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Honeywell AerospaceGlobal Commodity Manager 2011 to PresentLead the effort to develop and execute Sourcing Strategies for critical Aerospace commodities.• Developing negotiation plans and negotiating agreements with suppliers.• Managing global supplier relationships.• Managing the business to achieve the financial goals of Honeywell’s Annual Operating plan.• Developing suppliers to meet and exceed continuous improvement requirements.• Working closely with partner organizations on source selection.

Lead the effort to identify and create a Supply management team to support the Cox Arizona operations.• Created the vision for Supply Management to support Cox Arizona, the roles to support and hired staff.• Identified and implemented processes needed to move towards a centralized procurement group.• Utilized the kanban inventory process for the stores to ensure material support.• Continuing to identify opportunities to improve business practices, streamline processes and gain efficiencies.• Partnered with Finance to develop better capital forecasting tools.

Directed the delivery of comprehensive information system solutions to Pharmaceutical Customers by meeting/exceeding the customer’s needs and expectations. Managed the overall project deliverables, the implementation teams, the project budget and lead the communication to the Executive Staff on the status of the projects.• Met or exceeded the project timelines for ten major customer solutions• Created and implemented a Project Management FrameWork process that was rolled out to all functional areas. This standardized approach significantly reduced the level of rework.• Created and implemented a formal Change Request process (lead to significant improvement in delivery times, meeting budget and quality criteria and overall morale improvement for the implementation teams)• Developed a number of reporting tools for Management• Worked with IT team on the development and reporting of SDLC criteria for all major projects

Managed large-scale global projects. Acted as single point of contact for customer in defining and implemented customized customer solutions for automated data exchange, inventory management and service solutions via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and RosettaNet. • Utilized the PMM process for initial concept and proposal through design, sizing, implementation, debugging and final acceptance from the customer. • Led cross functional global team, in developing cost estimates, Statement of Work, work breakdown structure, risk assessment and master project schedule ensuring customer expectations were met.• Presented detailed project updates, including costing to Customer, Project Board and Business Unit Management.• Led Business Groups efforts to achieve 65% global order automation for entire customer base, which improved the ease of doing business for customers and Motorola. Enhanced customer relationships and provided cost effective solutions.• Led Qualcomm RosettaNet project to exchange information from Motorola to the customers’ global warehouses, which improved efficiency and accuracy for customer and assured continuation of current business. • Spearheaded Sony RosettaNet conversion project to automate business processes. Reduced customer costs, enhanced information and expanded business communications. Exceeded project timeline and received Sony award. • Developed a JIT inventory process and helped develop EDI capabilities in Brazil with a Motorola sector in competition with a site in China. Resulted in overall production flexibility, reduced inventory costs, and a competitive edge to react quicker to market situations.

Led and managed a cross functional global team (2 direct reports and 7 global members). Developed and executed sourcing strategies for materials used in the front end (fabrication) operations and negotiated contracts.• Led the negotiation efforts with supply base from a sector perspective, which resulted in a cost saving of 7% or $17M on $250M in purchases. Consolidated the supply base and influenced fabs to use standard products. • Developed evaluation and quality program, which improved supplier performance, product offerings, and on time delivery.• Led a sourcing standardization project to review suppliers on quarterly and annual basis, which improved quality and consistency, and saved inventory costs. • Developed a supplier awards and recognition process, which developed strong relationships and improved supplier performance. Materials Commodity Manager, Supply Management 1997 to 1998Developed and led an effective Global Commodity Team of 6 direct reports to leverage and standardize sector material purchases on a global basis. Acted as a change agent to promote and publicize the benefits of using the Commodity Team approach to all internal groups and supplier base.• Established a new global team of 6 direct reports to focus on the strategic materials requirements of the SCG (Semiconductor Components Group). • Achieved 5% in cost savings for a total of $17.5M on $350M in purchases by driving standardization with supply base and developing tools to determine pricing, capacity trends and cost drivers.• Developed/implemented global sourcing strategies and negotiated with global supply base, which reduced total costs including cost of late delivery and quality.

Mba, Business

PMI Certification

Bs, Business/Supply Chain