Leading a team of Sourcing Managers focused on category management, strategic sourcing, contracting/negotiations, stakeholder management, and supplier performance management for Meta's Reality Labs (RL) division. Sourcing category subject matter expertise covers Engineering, Data Collection, Quality Assurance, Consulting, UX Research, and Outsourced Operations service categories.Responsible for managing nearly $1B in annual spend.

Responsible for sourcing strategy and category management for indirect Services and Capital Equipment categories, in support of Facebook AR/VR programs.

Focused on Sourcing, Category Management, and Supplier Performance Management for various Services categories (Infrastructure-as-a-Service, professional services, consulting, and Managed Services/BPO) to support deployments, operations and maintenance of Facebook's Network and Data Center Infrastructure globally.

Led and managed a team of 10 procurement professionals in the delivery of Procurement Operations services for a global client within the Tech Industry.Responsible for ensuring delivery of team's services met KPI's and goals established by the client's Sourcing team. Identified and drove process improvement initiatives to improve service quality, reduce procurement cycle time, and create additional value for the client.Led Contracting team in drafting of Statements of Work (SOWs), Professional Services Agreements (PSAs), and other contract types between the client and their suppliers.

-Prepared Requests for Proposals (RFP's), created bid evaluation matrices, identified potential sources through market research, led bid evaluation/source selection teams.-Negotiated pricing and terms & conditions, drafted contract language, and performed post-award administration of supplier contracts for both goods and services (direct and indirect spend).-Performed cost and price analysis on supplier proposals to ensure supplier contracts are competitively priced.-Member of multiple process-improvement teams tasked with using LEAN principles to re-engineer Procurement business processes.Highlights:-Negotiated and awarded $30M+ in laboratory spend over 300+ contracts.-Wrote two desk-guides and conducted department wide training on procurement price analysis.

-Acted as team-lead in negotiations over long-term pricing agreements with suppliers.-Analyzed supplier proposals for the AH-64 Apache Program to ensure compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).-Audited suppliers’ records, examined proposal estimating methods, and collected data via fact-finding missions conducted at supplier facilities. Issued cost-analysis reports documenting fact-finding conclusions and recommended negotiation targets.-Built extensive pricing simulations to predict material pricing based upon variable inputs such as exchange rates, raw material & labor indices, manufacturing learning curves, and risk/profit.

-Developed and issued Request for Proposals and supplier Statements of Work (SOW), negotiated supplier pricing and terms and conditions, and issued and enforced sub-contracts for the AH-64 Apache program.-Performed Supplier Management activities on a daily basis - tracked supplier deliveries to established contractual schedules, conducted supplier business reviews, collaborated with suppliers to develop solutions to control material cost, performed root-cause/corrective-action on major supplier related issues.-Specialized in overcoming unique challenges associated with global sourcing, including import/export compliance, currency hedging, logistics, and cross-cultural communication. Built strong relationships with suppliers located in Korea, Israel, The Netherlands, The UK, and Canada.