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Englewood, CO

• Led a 9-person team responsible for all aspects of Purchasing, Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing for $1.2B internet, phone and cable television company.
• Team consolidated CPE (customer premise equipment) warehousing and refurbishment operations into single supplier, assumed management of CPE capital budget, sourcing and purchasing responsibilities that contributed to a.
• Led strategic sourcing initiatives encompassing $25M in annual spend for network capital and expense equipment and supplies. Building competition, executing competitive bids and collaborating with business, engineering.
• Partnered with Engineering and suppliers on the end-to-end design, development and customer roll-out of a new, leading-edge, video product and service offering. Negotiated pricing, complex terms and conditions for all.

Denver, CO

• Led team of 95 procurement professionals responsible for direct/indirect purchasing, strategic sourcing, supply chain/inventory operations, capital project construction, IT, professional services and real estate for.
• Delivered $120M in savings over 2 years and double-digit improvements on total cost of ownership (TCO) metrics for on-time delivery, fill rate, inventory and cycle time with cross-functional, strategic sourcing team.
• Automated over 50% of 500K annual P2P transactions, achieved over $2M in order processing cost savings and focused operators on operations versus purchasing by designing and implementing PSoft Procure-to-Pay (P2P).
• Reduced excess inventory by $33M and achieved over $28M in cost savings by initiating turn-key SCM model with capital project construction contractors. Integrated contractors into PSoft system and processes, to ensure.

Greater Denver Area

• Directed post-merger integration of CenturyLink and Qwest Communications’ Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Operations responsible for contracting and savings delivery, P2P technology and process transformation (PSoft.
• Successfully integrated 3,500 suppliers, $2.1B in annual spend and delivered annual synergy savings of over $130M by utilizing spend data analytics, commodity rationalization, competitive bid processes, product.
• Ensured realization of negotiated annual savings of $130M by partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, consolidating procurement contracts from both entities into single corporate agreement using “Best” terms.
• Achieved 40% staffing reduction and $1.4M in expense savings by conducting spend, supplier, and purchasing transaction analytics to form a commodity team structure with cross-functional, subject matter expert membership.

Greater Denver Area

• Managed an organization of 80 professionals tasked with centralization of all purchasing, strategic sourcing and inventory management responsibilities, processes and systems for a $20B Fortune 50 telecommunications.
• Strategic Sourcing delivered annual savings of $120M-$150M on managed spend (8-10% per year) through product standardization, supplier consolidation, cross-functional contracting teams/processes, strong negotiation.
• Achieved double-digit supplier performance improvements for customer fill rate, cycle time, on-time delivery and inventory metrics by centralizing strategic sourcing, purchasing and supply chain activities from over 30.
• Achieved 94% supplier contract utilization rate and automated over 90% of procure-to-pay (P2P) transactions by partnering with business units to complete corporate centralization of all purchasing, strategic sourcing.
• Eliminated $6.5M annually in system maintenance expenses by cross-functional team building, re-designing purchasing processes and completing an end-to-end PSoft ERP implementation in 18 months.

Chandler, AZ

• Manager of cross-functional team responsible for resales and distribution of over $500M in aerospace hardware, fasteners and electronics commodities. Championed the successful integration of seven (7) acquired.
• Delivered 10% annual cost productivity ($50M) against assigned spend through strategic sourcing best practices including commodity rationalization, product standardization, supply base consolidation and competitive.
• Negotiated and implemented just-in-time inventory programs with key suppliers of fasteners, seals and electrical components in support of short cycle-time and point-of-use requirements of customer manufacturing.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Commodity Manager, Corporate Electronics Commodity Team for a Fortune 50 manufacturer of commercial and military aerospace flight controls, engines and systems and industrial automation controls. Responsible for.
• Managed cross-functional team that aggregated spend for electrical commodities used in manufacturing facilities in USA and Canada. Performed commodity rationalization, led best-practice strategic sourcing processes.
• Led quarterly supplier performance reviews focused on measurement and continuous improvement across all Total Cost of Ownership metrics including quality, on-time delivery, cost, capacity and service for twelve (12).
• Negotiated and executed complex agreements involving significant value, supplier performance and legal terms and conditions.

Phoenix, AZ

• Responsible for production planning and leading a cross-functional team through manufacturing line lay-outs, methods and operations sheets development, material positioning, and customer quality and delivery.
• Led transition of Boeing 747 auto-pilot manufacturing line methodology from MRP-based model to lean, demand-flow manufacturing technology.
• Improved on-time delivery of all assigned product lines from 72% to over 90%.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Corporate Commodity Leader responsible for purchasing and strategic sourcing for seven (7) business units, developing strategic commodity plans, managing supplier performance and leading contract negotiations covering.
• Consolidated business unit level performance metrics for quality, delivery, service and cost and led Executive-level, supplier performance management reviews focused on assigned performance goals, actual performance.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Responsible for MRP-based forecasting, planning and order fulfillment for over $100M in annual semiconductor product purchases supporting manufacturing requirements. Effectively balanced inventory investment and.
• Led implementation of first business-to-business (B2B) supplier forecasting and ordering tool.