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Indianapolis, IN, US

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.

South San Francisco, California, US

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.

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.

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.

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.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

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.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

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.

US

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.

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

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

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

Certified Advanced Procurement Professional, Procurement And Supply Chain

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemistry

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Management - Finance