•Develop organizational Procurement strategy and plans, including investment, resource and skill requirements and related KPIs to ensure performance to plan•Lead National Purchasing team executing global purchasing efforts •Development and implementation of purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures in collaboration with Compliance department•Creation and management of short-, mid-, and long-term USM procurement goals and objectives•Coordinates and oversees companywide USM procurement with a primary focus on KPA owned Product Lines, with a view towards reducing acquisition costs, while improving the overall quality of purchased materials•Creation and ongoing value creation of a strong supply base & expanding supply value streams•Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities•Management, creation, and utilization of purchasing reporting & dashboards in collaboration with Systems and IT teams to implement bar raising data driven visualization and purchasing solutions•Collaborate with other Executive business leaders to evaluate material investment plans, programs, and replenishment opportunities.•Develop global min/max in stock systems complimenting total asset pipelines to ensure continuous stock levels •Lead market intelligence, enabling Product Line and Sales to make expedited pricing and strategic decisions•Partner with IT/Finance/Legal in the contract administration of all third-party agreements, etc.•Diversify, manage, and expand product offerings driven by company and org expansion plans•Identify purchasing and consignment opportunities with existing customers in collaboration with Sales & Business Development.

·Design long-term strategies and capabilities to facilitate disruptive innovation, improve asset utilization, asset turns and drive portfolio of initiatives across multiple teams·Lead end-to-end Procurement and Inbound Supply Chain Inventory & Placement team for North America Operations (Global Execution) ·Responsible for program and product line expansion, financial reporting, new partnerships, technology enhancement, business Intelligence and new supply chain innovations ·Act as an evangelist for the adoption of new tools and processes for Inbound Supply Chain Regionalization Program, increasing capacity of freight by 200%·Influence and drive consensus and decisions with Executive Amazon Leadership providing insights to technical prioritization of key initiatives, and promoting the program and operational excellence through weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews·Use analytical and statistical rigor to solve complex problems and drive business decisions, while owning programmatic execution on both detailed and strategic levels

·Senior Leader overseeing team of Senior Program and Senior Product Managers in SSD/RSR Amazon Network·Work with business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives·Manage full procurement lifecycle of complex cross-functional procurement programs and spend optimization exceeding eleven figures annualized ·Define and design the program, set objectives, develop next-gen tech and operational capabilities which serve both cost favorably and sustainability ·Seek to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions while driving optimization in each category·Partner with teams across the business to source, allocate, and coordinate resources to create automation in daily procurement activities ·Partner with customers, internal/external teams, and engineering teams to pilot, analyze and create work back/implementation plans ·Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, insufficient stakeholder review etc)·Develop, implement, and govern KPI, WBR and MBR reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects to executive team·Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers·Create, communicate, and manage budget/CAPEX for annual procurement operations alongside Sn. Finance teams

·Head of North America procurement operations for four major business lines full lifecycle of non-inventory·Coach and mentor to Program Managers, Sn. Site Leaders, Area Managers and Associates ·Develop and oversee national procurement SLA performance against quality benchmarks to ensure optimal operations and customer experience·Work with Engineering and the Supply Chain teams to set program cost/sustainability targets at a commodity level through the invention of source of truth metrics and tools·Deep dive national actuals versus target to identify program deltas and corrective actions to bring back on track through coaching and systematic standardization and training ·Drive new product introduction while evaluating cost implication of engineering and/or process changes as related to you product fully loaded cost targets·Manage SCM concessions/price variance resulting from operational compliance, engineering changes, or forecast variance·Drive the supply chain and operations team to achieve compliance goals detailed cost reduction forecast that enable US operations to meet and exceed product goals·Host weekly Executive Management reviews for NA sustainability/packaging procurement operations

·Lead and mentor a team of Managers and Associates overseeing GSF North America·Responsible for the overall tactical procurement quality, SLA, and customer experience for 1000+ sites ·Hire and develop the best associates and managers creating career progression·Create and nurture recognition and communication programs to establish bar raising work culture ·Responsible for weekly planning, organizational staffing, and operations scheduling ·Deep dive intra-day and intra-week tends and create action plans to address operational issues in coordination with sites, partner teams, and Program/Procurement Managers·Proactive oversight of best national practices for procurement operations through Amazon org

·Provide leadership and support to procurement operations team and purchasing assistants ·Management of procurement operations for nation wide multi-sites, including: forecasting of non-inventory products, inventory management, non-inventory flow and space models, cycle counts, supplier management, procurement transaction and expediting support·Drive efficiencies and automation through invention and simplification ·Develop deep knowledge of sites non inventory items and align with like buildings to drive best practices ·Manage related KPI to measure, control and benchmark procurement processes including creation of recurring metrics reports·Develop relationship across network internally and externally with all stakeholders·Align with Internal customers, Finance and Procurement Operations to understand budgetary targets by building to develop an agreed method of measuring and defining savings, value and other category metrics·Build the category metrics model based on input from the category team to track and monitor performance to the category strategy·Oversight of cost accounting to measure actual vs planned savings and advise team of trends, escalate issues and own action plans·Manage and maintain supplier scorecards

