Steve Clapper Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Global category management of Travel and Finance categories. Work with Strategic (Preferred) Suppliers in contract negotiations and Supplier management for Corporate Travel Program (primarily Air, Hotels and Car Rentals). Managed Corporate credit card program worldwide. Assisted with set-up of new Mergers and Acquistions (M&A) companies to Keysight Travel.

Santa Rosa, CA

• Sourcing management for indirect materials for the following Categories: Professional Services, Contigent Labor, Legal, IT, Travel and Finance.
• Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the Americas (United States, Canada Mexico and Brazil).
• Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed.
• Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for the following Categories: Professional.
• Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements.
• Provide strategic influence while building relationships with outside suppliers and business partners. Oversee supplier performance consistent with established goals and performance metrics.Assisted with new Global.

Santa Rosa, CA

• Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.
• Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.
• Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed.
• Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and.
• Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect materials.
• Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements and with capital.

On Assignment With Agilent Technologies

• Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) category responsible for over $50 million of company spend.
• Develop and plan sourcing strategies for the United States and Canada.
• Review and approve requests for supplier additions, competitive bid requests and service agreements for business units as needed.
• Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect… Show more Sourcing management for indirect materials for Maintenance, Repair and.
• Manage and oversee Agilent on-line catalog for MRO preferred suppliers generating consolidated spend and cost reductions for indirect materials.
• Work with key leaders in designated business units to define and drive execution of sourcing strategies and cost savings. Assist business units in negotiations with supplier business agreements and with capital.

Santa Rosa, CA

Provided new products materials management & strategic support to newly created division within Agilent Technologies. Support to R&D products from conception through transition into production, Major areas of responsibility include Product Materials Management and Planning.

• Licensed Fire and Casualty Broker-Agent and Life Agent selling a complete line of insurance products including commercial, personal, life and health. Lead agency’s business development for Sonoma County.Sales
• Generated $400,000 new and renewal premiums for agency.
• Represent over 30 preferred and surplus lines insurance carriers.
• Develop and maintain business relationships with 20 general agencies and brokers for hard to place business.

• Supply Chain Management Planner 2005-2006 Facilitated, as a member of the newly formed Product Lifecycle Management team, the introduction and management of a new worldwide discontinuance process for aging products to.
• Completed introduction and testing of pilot phase for new discontinuance process within required timeframes leading to on-time… Show more Supply Chain Management Planner 2005-2006 Facilitated, as a member of the newly.
• Completed introduction and testing of pilot phase for new discontinuance process within required timeframes leading to on-time release of new process in January 2006. Pilot phase yielded $1 million inventory savings in.
• Led and coordinated 14 different functional areas, including marketing, planning, order administration, engineering, production and procurement, for two different manufacturing divisions in both the U.S. and Malaysia.
• Recruited and organized multiple teams of up to 25 people each for upcoming product discontinuances for 2006 and 2007. Show less

• Managed vendor relationships, $20 million in annual purchases for production for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) components. Also managed printed circuit assembly OEM and labels purchasing for local manufacturing.
• Successfully negotiated contracts favorable to Agilent on pricing, lead-times and warranty with commodity suppliers.
• Negotiated 80% lead-time reduction for critical high cost production component by committing to minimum purchase quantities with flexible delivery… Show more Managed vendor relationships, $20 million in annual.
• Negotiated 80% lead-time reduction for critical high cost production component by committing to minimum purchase quantities with flexible delivery schedule-directly resulting in 25% reduction in Agilent lead time to.
• Negotiated sale of excess inventory IBM hard disc drives to outside distributor recovering 66% of original purchase price, saving over $52,000.
• Achieved $1.37 million avoidance of costs in purchase agreement arising from cancelled project.Negotiated extension of delivery schedule while locating and working with different R&D team to incorporate component part.