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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

United States

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for creating and driving strategic sourcing for a group of corporate services spend categories with enterprise-wide responsibilities for the procurement strategies of indirect spend categories as well as collaboration with multiple Business Units to secure optimal purchasing opportunities for Highmark. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Category Managers. Strategic business partner, interfacing at the senior levels of the company, with the ability to understand customer needs and… Show more Responsible for creating and driving strategic sourcing for a group of corporate services spend categories with enterprise-wide responsibilities for the procurement strategies of indirect spend categories as well as collaboration with multiple Business Units to secure optimal purchasing opportunities for Highmark. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Category Managers. Strategic business partner, interfacing at the senior levels of the company, with the ability to understand customer needs and drive results to achieve customer satisfaction. This position is also responsible for driving continuous improvement of procurement processes throughout Highmark and its subsidiaries and provides expertise to business leaders in planning and implementing supply chain strategies to achieve business goals and objectives. Categories of focus: Marketing, Human Resources, Legal Services, Consulting Services, Insurance, and Financial Services. Show less

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for leading, mentoring and developing a team of seven sourcing and contract analysts tasked with executing annual sourcing strategies and supplier management activities. Team is responsible for the development and execution of all sourcing-related functions including category assessments, RFP development and execution, contract negotiations, supplier evaluations and clinician engagement.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for providing leadership to procurement and strategic sourcing process and systems improvement, spend analytics, and cost reduction programs. Responsible for developing and maintaining resources, tools, training, reporting and governance of key procurement processes, as well as driving overall program oversight of savings initiatives including tracking of savings opportunities and validation of savings achieved.- Designed and implemented the Procurement Project Management Office… Show more Responsible for providing leadership to procurement and strategic sourcing process and systems improvement, spend analytics, and cost reduction programs. Responsible for developing and maintaining resources, tools, training, reporting and governance of key procurement processes, as well as driving overall program oversight of savings initiatives including tracking of savings opportunities and validation of savings achieved.- Designed and implemented the Procurement Project Management Office (PMO) responsible for governing and delivering annual cost reduction targets.- Led procurement transformation across multiple work streams including Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Risk and Strategic Planning.- Designed and implemented process and tools to lift Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Savings Opportunity Assessments programs and managed the execution of pilot programs. Show less

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for aligning short and long term category strategy (commercial and process improvement) with the DSG business strategy. Oversee category strategy implementation activities to ensure delivery of expected business value. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with business stakeholders to ensure strategy alignment to business needs and that supplier base is capable of supporting strategy.- Led process improvement program aimed at increasing the efficiency and viability… Show more Responsible for aligning short and long term category strategy (commercial and process improvement) with the DSG business strategy. Oversee category strategy implementation activities to ensure delivery of expected business value. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with business stakeholders to ensure strategy alignment to business needs and that supplier base is capable of supporting strategy.- Led process improvement program aimed at increasing the efficiency and viability of the following work streams: procurement planning process, category strategy development, strategic sourcing process, savings and baseline calculation criteria, department capacity planning, working capital improvement, and spend analytics.- Initiated Process Improvement PMO to ensure efficient project management of essential work streams.- Conducted sourcing events in the areas of insurance, legal, payroll, HR employee engagement, eCommerce, IT consulting, and audit; total identified FY savings of $3.1MM. Show less

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for project management, process improvement, technical and analytical expertise, and developing and improve processes in the areas of planning, strategic sourcing and commodity management. Improved efficiency, eliminating waste and rework, reduced costs, and improved service to Alcoa’s businesses and suppliers. - Led a global project team to redevelop the procurement planning and forecasting processes. Pilot year resulted in over $239M of identified savings from nearly 3000… Show more Responsible for project management, process improvement, technical and analytical expertise, and developing and improve processes in the areas of planning, strategic sourcing and commodity management. Improved efficiency, eliminating waste and rework, reduced costs, and improved service to Alcoa’s businesses and suppliers. - Led a global project team to redevelop the procurement planning and forecasting processes. Pilot year resulted in over $239M of identified savings from nearly 3000 individual initiatives ranging in size from $1K to $25M.- Led cross functional team in the development and rollout of new supplier summit process, which generated $8.7 million in savings (7%) on $1.28 billion of spend in the first half of 2013- Designed and implemented change program for the global supplier complexity reduction program, which reduced Alcoa’s supply base by 21,500 suppliers (45%) in the fourth quarter of 2013 Show less

