Lead cross-functional teams to develop and manage the execution of sourcing and procurement strategies to support facilities management programs and client objectives including cost-effective delivery of facilities management services and cost savings. Serve as principal liaison between CBRE and third-party suppliers / partners for supplies and services spanning North American and global real estate portfolios.

The Executive Committee Project - student communications courseAlumni relations and events planning

The IBM Integrated Supply Chain Group supporting x86 Networking/Server line of business was acquired by Lenovo and downsized.

Global Procurement Operations Managed global team of 16 buyers and operations analysts with $450M annual spend in goods and services for 4 groups; Server Development, Retail Stores Solutions, Software Group, and Storage Networking. Executed 1,500 SAP purchase orders annually with 250 vendors to ensure price, delivery, and payment according to contract terms. Balanced worldwide inventory. Owned metrics for business controls and audits and exercised spend authority of $15M per purchase order. Supply Assurance, Storage Networking Devices Managed materials execution of $60M spend with 3 contract manufacturers in Malaysia and Taiwan. Managed global team of 3 Operations Commodity Managers to ensure supply of 200 products to meet forecasted demand.

Managed sourcing strategy, business relationship, and performance of 2 storage networking suppliers. Led cross-functional teams including Product Development, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and Legal to execute procurement objectives for optimizing cost, quality, and delivery. Owned key performance indicators and supplier scorecards. Negotiated terms and conditions, owned contracts, and performed source selection and fair value analysis.

Managed product cost with 3 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) of laptops and internet devices. Performed monthly bill of material reviews, commodity cost validation, and pricing updates with analysis and reporting. Coordinated with cross-functional stakeholder groups to identify and implement $10M cost reduction opportunities.

PC Company, Worldwide Manufacturing GroupPresented to CFO on financial target setting, expense forecast, and cost reduction of $1.2B manufacturing costs. Led cross-functional operations groups to reduce costs under target.Aptiva Consumer Products GroupCoordinated the year 2000 worldwide annual budget and planning process for a $3B division.

Consulted to electric and gas utility clients for business services including strategy development, operations mergers, marketing plans, and process improvement.

Consulted on 15 client engagements in the Performance Improvement Practice concentrating on re-engineering and process improvement. Managed projects, recruited and supervised personnel, performed analysis, developed strategy, and led joint client/consultant teams.

Completed training program in small business & mid-market commercial lending. Performed financial statement and risk analysis and assisted loan officers with client relations.