Category Advisor, Strategic Sourcing
Current► Produced sourcing strategies in partnership with business units, stakeholders and supply chain management for diverse categories. ► Headed go to market contract negotiations, achieved a total of 9MM on savings over the terms of the new awarded contracts ($2MM as savings and $7.2MM of cost avoidance) with the OPEX reduction program.► Consolidated categories, created consistency and standardization of scope of work (SOW), rate schedules, uniformity on the role descriptions to increase efficiency in contract management.► Oversaw the category management for 55 contracts for a total of $250MM+ addressable spend for the labor crew, OEM equipment and instrumentation (E&I), programming and high voltage categories.► Performed 16 deep dives in collaboration with the BU's to identify opportunities for OPEX reduction, teamed up with category business analyst to prepare negotiations for the OPEX reduction program.► Identified and collaborated with suppliers to complete external audits in compliance with the Husky operational integrity management systems.► Developed sourcing processes such RFP, RFI, and RFQ thought Ariba.► Excelled as council member of the Husky diversity and inclusion organization, Led the self-Identification survey, showcased my leadership, coordination, facilitation and accountability abilities in this role, achieved 97.74% of people participation.