Director, Strategic Sourcing
Marysville, Ohio, Us
Directed a team of 4 managers, 15 total associates, impacting an annual spend in excess of $1.5B annually across 80+ locations.Responsible for all indirect Operations & Corporate SG&A expenses; Capital Equipment, Consulting, Distribution, Facilities, HR, IT, Labor, Legal, Logistics, Marketing, MHE, MRO, Utilities, Vehicle FleetI had the opportunity to led a talented group of individuals that ran the enterprise risk management program that identified, measured & mitigated supply chain risk exposure. This team was responsible for all procurement processes & systems which consisted of Ariba, SAP, SOX Compliance, Policy Reviews & Supply Chain Financing Solutions.As an organization there were challenges in ensuring stakeholders, procurement, engineering and legal were all engaged at appropriate levels for all external sourcing activities. As a solution, we procured and deployed an enterprise strategic sourcing platform. This platform captured all strategic procurement activities at the beginning, allowing related parties to interact on a single platform to capture SOW's, RFP's, SRM, Cost Savings, Project Milestones, Future Planning and Contracts. This deployment greatly improved visibility of spend under management, projecting tracking, stakeholder engagement and procurement efficiency.