Oversee the development, implementation and execution of strategic sourcing strategies. Lead and oversee teams of subject matter experts within Indirect Procurement to identify spend categories and savings levers. Build strategic relationships with business partners to ensure alignment with organizational initiatives, vision, goals and objectives. Responsible for managing and overseeing a cross-functional team of sourcing and contracting professionals in managing a $500M Indirect Procurement yearly spend portfolio comprising of Energy Efficiency, Engineering Services, Marketing and Advertising, Call Center and back office support.Career Highlights• Led team to move the travel category to Indirect Procurement including corporate cards, expense management, online booking tool, airline and hotel contracts. • Developed and executed structure for quarterly executive category portfolio reviews to business units.• Led a team for the competitive solicitation and negotiation of energy efficiency programs representing $300M in annual spend, six solicitations, over 70 bidders resulting in 10+ contract awards. • Led the cross function team for the negotiation process including core decision team, weekly report out meetings to leadership team, fallback positions, contract pro forma update approval process and updates to supply management executives.• Manage a team of five employees.

Oversee the indirect procurement for Avery Dennison representing approximately $200MM. Travel, Professional Services, Marketing and Facilities. Developed strategies for assigned categories. Managed cross functional teams that drive cost savings. Career Highlights• Lead a savings advisory group for marketing with savings targets and accountability for each marketing area. Reported results to marketing and finance leadership. Saving targets exceeded each year by 15-60% through volume leverage, strategic sourcing, negotiation and internal compliance.• Transformed travel category from individual country execution to near-global in four years. Global travel agency, corporate cards, online booking tool and regional expense systems, executed to 100% in NORAM and EMEA, and 50%+ in APAC and LATAM. • Created a global travel policy compliance team to review and achieve savings in air, hotel, meals, ground transportation and meetings. Results reported to C-level executives.• Improved facilities category through personal contacts with sites and leadership. Identified and consolidates suppliers within the region. Results: 15-20% savings, increased accountability and visibility to leadership.• Strategically manage vendor base across categories area. Implemented score cards for key suppliers. With assistance of cross divisional, cross functional team, develop and implement savings and compliance metrics. • Led the global vendor consolidation of material sample fanbooks to Slovakia from multiple regions. Created and monitored the project plan, identified the team, led RFP process and implementation. Results: project completed on time and with 41% savings.• Highly developed analytical skills for problem solving and identifying opportunities. • Managed one employee.• Recipient of two Supply Chain Excellence Awards – given annually.

Managed the indirect procurement of Marketing, Facilities and Travel in the North American region for Avery Dennison representing approximately $100MM. Responsible for developing strategies for assigned categories within the region. • Led cross functional teams to drive cost savings. Aggressively negotiated win-win relationships with suppliers while exceeded savings goals each year. Continued pricing reductions in successive negotiations to achieve pricing well below industry benchmarks.• Spearheaded the Marketing category. Leveraged previous marketing experience to establish relationships with leaders of each marketing function. Expanded to full category management in two years. • Partnered with Business to create a stable of providers for Point of purchase displays, market research, graphic design, advertising and print with tiered pricing according to complexity they could manage and a bid process for choosing best provider for each project.• Established travel compliance reporting for North America and Europe. Identified key focus areas, designed access database, excel spreadsheet format and standard work. Published report to key budget owners.• Created standard work and document templates for the RFP process to be used by department.