• Manage cross-functional continuous improvement culture that focuses on cost reduction initiatives and margin growth for the West Region. Initiative reviews TCO across the supply base and customers covering spends in excess of $190 Million annually.• Developing a strategic action project plan to identify risk identification and mitigation plans, supplier selection criteria, and using economies of scale for leverage in negotiation. Plan to be implemented across the Southwest Region, encompassing 13 states and 41 branches.• Utilizing category management, alliance partnerships, and qualitative and quantitative methods to determine product mix that will enable growth in top line sales and maximize revenue and margin within the region.

• Directed global strategic sourcing policies and initiatives that drove savings and developed commodity sourcing through increased competition. Maintained a continuous improvement and cost reduction culture.• Team managed corporate-wide purchasing and logistical activities that supported global data center operations and manufacturing. Developed strategic direction, risk identification and mitigation plans, supplier selection, and implementation of the MRP system. • Implemented supply base consolidation to optimize purchasing power and drive cost reduction. Annual global yearly budget of approximately $100M+ in annual spend across multiple internal business units (manufacturing, service, and CAPEX budgets). • Negotiated global contract terms and conditions for all IO global sites. Contracts encompassed terms of service, maintenance, product, and spares that aligned with the data center SLA’s for internal customer agreements. Agreements completed with ABB, Eaton, Siemens, Pegasus Logistics, and Caterpillar.• Created a set of standard metrics to drive efficiency and analytics for performance evaluation of supplier costs, quality, delivery, inventory, logistics, and service agreements. Developed a model that yielded monthly financial reports which tracked data accuracy and compliance. Results were presented to executives (CFO/President/CTO) to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and the overall global business plan.• Established processes and procedures for supply chain to adhere with compliance guidelines. Specific deliverables included the creation of supplier capacity plan and the supplier negotiation strategy. Also developed should-cost models, supplier health assessment, supplier selection criteria/process and evaluation, and the creation of global terms and conditions.

• Coordinated project planning and effective oversight of the delivery process to serve and complete projects for clients. Establish project expectations critical to the client and end user needs. Provide value in completing a project on time, on budget, and to a level of quality meeting predetermined needs.• Projects provided value while meeting user needs throughout its’ useful lifetime while contributing positively to the environment. Invested in early planning, programming, and design that delivered measureable benefits and avoided unnecessary costs and delays. • Project plans were created by driving whole-life value, not simply focusing on initial capital expenditures. Increased building quality by developing better performing facilities with reduced costs and collaborative upfront planning with the client, architects, and construction teams. • Mission was to perform the highest quality project management services at competitive pricing to:o Ensure the longevity of the company through repeat and referral business achieved by customer satisfaction in timeliness, attention to detail, and service-minded attitudes,o Maintain the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, honesty, and fairness in our relationships with suppliers, subcontractors, associates, and customers,o Form a team dedicated to providing exceptional customer service with a professional approach to constructing quality projects which meet budget and schedule targets, ando Establish lasting relationships with our customers by exceeding their expectations and gaining their trust through exceptional performance by every member of our team.• Services included: Ground-Up Construction, Tenant Improvements, Renovations, Equipment Installation, Design/Build, Program Management, Value Engineering, Document Control, Estimating, Move Management, Occupancy Planning, and Training.

Program/Project Manager • Managed cross-functional E-Commerce B2B team for identification and development of emerging markets sector of new business acquisitions. The team charter was to identify new markets and develop technology for future new products that would enhance the overall product portfolio. • Led team responsible for strategic direction of New Product Vertical Risk Assessment to senior management for platform readiness for new product launch. Presentation centered on risk mitigation, should-costs alignment with corporate budget targets, and material and factory readiness to align to corporate launch dates.• Collaborated with and led cross-functional team for software training for implementation of worldwide materials conversion into SAP software. Migrated operations across five international sites as single voice driving efficiency and encompassing materials, capacity planning, fab, and multiple commodity groups. Commodity Manager/Buyer-Planner (Purchasing)• Negotiated supplier contracts with numerous suppliers to meet materials cost targets, supplier capacity, cross-site allocation, and materials quality; total budget managed exceeded $500M.• Managed overall supplier capacity of materials that supported product launch, high volume manufacturing, and ramp down for multiple platforms across six worldwide sites. • Served as the single voice for worldwide materials allocation during factory ramp up/down activities, materials excursion and cross-site inventory levels. Team focus was to ensure seamless changes to in-line material work in process (WIP) mitigating risk with no interruption to manufacturing or end user receivables. Engineering Change Coordinator (Configuration Management)• Functioned as SAP conversion lead for bill of material (BOM) integrity to ensure information synchronization of the systems for closed-loop MRP/ERP.