Significant experience in project management, supply chain management, purchasing management and product category management with a wide range of skills and accomplishments. Success as a manager is centered around identifying cost savings opportunities, cost negotiations, total cost of ownership, understanding the needs of internal stakeholders and supplier relationships for 15 years. QUALIFICATIOINS:+ Successful product management professional with over 15 years success in purchasing and product management with emphasis on cost and terms negotiations, inventory management and portfolio planning.+ Persuasive communicator and trainer with the ability to establish long-term relationships with all constituents.+ Respected category leader driving results oriented teams of various disciplines focused on achieving corporate objectives on a consistent basis.+ Innovative, fact based, problem-solver focused on profitable growth of a product category.+ Develop local product managers and purchasing professionals to help them realize their full potential while improving our position with suppliers and customers.+ Excellent presentation skills resulting from weekly formal drumbeats with senior leadership in global product management which allowed for faster leadership alignment on decisions and facilitation of problem solving discussions.+ Outstanding project management skills: story boarding, daily check-in’s, scripting messages and timeline planning which enabled the team to stay on task and deliver results on time.