My responsibilities included developing/implementing/improving procure-to-pay processes, supplier relationships, and sourcing strategies to optimize the indirect (MRO, capital, services & supplies) procurement spend across multiple manufacturing sites.

-Developed and implemented sourcing strategies-Championed and implemented equipment standardization initiatives-Negotiated contracts and managed supplier relationships-Initiated and implemented source to pay process improvements-Optimized MRO inventories across the manufacturing network via vendor consignment, vendor parts buybacks, VMI (Vendor Managed Inventories), parts rebuilds versus new, etc.

Responsible for capital equipment and MRO strategic sourcing activities across 100+ manufacturing sites around the globe.

Managed staffing, research & development activities, capital investment activities, and operating budgets at two Kraft sites and two co-manufacturing sites.

Managed capital investment projects to manufacture innovative leading edge shelf stable pasta meals.

- Managed manufacturing capital budgets, spending forecasts, and expenditures- Optimized utilization and efficiency of manufacturing assets across multiple plants- Justified and managed implementation of capital investment projects for revenue growth, cost savings, and sustainability- Trained/developed talent to become successors in my roles

- Managed operating budgets and supervised hourly manufacturing personnel across multiple shifts- Led cross functional knowledge and skills transfer among hourly personnel to establish high performance flexible work teams capable of operation, sanitation, equipment/product changeovers, and warehousing- Authored, justified, and implemented multiple capital appropriations requests for a variety of infrastructure, process, and product improvement projects