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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ft. Riley, Kansas

Armor/Ordnance

Ba

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

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