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for the overall strategy and knowledge development for strategic sourcing projects with-in various indirect categories including legal services, temporary labor, marketing services, commercial printing and other professional services. Responsibilities included project risk assessments, project strategy development, market assessment and the responsibility of overall knowledge transfer to Fortune 100 clients. - Sourced over $1B in corporate services spend on approximately 100… Show more Responsible for the overall strategy and knowledge development for strategic sourcing projects with-in various indirect categories including legal services, temporary labor, marketing services, commercial printing and other professional services. Responsibilities included project risk assessments, project strategy development, market assessment and the responsibility of overall knowledge transfer to Fortune 100 clients. - Sourced over $1B in corporate services spend on approximately 100 projects resulting in over $200M in savings - Collaborated with senior management from Fortune 500 companies to develop sourcing strategies aimed at reducing costs and improving supply chain efficiency - Conducted spend analyses and category assessments of clients' spend to identify areas of opportunity, prioritize sourcing engagements and build a customized sourcing pipeline Show less

Functioned as the primary sourcing contact and functional expert for the West and Midwest regions (US) and supported 26 semi-trailer maintenance and operations facilities located in 15 states. - Enforced replacement tire compliance initiative by communicating program benefits and developing governance metrics. Measurement and focus resulted in 23% savings over prior year pricing. Compliance improved by 50% after program re-launch.- Led initiative to transition $8MM of retread tire… Show more Functioned as the primary sourcing contact and functional expert for the West and Midwest regions (US) and supported 26 semi-trailer maintenance and operations facilities located in 15 states. - Enforced replacement tire compliance initiative by communicating program benefits and developing governance metrics. Measurement and focus resulted in 23% savings over prior year pricing. Compliance improved by 50% after program re-launch.- Led initiative to transition $8MM of retread tire spend to new online purchasing platform (P2P). The initiative resulted in superior analytic data enabling enhanced compliance with existing national agreements. Show less

Responsible for four million dollars in annual revenue derived from the sale, rental, lease, and maintenance of a 1200 unit, semi-trailer fleet. Direct reports included: two assistant managers, four mechanics, and one truck driver. - Branch Operational Audit Results improved dramatically over previous year increasing to 91% from 76% PY.- Effectively managed cost with a reduction of service expense by 23% from PY while service billing improved 36%, mobile maintenance revenue improved… Show more Responsible for four million dollars in annual revenue derived from the sale, rental, lease, and maintenance of a 1200 unit, semi-trailer fleet. Direct reports included: two assistant managers, four mechanics, and one truck driver. - Branch Operational Audit Results improved dramatically over previous year increasing to 91% from 76% PY.- Effectively managed cost with a reduction of service expense by 23% from PY while service billing improved 36%, mobile maintenance revenue improved 81% over PY. Show less

Responsible for supervising 11 route personnel, building customer relationships, growing existing account sales, contract negotiations and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. Additional responsibilities included fleet management (30 vehicles) and department budget and P/L.- Reduced route personnel overtime by 98% through comprehensive route restructuring, resulting in $166,000 annual labor savings.- Reduced expired service contracts 75% by improving customer relations… Show more Responsible for supervising 11 route personnel, building customer relationships, growing existing account sales, contract negotiations and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. Additional responsibilities included fleet management (30 vehicles) and department budget and P/L.- Reduced route personnel overtime by 98% through comprehensive route restructuring, resulting in $166,000 annual labor savings.- Reduced expired service contracts 75% by improving customer relations with proactive service visits. Show less

Ft. Riley, Kansas

Armor/Ordnance

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Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

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