Champion best-in-class sourcing strategies and practices surrounding RFPs, Reverse Auctions, and Leverage Management, coordinating with up to 20 staff to provide cost reduction initiatives and support improvements.• Promoted to Procurement Lead IT, handled tough negotiations for $4M in value generated and $1.7M in annual EBITDA savings against $11M in baseline spending, using practices later adopted as a company gold standard.• Constructed centralized procurement process to decrease related work-hours for the internal customer, the procurement team, and the legal team.• Established productive, professional relationships with IT stakeholders to enable key business opportunities. • Analyze suppliers, including contract compliance and risks, and produced clear, actionable reporting for senior leaders. Act as main liaison with Legal team to attain win-win contract outcomes under heavy workload.

Addressed non-merchandise needs and created tailored reports to handle time-sensitive inventory analysis/forecasting.• Drove $1M+ in savings/cost avoidance from $4M in baseline spend, receiving multiple commendations and later selected to provide training to incoming buyers on company procedures.• Managed vendors and purchase orders for new store builds, focusing on cost efficiency and complete accuracy.• Created specialized spreadsheets that resulted in productivity gains through the ranging and ordering process.

Tracked $800M+ worth of Purchase Orders as an expert with relevant software solutions, and organized work via meetings.• Integrated unique Purchase Order Expiry Report that is now a template for all other procurement efforts. • Developed macros to streamline an intensive update process and cut down process time by 80%.