Senior procurement executive reporting to the COO responsible for providing strategic leadership and establishing North American procurement strategies, goals, plans, and policies across four business units. Tasked with strengthening the 10-person purchasing organization and its capabilities to become a business partner and trusted advisor to the executive team. • Exceeded 2022 Savings goals by over 200%. Delivered a 20% EBITDA improvement through direct and indirect sourcing initiatives and improved purchase price variance analytics and cost management.

Senior procurement executive reporting to the CIO. Led a 65-person Shared Services team whose scope included Enterprise Procurement, Logistics Services, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management, IT Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Events, and Office Administration functions. Managed company-wide spend of $395 million and led a private equity-driven value creation initiative with 10 simultaneous sourcing events targeting $9 million in EBITDA impact.

Created a scalable procurement organization in a fast growth high technology company which involved transforming a transactional purchasing function into a strategic procurement organization. • Established procurement strategic direction, implemented a third-party spend supplier taxonomy, and set corporate sourcing priorities and savings targets.• Developed and executed a comprehensive digital procurement strategy that included Software Asset Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, and e-Procurement solutions. Delivered $5 million in savings within the first year through the execution of client hardware, network equipment, software licensing, and professional services sourcing events.

Delivered supply chain and procurement transformation to middle market private equity, financial services, building products and non-profit organizations.

Established a start-up corporate-wide procurement and supply chain function reporting to the CEO and CFO in a heavily decentralized company. Responsible for managing $700 million in global direct and indirect third-party spending.

Led supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, and operations performance improvement consulting engagements for $50 million to $5 billion industrial and consumer products, apparel, and wholesale distribution companies. Senior member of Arthur Andersen Business Consulting’s Global Manufacturing & Operations, Industrial Products, and Activity Based Costing/Cost Management practices.