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Chicago, Il, Us

Manage $145M professional services spend for the water treatment, janitorial, landscaping, and snow removal categories nationally. Support C&W corporate strategic sourcing initiatives.

Meyrin-Satigny, Geneva, Ch

Managed $40M indirect material CAPEX and OPEX project spend from supplier discovery, RFX, investment board approval, contract negotiations and supplier award. Achieved savings of 7%-10% through negotiations and leveraging suppliers.* CAPX projects included $30M of spend for new facility construction and renovation projects including, factory facilities, laboratory, office, warehouse, and chemical plant manufacturing space. * OPEX projects involved $10M of spend for chemical plant IT network replacement, automated manufacturing equipment, a national waste removal contract and lift truck fleet replacement project.* Provided SAP Ariba consulting to sourcing organization enabling professionals to develop proficiency with supplier discovery, supplier onboarding, contract management, sourcing event, RFX creation, and execution.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

* ­Managed $9.5M SAP Ariba Procure to Pay (P2P) project, including planning, technical implementation, business process transformation and change management for $4B indirect material spend.* Built and directed activities associated with a professional 15-member core team, guiding successful completion of work, meeting schedule and cost.* Conducted market research, RFx activities, contract negotiations, and led project team in the evaluation, selection and sourcing of solution software, IT consultants, and assured contract compliance.* Implemented requisition to receive, catalog, invoice, payment, and supplier performance management.­* Managed global contract price, spend and savings supporting $4B direct material spend.* Reduced material costs $40M annually by harmonizing 2 businesses’ global contract price, forecast, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) functionalities.* Rationalized supply base with finance and procurement across direct and indirect categories assuring corporate spend and savings goals were met.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

* ­Managed $8M multi-phase global price management and savings program, comprised of 6 releases.* Led business transformation and technical development efforts integrating 2 businesses’ contract price and savings management processes into 1 global solution interfaced with multiple SAP systems.* Reduced purchased material costs $20M on $2B spend across direct material categories by negotiating, leveraging and rationalizing the supply base assuring procurement goals were met at a corporate level.­* Managed $2M Apttus Salesforce Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM) project.* Conducted market research, RFx activities, contract negotiations, and led project team in the evaluation, selection and sourcing of solution software, IT consultants, and assured contract compliance.* Implemented digital contract templates, clause libraries, change tracking, content search, approval workflows and eSignature, standardizing the global contracting process.* Achieved $750K annual savings, managing project through implementation on time and budget.

* Implemented Purchasing Magazine ranked best-in-class Integrated Price Management (IPM), managing contract, purchase price, and current and forward-looking views of $2.5B spend and $300M savings.* Achieved $20 million in cost reductions by conceptualizing and chairing savings review board for managing, reporting, and aligning forecasted purchased material spend and savings with product management and finance.* Represented procurement to sales teams with material cost content supporting multimillion dollar proposals for business critical customers, secured contract wins and revenue recognition goals.

Bethesda, Md, Us

* Improved department throughput rates 30% by effectively managing a staff of 60 Failure Analysts, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Incoming Inspection team members.* Reduced facility and operating costs 50% to budget by relocating and consolidating 3 businesses' parts laboratories into 1 new ISO certified laboratory.* Minimized purchased material costs 20% by implementing common material management practices for commercial and government contracts.* Cut factory and customer complaints 50% by developing and implementing a certified supplier program.

Boston, Ma, Us

G.E. ASTRO SPACE, Princeton, NJManager: Supply Chain Engineering* Saved $5M in inspection and poor quality costs by developing and implementing Astro Space's Subcontractor Process Control and Verification Program (SPCVP).* Streamlined supply base 30% by consolidating material spend with SPCVP certified suppliers.* Reduced nonconforming material by 20% through proactive engineering.G.E. GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Camden, NJManager: Supplier Quality Engineering* Implemented cross-functional commodity teams, developing total quality management (TQM) goals.* Decreased the cost of poor quality 50%, shrinking incoming inspection, and field and factory defect rates.* Reduced factory part shortages 20%, fostering a continuous process improvement mind set with Quality Engineers and Inspection teams.

Bs, Management & Computer Science

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