Experience

Pinnacle Architectural Lighting

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Purchasing and Master Planning Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Present

  Responsible for direct and indirect spend which includes metals, wire, MRO, capital equipment and electronics. Responsible for direct and indirect spend which includes metals, wire, MRO, capital equipment and electronics.



Cooper Industries Ltd.

• Purchasing Manager

  • 2011 - Present

  Responsible for the Direct material spend of $100M which includes paper, corrugated, MRO, and capital equipment. Duties include managing supplier negotiations, supplier selection, project management, continuous improvement initiatives and cost savings goals. Responsible for major continuous improvement initiatives for our Supply Management department including creating and implementing a Supplier Scorecard process, Supplier Selection/Qualification process, and Supply Agreement standardization. Show less

• Sr. Buyer

  • 2011 - 2012

  Save money, implement change.



MWH, now part of Stantec

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement Professional

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2011

  Commodity Management Commodity Management



Sun Microsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Line Supply Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Managed 20-person sourcing team for all business related tasks and activities for Sun midrange data storage product lines with Contract and Original Equipment Manufacturers.

• Director Supply Chain Management

  • 2005 - 2006

  Led 60-person organization to deploy best in class process and tools within a Worldwide Operations organization in areas of Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Training and Development, Business Process Applications support and strategic initiatives development. Total spend around $500M.



StorageTek

• Strategic Sourcing Manager

  • 2000 - 2005

  Established Sourcing plans and product road maps to optimize costs, quality and delivery. Accountable for product Total Cost on many commodities including Printed Circuit Assemblies, Cables, Connectors, Casting Machining, Motors, Fans, Flex Circuits and Hardware departments. • Sourced for and maintained a vendor-network supporting mission critical projects company-wide.• Reduced total cost of ownership 20% by sourcing internationally into low cost regions for commodities including sheet metal, cables, castings, motors, fans, plastics, power supplies and printed circuit assemblies.• Orchestrated Materials products outsourcing plan for Asian managed parts supply chain.• Led collaborative initiatives, resulting in direct material supplier reduction from 800 to 325 and payment terms increased from 30 to 60 days. Show less

• Global Supply Chain Manager

  • 1998 - 2000

  Selected by Corporate Vice President of Supply Chain to program manage creation of supplier logistics center adjacent to main facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico. • Reduced inventory $25 million within six months and $100million for the full year. Other advantages included faster, more accurate execution through elimination of manual processes, shorter, more predictable supplier lead times to manufacturing, and automated monitoring and measurement of supplier performance.• Eliminated parts shortages by installing Kanbans, resulting in a 99.7% delivery performance.• Awarded Corporate Vice President of Global Supply Chain’s “Screaming Eagle Award”, an annual award given to the supply chain leader with the most cultural change in previous 12 months. Show less

• Various Procurement Positions

  • 1989 - 1998

  Strategic Sourcing and Procurement