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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Responsible for developing business cases and leading cross functional team efforts throughout all US territories with global focus on company-wide system and equipment upgrades, increased customer satisfaction, and company profitability of an estimated $1.2B investment.• Lead on procurement and contract negotiations to gain favorable pricing, multi-year contract terms, along with risk reduced business terms and legal conditions. Delivered financial savings of nearly 18% year over… Show more • Responsible for developing business cases and leading cross functional team efforts throughout all US territories with global focus on company-wide system and equipment upgrades, increased customer satisfaction, and company profitability of an estimated $1.2B investment.• Lead on procurement and contract negotiations to gain favorable pricing, multi-year contract terms, along with risk reduced business terms and legal conditions. Delivered financial savings of nearly 18% year over year, new contract with scalable technology, and new revenue streams through data and technology platform sharing. • Successfully created and implemented an internal business unit engagement strategy to gain internal support and participation with our transformation efforts, implementation of customer energy data presentment management platform, and overall buy-in for company impacts and change management. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Selected to lead the commercial and business development efforts for National Grid’s unregulated company, National Grid Ventures strategic partnerships ($300M+) to help deliver new revenue and cost share opportunities.. Contract and Partnership Negotiations for non-regulated side of National Grid developing solar and battery storage solutions for grid-facing applications.

United States

• Successfully created innovative business models and lead cross functional teams to develop new revenue streams resulting in new customer offerings and increased company profits. • Developed network of strategic partners to bring multi-faceted solutions for the company resulting in a first of its kind partnership network that was scalable to all regions of the company.

United States

• Managed and developed supplier and partnership strategies for emerging energy technologies such as Electric Vehicles, Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Advanced Meter Infrastructure, Battery Storage, and Solar. • Awarded by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals for creating a partnership that provides an online platform for solar comparison opportunities to all customers, which recognized National Grid as one of the leading utilities in the country.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Promoted to strategically manage a team and multi-million dollar ($400M) category, while leading both internal and external stakeholders through strategic project management processes, to drive corporate goals and new initiatives across company jurisdictions. • Successfully managed multiple strategic end-to-end projects to discover cost savings, presenting to executive corporate leadership for approval, resulting in significant process improvements, enhanced customer satisfaction… Show more • Promoted to strategically manage a team and multi-million dollar ($400M) category, while leading both internal and external stakeholders through strategic project management processes, to drive corporate goals and new initiatives across company jurisdictions. • Successfully managed multiple strategic end-to-end projects to discover cost savings, presenting to executive corporate leadership for approval, resulting in significant process improvements, enhanced customer satisfaction, and $15+ million in company savings. • Created and lead formalized strategic supplier relationship management (SRM) performance reviews, that lead to greater cost efficiencies, collaborative innovation, and enhanced contractual terms that benefited all parties. Show less

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Recruited by one of the leading utility companies to implement and manage company-wide procurement process change for their new Global Procurement department delivering both direct materials and indirect services• Managed and developed an entirely new strategic procurement process, from category research and development, stakeholder management, creating scopes of work, issuing RFI’s, RFQ’s and RFP’s, negotiating pricing, services, and implementing favorable Key Performance Indicators… Show more • Recruited by one of the leading utility companies to implement and manage company-wide procurement process change for their new Global Procurement department delivering both direct materials and indirect services• Managed and developed an entirely new strategic procurement process, from category research and development, stakeholder management, creating scopes of work, issuing RFI’s, RFQ’s and RFP’s, negotiating pricing, services, and implementing favorable Key Performance Indicators (KPI’)s contract terms. • Created effective negotiation strategies for multi-million dollar strategic projects that achieved significant savings of up to 20-50% through rounds of analysis and negotiations. Show less

Bellingham, Massachusetts, United States

Hired to manage purchasing activities on a national distribution level for one of the country's leading franchise companies, Dunkin Brands. Effectively managed the procurement and supply chain of several hundred different materials, commodities, and products from over 80 vendors for 3 distribution centers covering more than 3,000 stores world wide.

New York, New York, United States

Recruited to establish and expand sales territory of a start-up boutique importer and exporter, distributing to more than thirteen states.

Vail, Colorado, United States

Promoted by one of the leading resort operators and real estate development companies in North America with resorts in Colorado, California, Nevada and Wyoming to source services and supplies, obtain bids, negotiate purchasing contracts and supervise post-purchase account audits. Managed direct and indirect purchasing for multiple resorts, covering over 24 facilities