I focus on strategy and enterprise solutions to enable competitive advantage. This is accomplished by fostering and building strategic supplier relationships, leading large-scale business and vendor solution implementations, delivering plans that align with organizational goals, and developing a regulatory-compliant cultures. C-Suite Leaders and business partners depend on me to implement value-added services and smart solutions to optimize organizational performance. I am known for developing and retaining top talent and creating highly engaged and inclusive work environments. Below are highlights of my career accomplishments and specialties:- Developed a multi-year strategy to centralize and restructure the Procurement function, which improved business processes, exceeded savings and cost avoidance goals, and opened lines of communication across the organization and markets.- Inaugurated a vendor tiering strategy to trifurcate national vendors, which created efficiencies, scalability, ownership, and improved customer relations.- Launched Vendor Governance Council that drove policy and procedure adoption, improved regulatory compliance, reduced third-party management risk, and accelerated value creation.- Implemented a procurement platform that improved category management, scalability, and compliance.- Built a new Enterprise Procurement organization and recruited talent that was instrumental in optimizing business performance.Specialties: Strategy Planning | Vendor Management | Procurement | Strategic Sourcing | Solutions Delivery | Program Management | Implementations | Regulatory Compliance | Governance Protocols |Contract Evaluation | Negotiation Skills | Supplier Relationships | Process Improvement | Cross-Functional Team Leadership