A Global Sourcing Leader who excels in International Project Management, Cost Out ,and Compliance.Accomplishments include:• Significantly reduced cost of materials for GE globally by bringing together separate GE businesses to negotiate as a unit with common suppliers and vendors. Involved continuously in improving the process and expanding participation in GE Global Negotiations team. Spend negotiated grew from $36 million to over $500 million.• Created and implemented a Know Your Supplier Policy by leading a cross-functional team consisting of Controllership, Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Traffic, Quality, and Compliance. This policy focused on due diligence, controllership, risk mitigation and regulatory compliance during the lifecycle of the vendor. Rolled out beyond supply chain to stakeholders worldwide.• Delivered on aggressive financial targets year over year by developing and executing customized commodity strategies that included Global GE negotiations, LCR moves, e-auctions and engineering projects.• Drove New Product Introduction Lowest Cost Initiative with engineering allowing products to enter the market at a lower price point and improved both competitive position and margin.Specialites include:Commodity StrategiesPolicy & Scorecard DevelopmentInventory Reduction ProgramsVendor ManagementLow Cost Region Sourcing (LCR)Global Project ManagementRisk ManagementEHS and Reputation ManagementNew Product Introduction Experience (NPI) Mentoring & Developing Talent Compliance Management