Source & Negotiate non-stock items for contractor sales.