Patrick Keefer is a Global Sourcing Manager, Power Council Chair at IBM. He possess expertise in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, cross functional team leadership, staff development, contract management and 41 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I work closely with Patrick on a number production procurement cost management issues. We work together to identify new parts and load them into our cost management databases with the correct supplier sources, manufacturing sites and projected costs. We work together to resolve discrepancies in the data, identify cost take out opportunities and report to management. Patrick is a very detail and analytically oriented cost manager with a proven track record of cost reduction and supplier management. He's a great team player and a pleasure work with.", "I worked with Patrick about 8 years on many different projects and commodities with multiple suppliers. Patrick has been active in pursuit of cost reductions through sourcing, cost evaluations, negotiations, process improvements, and design changes. He has been flexible enough to develop technical understanding of multiple types of products and commodities and solid business relationships with his supplier base.", and "Patrick has got very rich experiences in procurement and has very deep knowledges on the technical areas as well, which helped him to be able to deliver great amount of cost savings to IBM corporation. Meanwhile he has spent lots of his time and energy to coach other colleagues in China, which is highly appreciated by the team in China. Patrick is a great guy to work with in a global environment."