•Developed and built new emerging product line/product launch growing relationships with 100+ new vendors/suppliers •Management of seven figure department spend resulting in sales increase of 13.5x baseline annual revenues in first year•Oversight of full Supply Chain lifecycle cross functionally including demand planning, analytics, acquisition, global material positioning, logistics and outsourced third party MRO partnerships (75+)•Expanded product line from 1% to 13% of total company revenues through obtaining product market share by collaborating with Vice P resident of Sales and Sales Management team to develop product sales strategies •Facilitated inventory turns at 450% of company average from 2 to 9 through internal partnerships and understanding business needs•Forecasted, set and monitored inventory levels through MRP system adding over 100 unique part numbers managed and performing above KPI /OKR metrics •Pilot the nature and scope of present and future product line by reviewing product specifications and FAA requirements; ISO 9001 & ASA quality scopes appraising new product ideas and/or product offerings•Determine product pricing utilizing market research data through RFQ process including $100,000,000+ in data mining and input. Reviewed availability and end use market value; to set all material pricing strategies •Communicate product line metrics and strategy to Executive team during annual planning sessions •Provide leadership to Product Line Repair Coordinator, Technical Record team, Associates and Sales team

•Started new deparment responsible for analyzing and driving execution in all aspects of the supply chain with emphasis on materials management: Sales and operation planning (S&OP), planning, and inventory control for ITS Airframes•Implement, and maintain world class supply chain analytic tools for purchasing, planning, master scheduling, sales and operations planning (S&OP), ERP/MRP systems and others•Develop, train and utilize supply chain analytics creating opportunities to reduce lead times, inventories, costs and improve overall supply chain performance•Analyze and assist in developing site supply chain strategies and to drive the successful execution of these strategies across the supply chain•Responsible for supporting and providing analysis for continuous improvements and training within ITS•Complete in depth quantitative key account data mining to best support customers forward facing using data driven solutions•Total Airframe modeling, planning and business case presentation direct to Executive team

•Team leader overseeing companywide sourced material for both MRP and speculative inventories. Increased product line specialization through four new product line offerings increasing increasing revenue by 227%•Lead quantitative analytics- developed internal systems to define material gaps, trade pace, total aircraft modeling/planning for RFP while creating/managing global stocking levels via control of MRP system•Management of 200+ suppliers and new entry development ensuring performance measurements and resolving any material or quality issues globally alongside team of Strategic Buyers•Optimized supply chain OTD and min/max stock levels, increasing end use development/retention to above 97% from 70% •In charge of all scaled acquisition deals at executive level, ranging from $50,000-$7,000,000 in negotiation in support of Managing Partner•Train, monitor and assist team of four as coach and teammate to meet and excel team goals while developing lean, JIT and safety stock supply chains

•Lead of cross organizational team implored to evaluate new business channel, execute material fulfillment, track progress, schedule, report and manage life cycle of end user multi-channel leasing program•Interacted with customer to process information in response to inquiries, concerns and requests about products/services throughout international stocking locations and OTD performance•Continuous implementation of supply chain improvements through cost avoidance, lean operation management, and supply leverage in break bulk and stream lined acquisition throughout fulfilment•Achieved all dashboard program goals for both OTD & cost savings within programs ninety-day deadline on over $5,5000,000 worth of assets•Resulted in $3,600,000 in base cost reconciliation during three year program. Increasing final sales of goods to 85% margin from 27% average

•Conception Buyer brought on to develop and grow purchasing department, establish process, develop suppliers and build out global warehouses in North America and Europe•Forecasting, market analysis and other tools used daily to maintain stock inventories and projecting future demand to ensure customer satisfaction through anticipated aftermarket spare needs•Defined top material categories building out purchased inventories creating sustainable, continuous material flows increasing purchasing function from 2% to 25% of company revenue in first eighteen months •Developed parts scoring, vendor scorecards, material analysis tools and sales pricing matrix alongside IT & Executive team improving RFQ/RFP response time by two days•Inventory management and logistics management of all inbound/outbound materials•Created and implemented department key performance indicators while defining departmental organization chart allowing expansion of team to include five team members

•Directed planogram mapping and execution, inventory order planning, stock optimization and Marketing Campaigns•Managed 30+ employees, from product specialist to associates•Coordinated shipment orders, stock replenishment, shipment receiving and placement of goods on showroom for eight figure revenue stores across two statewide locations•Increased stores financial performance to top statewide locations through material performance