Paige Benson, Mba Email & Phone Number

Blue Bell, Pa

Lead supplier diversity initiatives, establish appropriate spend goals, and fully develop all aspects of the enterprise-wide Henkels & McCoy supplier diversity program.Maintain and submit all Customer and government reporting including the Small Business Subcontracting Plan and ensure compliance with government regulations from a small business and supplier diversity perspective. Keep current with all regulatory and governmental requirements related to small business and supplier diversity. Measure spend and ensure tracking to Customer commitments.Engage supplier outreach, due diligence, and networking to build relationships and monitor diverse supplier market opportunities. Act as an advocate for all diverse current and potential suppliers. Identify, pre-qualify, and enhance company's supplier pool such that it provides opportunities for qualified small and diverse businesses.Establishes metrics and measurements for outreach, sourcing, awards, diversity spend, and other performance criteria to be used by Procurement for diverse vendorsWorks closely with stakeholders throughout the organization and with to enable access to diverse suppliers and achieve company objectives. Is proactive in identifying opportunities to engage and use diverse suppliers.Contract negotiations – Develop and drive negotiations including both commercial and legal terms. Identify sourcing opportunities, develop and execute negotiations within a category of spend.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Adhere to Department of Defense and Department of Energy Federal Acquisition Requirements in order to coordinate engineering, finance, and procurement functions to manage the cradle-to-grave Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program procurement responsibilities.• Procurement lead for $50 million integration project, which includes identifying out year Program needs, sourcing qualified suppliers, negotiations, buying equipment, overseeing/managing supplier progress, fleet support, and managing obsolescence.• Managed twelve product types to achieve 95% on time delivery metric for over 1000 individually serialized units, exceeding the company goal of 90% and the stretch goal of 92% on time delivery.• Saved the Program 8% by negotiating the longest period of performance contract for neutron detectors in Program history.• Qualified four new commercial small business suppliers contributing to the company wide disadvantaged-business focus and resulting in greater competition, lower prices.• Leadership Roles: Hand selected as the sole Diversity Ambassador for procurement, elected as Toastmaster’s Treasurer, Safety Representative for the I&C department, 2015 Leaders Forum and Senior Leadership Lunch Series participant.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Benefits Consultant, Brian Patten and Associates (2012-2013)• Scheduled and executed enrollment plans with key HR personnel, managers, and administrators• Managed project teams to achieve enrollment completion at 95% or higher (8-250 employees per location)• Fast Start and Fireball Winner within 3 months of 12-month contest date• #5 sales associate statewide (over $30,000 in-force premium per month)

Bellevue, Washington

Account Management: Repurchase structured settlements and annuity contracts

Chandler, Az

Sales and Merchandise Management, Customer Relations

Tempe, Az

Student Development

Scottsdale, Az

Sponsorship Strategy & Partner Relations, Sales and Merchandise Management, Bid Preparation & Contract Negotiations, Market Research & Database Analysis

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Sponsorship satisfaction analysis and recommendations

Greater Seattle Area

Financial Reporting,Forecasting, Media Accounts Payable, Customer Communication Accounts

Suhl, Germany

Represented the Team in community activities and in the media Team finished 3rd in the league and participated in the post seasonLearned functional German

Burgos, Spain

Represented the team in community activities and in the media,Team finished 6th in the league and played in the post-season,Learned functional Spanish

Trained at the US Olympic Center in Colorado Springs, Global Competition

Master Of Business, Sports Business, Marketing, 3.74

Activities and Societies: MBA Association, ToastDevils (Toastmasters chapter), Sports Business Association, National Black MBA.

Bachelor Of Arts In Business, Accounting, Speech Communications, 3.82

Activities and Societies: NCAA Women's Volleyball, Beta Gamma SigmaGraduated Cum Laude NCAA Female Athlete of the Year for the state.