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Boulder, Co, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Lead a global team responsible for all strategic sourcing and category management for corporate (indirect) and direct procurement at Jacobs. On the Corporate side this includes Professional Services (Tax, Audit, Consulting & Advisory, Legal etc.), Marketing & Communications, HR & Total Rewards, Contingent Labor, and Facilities & Real Estate. Direct Category Management includes Chemicals, Remediation, Equipment, Land Surveying, PPE, MRO and others. Also responsible for special projects delivery (e.g. P2P transformation and policy & procedure implementation)

Dallas, Tx, Us

Responsible for strategic sourcing and category management for global indirect categories considered Professional Services. This includes Marketing & Communications, Legal, Facilities (Physical Security & Business Continuity), Financial Services (Audit & Tax), Consulting and Advisory Services.

Broomfield, Co, Us

Oversaw Procurement Operations and P2P Technology solutions (Coupa and Concur) for Vail Resorts. Lead a team that was responsible for ownership and administration of P2P systems across the entire organization, as well as implementation of these systems during new resort acquisitions and integrations.Responsible for continuous improvement, P2P efficiency and KPI tracked compliance initiatives; working directly with AP, IT and other business stakeholders.Also led a Sourcing group, responsible for strategic sourcing activities and end-to-end category management across many direct and indirect categories.

East Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Head of Procurement for Orica’s North American business (United States, Canada and Mexico). Responsible for development and delivery of all procurement activities within the North American region and ensuring compliance and alignment to global category and operational strategies. Managed third party expenditure across all direct and indirect categories. Lead development and execution of supplier risk management, manufacturing continuity planning and continuous improvement projects across regionally diverse teams and locations. Managed a team of category managers and specialists, overseeing ongoing capability development, mentoring and coaching of personnel.Worked directly with the Senior Leadership team, reporting through the VP of Supply Chain into the North American CEO

East Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Oversaw Procurement Operations and third party Engineering, Environmental, Construction and Contingent Labor expenditure for Orica's North American business (United States, Canada and Mexico).Responsible for the development and execution of category strategies for all of Orica's Engineering, Environmental, Construction and Contingent Labor expenditure. This included category and vendor management, contract negotiation and development of Procurement Agreements, ongoing cost reduction initiatives and continuous improvement activities related to vendor performance.Responsible for the management of the R2P process and ensuring business and stakeholder compliance with all of Orica's processes and supply agreements.Lead business improvement initiative projects, targeting operational optimization and procurement best practice. Focused on standardization of processes across the region and alignment with global processes where appropriate.Responsible for functional optimization and streamlining of Procurement Operations through improvement in process and system design.

North Ryde, New South Wales, Au

Responsible for Raw Material and Logistics end-to-end category management for Boral Group Procurement.Set strategic direction for a variety of categories across all of Boral's business units, manage supplier engagement and sourcing process as well as ongoing spend reduction and total value delivery to the organisation.Autonomous responsibility for each area of the supply chain, reporting through the Group Procurement Manager into the CPO - Boral Limited.Establish and execute process disciplines for global best practice procurement methodologies.Work directly with Category Managers in Asia Pacific and North America on global and low-cost country procurement activities.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Led a growing team focusing on short, mid and long term supplier risk management strategies for key suppliers that had the potential to impact manufacturing capability and continuity of supply. Headed business unit engagement with Asia Pacific and global strategy teams to manage multi-national supplier risk measures for both direct and indirect functions.Delegated responsibilities across operational and strategic channels, coordinating cross-functionally with Finance teams on interpretation of financial data and key metric reporting to forecast supplier risk exposures.Employed process disciplines for purchasing operations providing reporting mechanism for senior management to address intellectual property dilution as well as facilitate training for operations team Engaged with state and federal government bodies and independent financial institutions to manage funding and diversification strategies in support of supplier financial health and organic growth opportunities.Facilitated appointment of receivers or administrators to manage supplier wind-down and/or strategic exit where required.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Responsible for new model sourcing, supplier analysis, supplier contract management, raw material and foreign exchange contract management, design and commercial negotiation material cost reduction, lean manufacturing implementation, commodity strategy development and supplier risk management.

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Orica Managers Program

Boral Future Leaders Program

Bachelor Of Business, Logistics And Supply Chain Management

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