Led 2 newly formed central-led Procurement Centers of Excellence: Supplier Development and Procurement Transformation. Business Relationship Management leader for Harris Products Group, the global brazing division. Reported to Senior Vice President of Global Procurement, Cleveland Headquarters.• Developed and coordinated 2 new central-led procurement Centers of Excellence to drive supplier development/performance improvement, mitigate supply chain risk and to improve and standardize the procurement policies, processes, procedures, and systems. • Ensured procurement strategies, cost reductions and working capital improvement goals were effectively and timely executed under the new global procurement organization.

Spearheaded global procurement and supply chain operations including trade compliance, warehousing and distribution, logistics and transportation, trade compliance, and production planning. Reported to Senior Vice President, President of Harris Products Group. Oversaw multi-million dollar spend across 9 worldwide facilities and managed 14 direct reports. • Orchestrated comprehensive end-to-end procurement and supply chain operations, encompassing a spectrum of critical functions including strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, vendor selection, warehouse operations, distribution logistics, S&OP / forecasting, and trade compliance.• Restructured the global procurement team, creating a streamlined organization with separate focuses on Strategic Procurement and Operations Procurement. Empowered strategic buyers to concentrate on decision-making, cost savings, and working capital enhancement, while operations buyers efficiently managed day-to-day procurement activities and executed sourcing strategies.• Integrated a standardized SAP Ariba platform procure-to-pay (P2P) program as a contributing member of the project global steering committee.• Implemented and integrated Ariba eAuctions as the primary negotiation tool within the procurement and logistics teams, resulting in the completion of over 200 eAuctions.• Improved working capital through a negotiated raw material lease agreement.• Enhanced supplier performance through diligent monitoring of supplier quality, on-time delivery, and adherence to more favorable payment terms. Distributed Performance Scorecards to the top 220 global suppliers covering 97% of spend quarterly.• Incorporated supply chain best practices into 6 acquired operational facilities.

Led a procurement team of 9 direct and indirect buyers / senior buyers, overseeing a multi-million dollar procurement budget for J.W. Harris North American facilities and was quickly promoted to Director of Global Supply Chain.

Responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies and leading supplier negotiations for all critical raw materials such as silver, copper, tin, aluminum tubing, and welding TIG / MIG wire and rod.• Developed a strategic sourcing plan template / procedure, and successfully trained the procurement team on its utilization resulting in cost reductions and working capital improvement.• Improved the supplier performance protocol through implementation of Supplier Performance Scorecards and New Supplier Self-Assessment audits.• Received the President’s Award for achievements in driving continuous improvement.

Accountable for the sourcing and negotiation of raw materials and traded goods such as copper and tin as well as traded goods such as stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum welding consumables and other brazing materials.

Oversaw strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and contract management for all HVAC components of a newly awarded and significant automotive contract.

Accountable for the global fasteners commodity coordination for facilities worldwide, managing a multi-million dollar annual expenditure across 122 divisions. Led global supplier negotiations. Developed and drove the sourcing strategy for fasteners, incorporating market and product cost analysis, supplier selection and assessment, and quantification of anticipated savings.

Managed the fasteners commodity coordination, overseeing a multi-million dollar annual expenditure of across 11 global divisions.

Accountable for overseeing the procurement of the division’s direct spend commodities, encompassing thermal expansion valves, heat exchangers, aluminum tubing, stampings, metals, fasteners, and filters.

Responsible for strategizing, negotiating and administering raw materials and service contracts

Responsible for strategizing, negotiating and administering iron ore and service contracts

Managed the operations of the Sintering facility, ensuring high quality raw material for Ironmaking.

Accountable for determining and implementing the most efficient raw material burden for Ironmaking.

Supervised approximately twelve hourly bargaining unit personnel per turn and responsible for effective high quality continuous casting at the Ironmaking facility.