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Libertyville, Il, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Pioneer innovative category and sourcing strategies within Google's Global Procurement Organization to optimize and drive value through data-driven insights. - Strategically manage the Global Facilities & Securities categories for Google Data Centers - Partner with key stakeholders to drive excellence in sourcing, supplier management, and contract negotiation -Identify and onboard new suppliers to support our growing global footprint -Lead the global sourcing process including eSourcing RFX, negotiations, and contract execution -Manage supplier relationships and monitor supplier performance through SLAs, KPIs, and QBRs -Develop short- and long-term category goals, identify pipeline opportunities, and forecast Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for proposed solutions.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Develop and lead global category management strategies for all North American facilities. Build and execute global sourcing strategies to deliver an optimal level of service and results through planning, business need scoping, industry assessment, strategy definition, execution, supplier selection, and contracting. Critically analyze the organization's spending patterns to better leverage its purchasing power, reduce costs, and improve overall performance.• Strategically manage the Global Facilities Tower totaling $220M in spend• Strategic oversight of 26 categories for 300+ North American locations • Achieved $7M in savings in 2023 through strategic identification of opportunities• Manage and develop aligned Associate Category Managers and Analysts• Define, develop and implement global sourcing strategies across North America• Identify and onboard new suppliers to support our growing North American footprint• Identify and review top spend categories through the category review process• Monitor the supplier market and identify opportunities and industry trends; use market intelligence to validate and benchmark costs and competitive pricing.• Lead the global sourcing process including eSourcing RFX, negotiations, and contract execution• Manage supplier relationships and monitor supplier performance through SLAs, KPIs, and QBRs• Strategically partner with large suppliers to execute North American agreements to leverage scale and align pricing• Negotiated reduction in spend by over $1M during COVID building closures. • Align with senior leaders to develop short and long-term category goals and pipeline opportunities• Prioritize and conduct spend and savings analysis• Forecast Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for proposed solutions• Partner with Supplier Management and Sales to develop shared supplier strategy • Strategically partner with the sustainability team to meet Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Manage the execution of category management strategies and the strategic sourcing process for Facilities categories. Plan, deploy and disseminate category strategies and plans and conduct sourcing projects by engaging stakeholders and the required cross-functional resources. Develop effective strategic supplier relationships, risk and compliance management programs, and other key performance metrics. • Strategically managed the US Facilities Tower totaling $90M in spend• Maintained and managed national contracts for over 250 US Branch, DC, and Corporate locations• Partnered with Supply Chain to strategically source services for the new distribution center in Louisville, KY• Led the sourcing process including RFX, negotiations, and contracting• Identified and onboarded new suppliers to support the expanding business needs• Managed supplier relationships and monitored supplier performance• Developed pricing models to enable easy supplier responses and award scenario analysis • Reviewed and analyzed spend reports to identify savings/sourcing opportunities• Developed medium to long term demand plan for Facilities and Supply Chain categories• Managed staff in the development and implementation of department processes, procedures and programs.• Ensured adherence to Company processes and procedures

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Manage the execution of category management strategies and the strategic sourcing process for Facilities and Supply Chain categories. Assist in the creation of category strategies and plans and conduct sourcing projects by engaging stakeholders and the required cross-functional resources. Develop effective strategic supplier relationships, risk and compliance management programs, and other key performance metrics. • Managed facilities and supply chain categories totaling $60M in spend• Led a cross-functional team to review and standardize SOW’s in Landscaping and Snow Removal which drove savings of $1.1M• Implemented a new HVAC strategy reducing operating expenses by $500,000 and capital expenditures by $1.2M• Reduced 2016 Furniture spend by 10% through bundling of sites• Led the sourcing process including RFX, negotiations, and contracting• Managed supplier relationships and monitored supplier performance• Developed pricing models to enable easy supplier responses and award scenario analysis

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Define and lead recruiting strategies and tactics at Michigan State University to build a strong pipeline of supply chain talent for Grainger.• Identify and support key partnerships on campus to build a foundation for growth• Develop a team that best represents Grainger and attracts top supply chain talent• Implement best practices to execute during recruiting season• Engage and leverage recent school hires to continuously improve our strategy, message, and tactics

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Drive profitable Global Business growth through analytics, identification of cost savings opportunity, and portfolio management synergies. Project management responsibility for productivity initiatives within global purchasing and supply chain. Lead continuous improvement and LEAN initiatives with internal partners to identify process improvement opportunities.• Identified, analyzed, and managed global programs that deliver over $10M in annual margin improvement by leveraging purchasing scale and supplier relationships across business units in the US, Canada, Mexico and Western Europe• Managed RFP lifecycle from construction through analysis and recommendations• Led the development and implementation of standardized processes, documents, communications, and metrics • Aligned and influenced business stakeholders across Global Product Management and Global Sourcing• Engaged directly with global suppliers through RFP evaluations and cost matching• Experience presenting and communicating with varying levels of senior leadership• Initiated and conducted portfolio research and translated findings through both formal and informal communication techniques

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Define, plan, and execute the Supply Chain Summer Internship Program strategy in conjunction with HR/Talent Acquisition. Participated in spring/fall on-campus college recruiting activities to grow brand awareness and identify top talent. Demonstrated strong communication skills, CI mindset and an appetite for recruiting.• Educated participating supply chain members on recruiting core competencies• Identified top talent throughout summer and fall/spring recruiting• Facilitated intern and full-time hiring discussions• Mentored and coached supply chain summer interns and recent full-time hires

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Responsible for developing strategies and leading initiatives that maximize business performance and profitability through optimizing multi-channel search and select results. This is achieved through search and select performance management that drives increased search success rates on Grainger.com, and ensures continuous improvement in customer satisfaction with the search and select experience. • Optimized the top searched keyword terms on Grainger.com for the Power and Motion Team• Created search enhancements (Brand, Cross Category Landing Pages, etc.) to improve customer satisfaction and continuously monitored page performance metrics for optimization opportunities• Educated Product Management teams, Content Analysts, and suppliers on Grainger.com functionality to ensure a proactive approach to generating quality product data• Led the development of team metrics to track product category performance and keyword optimization status

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Provide ongoing support to the product teams, finance, cost accounting and suppliers. Improve processes by reducing the workload and amount of time it takes to complete each task. Collect and track over 100 million dollars each year. Manage detailed tracking for Rebates, and other Misc. funds. Manage and analyze monthly rebate accruals.• Reduced cycle time and re-defined the pre-buy process, allowing the company to collect an additional $1.5 million in rebates• Worked with system support team to implement automated supplier notifications which directed them to online detailed backup reports, reducing manual work by more than 320 hours per year• Reduced accrual variance between Vistex and the General Ledger from $345,232 to $2,769 in the course of one year• Drove results of 99.85% accuracy in 2007 for accrued vs. collected rebates, which reduced amount of collected claims through PRG auditing

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Provide follow up and invoice expedites for all orders over $2,500.00. Train incoming new hires and contractors as well as manage a portion of the proactive invoice expedite process. Maintain and enhance supplier relationships by using quality customer service.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Global Business

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Science -Major / Business -Minor