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✅ DESCRIPTION: Manage credit card and online electronic catalog program consisting of 400 cards, 200+ accounts, and annual spend of $80M. Lead team of 6 Purchasing Card Administrators and 4 Purchasing Card Holders in Purchasing Department. Train card holders on company best practices, write policy/guidelines, and oversee reconciliation within program. Track invoicing and correct mistakes. Drive compliance and rigor throughout program. ✅ DELIVERED RESULTS:==> Proactively address possible violations before they occur by educating and providing vendor recommendations and training each user on reconciliation tool.==>Identified root causes of all identified issues and developed plan to correct program deficiencies by restructuring processes, adding compliance check, and addressing improper documentation.==> Streamlined financial spend authority for non-buyers, thereby reducing overall financial exposure of procurement being done outside of the procurement organization, allowing more insight into overall spend categories, and streamlining the movement of transactions to be transferred to a Purchasing Agent.==> Achieved successful completion of all internal and external purchasing review audits within 6-months of implementation of strategic plan also including a new concept coined Rapid Purchasing Group, by training team members on elements of acquisition guidelines, revising policy, and training all Purchase Card Holders.==> Identified and achieved additional efficiencies and improvements by leading team of 3 individuals in developing Innovations Think Tank Project.==>Nominated for Significant Individual Award based upon leadership efforts and results.==> Awarded 2nd highest performance rating and was 1 of 2 individuals in a group of 300 who were recognized with an additional monetary bonus, for excellent work contributions throughout the year.

✅ DESCRIPTION: Managed key suppliers and shaped supplier relationships via contract negotiations and pricing. Led team of 14 buyers representing $106M, 4K purchase orders, and $42M in annual cost savings. Oversaw hardware, software, IT, and services. Negotiated firm pricing and terms and conditions for multi-million dollar contracts with vendors in order to expedite order placement at tactical level. Collaborated cross-functionally across multiple areas such as engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and quality.✅ DELIVERED RESULTS:==> Recognized as 1 out of 3 managers to institute concept of category management by creating buyer cells that leveraged spend across 3K programs and internal infrastructure needs for 4 main commodity groups.==> Shaped enterprise strategy by developing 8 key supplier executive highlight briefings that detailed key industry data for long-range planning, enabled additional value capture, and increased overall competitive position.==> Received 3 monetary awards and highest level of performance evaluation ratings based upon excellent work performance. ==> Achieved favorable audit results via detailed support of multiple internal self-governance and external audits of purchasing system, processes, and documentation.==> Consistently met or exceeded program schedule cycle times by partnering with materials operations and supply chain engineering to stage material requests and align procurement resources to meet program schedules.

✅ DESCRIPTION: Promoted to work with IT professional services, temporary and labor staffing, and facilities. Supported key stakeholders in each main corporate business by gathering forecasts and needs requirements. Developed supplier benefits and relationships. Leveraged relationships at corporate level to benefit entire enterprise.✅ DELIVERED RESULTS:==> Contributed to initiation of supplier relationship management program by constructing and coordinating Community of Practice for 3 key suppliers.==> Recognized with monetary rewards and promotion by management and leaders from different divisions for performance excellence.==> Negotiated and implemented enterprise IT contracts yielding $120M annual spend while managing support of hardware, software, services, and consulting arrangements.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Logistics

Business Logistics, Purchasing, International Procurement, Statistics

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management

Business Administration with an emphasis in Acquisition Management