Responsible for the end-to-end supplier relationship, cost, performance, and contract ownership efforts for both new and existing Service Providers including identification of business & financial objectives, RFQ/SOW engagement, negotiation of commercial terms & service level requirements, support of customer requirements, enhancement of value add through ongoing performance management, contract amendments, settlement agreements, leadership to address escalations/conflict resolution, and staff training & mentoring. Strategic Sourcing lead on multiple cross functional business transformation initiatives responsible for statement of work, quoting, cost negotiations, contract development, and risk mitigation including:• a global operations outsourcing effort of $3B in spend shift, introduction of an activity based cost model, and $100M annual savings• an operations program focused on shifting supply chain related responsibilities to a provider that enabled material consolidations and supported the company’s record-breaking annual free cash flow• creation of multiple standard operating procedures to define process requirements, streamline workflow, and improve consistencyStrategic Sourcing leader of a team of Global Partner Managers responsible for the Service Provider commodity category, onboarding to end-of-life, located in three geographical areas (Americas, EMEA, APJ) with the following profiles:• Tier 1 CM/ODM Providers with ~$9B accumulated annual spend• Supply Chain & Logistics Service Provider responsible for ~$5B capacity dollars to manage end-to-end services and provider accountability• Support of corporate and category initiatives such as digital transformation and geographical diversity within the sourcing category

Diverse business perspective obtained through worldwide leadership responsibility and cost center management ($4-5M annually).• Developed and implemented the concept of ECO Liaisons (executive stakeholders) utilizing Business Executives as part of the ECO processes for measurements, communications, and investigative closures• Oversight for all the major investigation efforts by the ECO conducted by a cross functional compliance team (ECO, Legal, HR, Audit, & Security) including annual program reviews with external auditors• Published ongoing communications including ECO newsletters, global & subject matter specific training programs, and quarterly BoD reports

Experience in leading teams responsible for commodity management and quality efforts across a broad spectrum of commodity categories including Manufacturing Services; Supply Chain & Logistics Services; PCAs; PCBs; semiconductors & other board loadable components; Drives; Power; Batteries, and branded Options. Experience as a Procurement Program Manager responsible for ensuring alignment to introduction schedules, validating material readiness, and driving resolution to issues for new products across all impacted commodities.

Served as the technical interface and liaison between Design Engineering and Operations for new product introductions of PCAs and associated new technologies from concept through production launch. Lead Engineer on a production line responsible for the end-to-end quality and delivery of commercial products to customers.