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North Carolina, United States

Sharpsburg, Pa, Us

• Member of the executive turnaround team to identify and implement opportunities to enhance the company’s EBITDA for the upcoming sale by the Private Equity owner. Led the transformation and centralization of Procurement by implementing best practices, SOW’s and savings initiatives across multiple spend categories including packaging materials, utilities, material handling equipment, waste management, and production consumables• Delivered a 33% cost reduction, saving $5.6 million, in poly bag purchases by streamlining SKUs, initiating a competitive RFP process, and optimizing contract negotiations with suppliers. • Manage sourcing events (RFx) from creation to business award, including analytics, facilitating score carding, contract negotiations and Supplier Relations Management (SRM)• Developed an inventory management system that identified excess inventory at locations that could be relocated and utilized in lieu of purchasing more material yielding a savings of $1MM• Partnered with a utility advisory and facilitated energy reviews of 20 locations yielding savings of over $1.6MM

Bloomington, Indiana, Us

Cook Medical is a global, medical device, manufacturer that specializes in technologies that eliminate the need for open surgery.• Negotiated with suppliers to secure cost savings exceeding $1.2 million by optimizing procurement strategies for materials and services.• Recouped four years of unpaid credits worth $485K from over 20 suppliers due to quality failures upon incoming inspections and put a process in place to eliminate credit backlogs• Created an inventory monitoring system for over 200 critical materials and components during the supply chain shortages of the Pandemic. The system worked successfully, and production never ran out of materials.• Developed a robust supplier network by qualifying alternate sources for over 50 critical components and maintained compliance within a stringent regulatory framework.• Created an electronic purchase order system and eliminated all paper PO’s and enhanced operational efficiencies.• Skilled in remote working and managing a staff of 3 throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Negotiated global contracts for hardware, software, SAAS, peripherals, and national telecom arrangements.• Delivered RFP savings of 23% and 35% on PC hardware and tablets with improved warranty and value adds to the products.• Built a software subject matter expert team representing the 11 largest bottlers and negotiated system-wide improvements in supplier’s performance, and software enhancements containing bottlers’ desired functionality. • Leveraged a multi-category and multi-bottler negotiation strategy to unbundle hardware and software contractual dependencies and achieved a $2MM cost avoidance.• Successfully renegotiated existing ERP system contracts during extensions, enhancing terms to reduce organizational risk and elevate service provisions. • Led commercial negotiations on the purchase of two global software applications utilized by the Coke network.• Directed the competitive bidding process and negotiation of MSA’s and SOW’s for major services including Contingent Labor – MSP, Security Guard services, and Travel, resulting in annual savings of $625,000, $350,000, and $950,000, respectively.

1506 Ma Zaandam, Nl

Ahold is an international grocery and retailing group with strong consumer brands in Europe and the US. Some entities are: Albert Heijn, Etos, Gall & Gall, Bol.com, Giant, Peapod, & Stop & Shop. Provided commercial, sourcing and supplier management expertise to the IT department regarding Application Services. Work jointly with IT and suppliers to develop strategic improvement plans to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, benchmark performance and create best practices.• Developed and managed a sourcing strategy process for €80 M of implementation, maintenance, and support services.• Negotiated contracts to ensure fit for purpose, transparent cost structures and improvements, clear SLA's, KPI's and quality guarantees, IP ownership rights and result-based contracts. • Collaborated with key stakeholders, suppliers and ELT to streamline the application portfolio, leading to the decommissioning of redundant software and a 20% reduction in support expenses. • Led cross functional teams through a disciplined 7 step sourcing process for 5 RFPs for Application Maintenance achieving a 30%-50% cost reduction. Managed suppliers’ performance and fostered partnerships.

Addison, Texas, Us

ERA is the world's largest Procurement as a Service consulting company with over 700 consultants in 30 countries, specializing in increasing clients’ profitability by finding savings in over 30 indirect expense categories. Average savings is 20%, without reducing quality, service, or staff. The model is no cure, no pay. If we don’t find savings, clients don’t pay for our services.• Performed a 7-step sourcing process on over 40 projects for clients, achieving savings between 17% and 70%. Client base included large and mid-size companies, not for profits, public schools, universities, and city governments.• Categories reviewed: flexible & corrugated packaging, copier leases, printed materials, payroll processing fees, merchant card fees, travel, HVAC, and material handling equipment leasing and maintenance, uniforms & linens, and waste management & recycling.• Delivered a significant reduction in operating expenses for a nonprofit client, achieving a 70% cost reduction in copier leases, directly benefiting their community outreach initiatives. • Streamlined waste management procedures at 16 sites for a nonprofit organization, attaining a 44% cost reduction while enhancing operational efficiency

Bs, Industrial Management & Production

Mba, International Business