Managerial responsibility for the Canadian procurement organization (5 direct reports, $120M spend).Responsible for materials cost reductions, supplier contract negotiations, cash flow management, vendor management and internal business owner relationship management.Created and executed strategies for comprehensive vendor management, including formal supplier scorecarding and business reviews, which had not existed previously.Built a foundation that has moved the Canadian procurement organization from being a tactical to a strategic operation.

Managerial responsibility for the commodity management and component engineering organizations.Responsible for material cost reductions, supplier contract negotiations, cash flow management metrics and supplier development/relationship management.

Management responsibility for the quotation, localization, sourcing and indirect procurement organizations in Asia (2004-2005) and Europe (2005 to 2007). Managed a staff of 70+ , with a spend in excess of $3B in Asia, and 40+ staff with a spend in excess of $1B in Europe. This covered both direct and indirect spend.Responsible for cost reductions, supplier contracts, inventory management and overall supplier relationship management on all spend.

Managed the Asia Commodity Management and Regional Supplier Engineering teams, with offices; Responsible for a staff of 60+ direct reports, with a spend in excess of $2.5B, covering both direct and indirect materials and services. Assistant to the Chief Procurement Officer. Managed the Americas Commodity Management team, with offices in Toronto and San Jose (30+ direct reports)Coordinator of the Partner's in Performance (supplier awards) event.

Responsible for creating an implementing a marketing plan for LCD, PDA and systems productsDirect profit and loss responsibility for these segments.Developed and launched marketing/advertising campaigns for these product categories.

Purchasing an internal marketing responsibility for IBM, Toshiba and software products.Responsible for cost reductions, inventory management and market share development

Responsible for purchase order placement and expediting for IBM Power DivisionMade an acting buyer when incumbent went on emergency medical leave.