•Global sourcing strategies•International market analysis, internal Siemens demand analysis•Coordination with Siemens global to align with suppliers, in order to increase world-wide buying power•Negotiation of price, terms and conditions, to maximize contributionto operating profit and business objectives.•Supplier analysis in order to acquire the best suppliers and to guarantee anoptimum supply chain•Coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner•Development of communication and deployment of procurement strategies throughout cross-functional sourcing teams

•Successfully negotiated long-term multi-million dollar contract agreement•Responsible for global vendor sourcing and negotiation for new project proposals •Commercial bid analysis using comparative evaluation matrices to score bids based on cost, lead time, liquidated damages and T&Cs•Processing and following through completion of RFIs, RFQs, RFPs•Project Management and budgetary control•Sourcing and purchasing from manufacturers world-wide•Maintaining inter-divisional communication to ensure projects are completed on schedule and under budget•Vendor Management, maintaining relations and conflict resolution•Monitoring open orders to ensure materials are delivered on time

•Sourced and negotiated with new vendors to become primary long-term suppliers for new building-integration division. Cut costs by 14%•Evaluating projects and ordering necessary materials as per BOM•Negotiating prices with vendors and maintaining relations•Contracting purchase orders, and maintaining inventory levels•Inventory control and monthly inventory audits

•Sourced new suppliers, more localized to project sites, enabling quicker lead times and significantly lowering freight charges.•Resulted in more profitable projects•pricing and evaluating products and materials in the contracting field•maintaining relationships with vendors and negotiating prices and terms•maintaining precise accounting records to assure vendors receive payment in a timely and accurate manner•Evaluation BOMs in order to procure correct quantities of materials-receiving and expediting orders from cross the country

•responsible for pricing and evaluating materials from all areas of hospitality industry, including food & alcohol, and housekeeping supplies•analyzing banquet menus in order to determine the quantities of food items and alcoholic beverages that will be required•food and alcohol inventory control and monthly inventory audits•dealing directly with localized vendors, and maintaining relationships•administrative duties and communicating with other departments