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Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

An experienced supply chain professional in strategic and operational procurement for the automotive, oil & gas, energy and general manufacturing industries. My goal is to bring to organizations increased value and reduced cost by managing resources to optimize supply chains. Experience with all sizes of organizations domestically and internationally to reduce cost, develop strategic sourcing teams, project management, process improvements, new site start up, budget planning and inventory management.

Munich, De

Responsible for global strategic sourcing team whom globally sourced $100+ M of products annually. • Success in year over year cost reductions of 11% -18%.• Financial budget owner for engineering initiatives to meet cost reduction targets. • Resource management, mentoring and development of employees. • Manage global Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to exceed corporate objectives.• Lead sourcing approvals and supplier relationships. • Manage cross functional teams to accomplish organizational objectives

Munich, De

Strategic global sourcing and supply chain development of critical raw components used in production. Strategically source and develop contracts for electrical components, generators/motors, fire and gas systems, control systems, fluid systems, pumps, and filtration. • Optimize supply chain by reducing total cost, lead-time, and risk. • Negotiate cost reductions ranging 10% - 25%.• Align supply chains to meet organization requirements in technology, capacity, and capabilities.• Lead commodity management team in managing projects, escalation concerns, and develop resources.

London, England, Gb

Manage procurement project program to enable capabilities and resources for a robust Brazilian supply chain. Develop capabilities for direct and indirect material and facility services, while implementing high performing resources and business processes. Strategically source direct material, equipment, capital assets, and facility services during the construction and long-term production phases. Strategy development to build long term solutions in the Brazil market while meeting local government regulations. • Budget owner of $21.1M for capital equipment and facility services - 10% under budget project completion.• Implement SAP and global procurement processes.• Hire and train Brazilian employee resources. • Manage strategy for Brazil Local Content, Facility Services and Cost Reductions.

London, England, Gb

Successfully implement procurement team for aftermarket business to meet an expanding market. Manage compliance to procurement processes in the US, United Kingdom and Singapore. • Manage procurement staff of Material Requirement Planning Controllers and Global Procurement Buyers.• Implement local Houston supply chain for repair and overhaul business.• Negotiate contracts to reduce cost, improve delivery lead-time by 50%, and reduce business risk.

Successfully manage procurement process for $64.5M of direct and indirect material, janitorial and MRO supplies, and utilities over multiple North American business units. Success by using effective commodity management best practices, understanding market trends and industry benchmarking, supplier development, and implementing price controls. • Reduce annual procurement cost by $1.5M by negotiating supplier contracts.• Reduction of MRO full-time equivalents by 75% and transaction cost $500,000 by implementing negotiated contracts to allow decentralized ordering.• Reduce financial risk by developing detailed contract language.• Develop detailed “total cost” models with consideration to product cost, payment terms, conversion cost, inventory cost, freight cost, continuous improvements, and rebate programs.• Continuous “total cost” improvement opportunities implementation. • Implementation of corporation’s diversified spend by automating the process for generating reports to customers.• Forecast and evaluate price changes according to market conditions and contract language with proactive communication to accounting and sales departments.

Master, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Economics/Business