Accomplished Purchasing Category Manager with extensive experience in Purchasing/Project Management/Engineering. A strategic planner offering demonstrated track record and core strengths in operations and fulfillment planning, inventory management, and supplier continuous improvement.Over a career that has included sixteen years leadership in supply chain management, eight years' championing of lean manufacturing project management, and ten years' experience in manufacturing engineering, I have consistently achieved operational targets, major project goals, cost saving targets, and supplier performance metrics.Strong operations professional and graduate from both Lipscomb MBA and McMaster MEng programs.