Experienced Senior Procurement Leader providing short-term and long-term consulting services to various clients, including but not limited to Fortune 500 companies. Over 20 years of experience overseeing direct and indirect procurement in the pharmaceutical industry.Areas of expertise: Talent Development, Coaching, Negotiations, Contract Management, Operations Management, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Business Process & Organizational Function Outsourcing, Continuous Improvement, Spend Management, B2B, Low Cost Country Sourcing, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Partnerships, Competitive Analysis, Exec Governance, SRM, Contracting. Select engagements include:The Smart Cube – Pharma Industry Procurement Consultant | Sept 2023 – PresentGuidepoint – Consultant | Jan 2023 – PresentEY – Contract Management Consultant | Feb 2023 – June 2023Avantor – Interim Director of Procurement & Supply Chain | May 2022 – July 2022Catalent – Interim Head of Procurement, Cell & Gene Therapy | Aug 2020 – Mar 2022 ThermoFisher – Interim Director, Global Sourcing, Direct Materials | Apr 2018 – Nov 2019

Designed and implemented the global category management process; externalization process, supplier relationship and supplier performance management process as well as design and implementation of the overall engagement and value realization governance along with appropriate procurement policies.Designed, developed and implemented a global cross divisional IT solution to retain, control, measure and improve global category strategies, sourcing projects and business process documentation; capturing, validating and approving actual and forecasted global savings. Facilitating the global peer review process of category strategies for rigor, maturity, process compliance and TCO value delivery.Mentored, led, and developed a global team of procurement professionals as internal coaches and consultants to support the global procurement organization in developing world-class category strategies, eSourcing events, Risk management plans, Stakeholder value delivery and TCO reductions.Led the harmonization of cross divisional procurement processes and implementation of joint ERP master-data.Enhanced the category management process with supplier led innovation considerations, as well as risk mitigation and corporate sustainability protocols; resulting in Roche maintaining their global leadership presence in first place on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Procurement Functional Outsourcing.Assessed market maturity in the area of functional and operational procurement outsourcing capabilities with global offshore BPO providers to reduce “cost to procure” and optimize budgets in excess of 20 million USD annually. Enabling significant staff reduction.Leading the implementation of outsourced procurement BPO solution as integral part throughout the value chain of the entire source to settle work stream – areas of outsourcing included: eSourcing, Master Data Maintenance, MRO, Contract negotiations, Supplier due diligence and compliance.Developed and implemented a standardized outsourcing/externalization process, outsourcing policy and governance structure for all outsourcing initiatives for the company globally.Managing ongoing performance and risk metrics, escalation process and process improvements for all Merck outsourcing relationships in the area of Research, External Manufacturing, HR, Finance, Legal, BPO – equivalent to 3500 FTE and 2bn dollars cost.Assist business areas in forming outsourcing strategies; lead enabling functions through the outsourcing and procurement process, risk analysis and mitigation planning, support implementation and retained organization design.Provide leadership and customer service to 650 GP staff in the areas of eSourcing, Negotiation & Reverse Auction Strategy. Responsibility to enable and consult Sourcing Directors, Sourcing Managers and stakeholders on planning, building and executing the strategy for conducting optimal eSourcing events. Achieved $3.5 billion dollar eAuction spend throughput and savings in excess of $1bn dollars since 2008.

Leading a global team of Procurement Professionals with the responsibility for coordinating, integrating, training, and building high quality eSourcing performance and capabilities, spanning all Global Operating Frameworks (GOF) and areas of procurement spend across 3 Spend Management COEs and 4 global Regions. Provide leadership in the areas of Decision Support, eSourcing, Negotiation & Reverse Auction Strategy. Responsibility to enable and consult Sourcing Directors, Sourcing Managers and stakeholders on planning, building and executing the strategy for conducting optimal eSourcing events. Achieved $760 million dollar eAuction spend throughput and savings in excess of $120 million in 2008, $ 1.2 billion in 2009 with incremental savings in excess of $ 196 million dollars and $ 2.1 billion spend leveraged through eAuctions in 2010, facilitating $700+ million in savings.

Manage capital spend in excess of 300 million dollars in the area of global Laboratory Equipment, Custom Robotics, Laboratory Automation and Asset Management and Maintenance. Lead numerous cross functional teams through SMP (six sigma type process) and achieved breakthrough results as it relates to assurance of supply, quality improvements, service requirements, cost reduction, innovation and regulatory compliance. Implemented a global Laboratory Equipment Maintenance Program which resulted in 70% reduction of equipment downtime and in excess of 66% savings.

Lead cross-functional team in the effort to source and implement new eSourcing tools (Frictionless/SAP SRM). Facilitated multiple sourcing teams to penetrate $700+ M. Coached and trained 200+ Sourcing Associates on eRFx and eNegotiation tools.

Head of global Labs / Sourcing Mgr.Managed global laboratory spend in excess of 250 million US dollars. Implemented global sourcing strategy for lab supplies, reagents, chemicals and supplies across all Novartis subsidiaries in North America, Europe and Asia which yielded in $50M savings over the contract duration.

Lead Consultant – Client Engagement:C&W - Interim Management in Latin America and 16 Caribbean Countries with total annual budget in excess of US$1.2 bn.Glaxo Smith Kline - Facilitated global SGM initiative in the telecommunications area in excess of US$ 120 MM, developed breakthrough savings strategies.First Group - Identified and implemented saving in excess of 28% in MRO spend for multinational automotive service company.Novartis – Facilitation of global cross sector teams in the effort to drive change management in the Lab chemicals & supplies.ABN AMRO – Expenditure assessment & opportunity analysis for North America in excess of US$ 500 MM, identified savings opportunity of 25% +Caterpillar – Lead cross functional Six Sigma Sourcing Team for custom made iron castings in excess of US$ 120 MM, identified 30% + in savings.

Project Manager/Consultant Strategic Sourcing – Client Engagements:Merck KGaA - Project coordinator; Implemented savings strategies in excess of DM 200 MM across 9 categories.Eli Lilly - Clinical Research Laboratories; facilitated a global strategy for budgeting clinical trials. Kellogg’s – global distribution & logistics project

Logistics/Strategic Sourcing Manager Titanium Dioxide Production.Business Operations for production facility with 1000+ employeesManaged 12 direct reports responsible for MRO/PM planning, Production Scheduling, Hazardous Waste Mgmt., Procurement and Vendor Relations.

post active duty reserve until 1996