Procurement and sourcing leader experienced in building teams at Fortune 500 and privately held retail and manufacturing companies. This includes sourcing categories for multiple packaging platforms, capital, and raw materials. I have the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams to solve complex issues as well as achieve company goals and initiatives. Built Procurement Team to support doubling of business across seven manufacturing facilities. This was achieved by creating spend KPIs to illustrate the ROI of increasing the team size. This included evaluating talent, coaching, and development. Sugar Creek's Procurement lead for thier ERP design, development, testing, and implementation across the enterprise. Resulted in creating procurement processes, training documents, and implementation at manufacturing facilities. Met all key dates for implementation over the two year project while managing a core team. Provided solutions for Accounting, HR, Quality, and Manufacturing Teams during the process. Core Competencies: 
-Procurement-Strategic Sourcing-Category Management-Contract Manufacturing-Supply Chain Efficiency -Vendor Management-Business Development-Project Management -Value Engineering -Supply Chain Mitigation-Develop Strategic Capacity Initiatives -Contract Management -Negotiations -Cost Savings -Responsible Sourcing-Raw Material Management-Inventory Management-Package Development -Process Optimization-Spend Analytics-Vendor Collaboration -Cross Functional Leadership-Cross Functional Collaboration-ERP Implementation Process 

Industry Experience:
Food & Beverage, Retail, Packaging, Personal Care, Home Fragrance, CPG, Giftsets and Promotional Goods.