member of Dashboard Committee (1 year), Chair of Committee on Trusteeship (3 years)

Providing expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor relationship management, spend analysis, and purchase-to-pay processes and systems.

Head of Department including purchasing, logistics, fleet maintenance, inventory management, asset tracking, and customer product fulfillment. Responsibilities included setting department goals and metrics, managing a department budget of $15 million, developing key strategies, building an effective team, and implementing process improvements across the supply chain. Total addressable sourcing spend (direct and indirect) of approximately $500 million.• Developed and implemented a web-based ordering and fulfillment process to supply over 400 technicians with materials needed daily, reducing waste and improving the availability of usage data for sourcing and inventory management.• Established Supply Chain processes and procedures to support new entertainment business from initial start-up and roll-out through expansion to over 50,000 customers, including both forward and reverse logistics.• Improved service by outsourcing clerical functions across purchasing and materials management as well as fleet maintenance operations, with annual savings of at least 20%.• Led sourcing negotiations with savings of over $1 million in 2011.• Collaborated with Finance and Accounting to establish accurate product costing models and manage cash flow with vendors.• Reduced inventory levels and increased payment terms with suppliers in support of working capital initiative.

Led Strategic Sourcing program, and responsible for all day-to-day Purchasing activities and portions of the Materials Management function.• Led Sourcing team that brought $2 to $3 million in savings to bottom-line annually.• Instituted several process improvements to eliminate waste and non-value added steps in the Purchasing process, reducing clerical head count by approximately 30%.• Selected and implemented eSourcing and Contract Management applications.• Built the initial business case and functional requirements for the internal development of a web-based requisition tool, supported by Six Sigma principles. Later expanded this initiative to include expense management and the vendor payment request process in the same application.• Developed process maps and identified key controls to support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in the areas of Purchasing, Asset Management, and Accounts Payable.

Responsible for strategic sourcing and contract management functions.

Led corporate-wide strategic sourcing initiatives, resulting in over $13 million in annual savings in the first year.

Responsible for developing and implementing supply chain solutions for Fortune 500 clients across a variety of industries, including chemicals, automotive, retail, general manufacturing, high tech, utilities, financial services, and communications/entertainment. Projects included strategic sourcing opportunity assessments, corporate-wide spend analysis, purchasing organization re-design, e-procurement package selection, e-procurement implementations, transportation cost reduction, and implementation of strategic sourcing initiatives.

Developed and tested new formulas and processing techniques for soap products.