Senior Procurement Specialist

• Dec 2021 - Present

Category Manager

• May 2021 - Dec 2021

Senior Procurement Project Specialist

• 2017 - 2020

Americas Lead for corporate-wide Supplier Kaizen Program driving savings through Consumption Reduction and Value Engineering. Targeted operating supplies/MRO, site services, transportation and logistics, and purchased services. Created custom databases, templates and automation supporting rapid savings growth. Advanced to program manager and cross functional team mentor. ● Managed corporate-wide program (Supplier Kaizen Program), which drove savings through Value Engineering and Consumption Reduction: $12.4M in 2018, $42M in 2019, and $30M in 2020. ● Created and implemented a new playbook for organizing Kaizen Program events, enabling the group to increase the number of engagements per year (from nine in 2017 to 112 expected in 2020), augmenting opportunities to capture value. ● Designed and implemented a new standardized template for detailed spend analysis at the site level, multisite level, and across direct and indirect categories. More than 200 buyers and managers worldwide use the reports to evaluate cost-saving opportunities through increased PSL usage and rationalization of the supply base. ● Led the development of a Supplier Kaizen process for the Transportation and Logistics category that has grown from one event in the Americas in 2017 to greater than 20 worldwide in 2020. Events have transitioned to a fully data driven approach. Total savings has exceeded $20M. ● Developed time-saving RPA (Robotic Process Automation) Bots which ultimately delivered 0.75 FTE and $3 million in savings. Achieved full automation of site spend reports, supplier invitation process for Kaizen events, and action items dissemination. Show less

Category Sourcing Lead

• 2013 - 2017

Oversite of contracts with $50 million annual spend including supplier relationship management with a broad range of suppliers, including scaffolding, electrical and mechanical craft labor, lubes, oils and greases, elevator service, bulk chemicals and gases, crane maintenance, insulation and asbestos abatement. Led review panels for events to promote culture of safety. Developed reports to evaluate lost opportunities to obtain early pay discounts. ● Responsible for contracts with $50 million annual spend including relationship management with a broad range of PSEG suppliers including: scaffolding, electrical and mechanical craft labor, lubes, oils and greases, elevator service, bulk chemicals and gases, crane maintenance, insulation and asbestos abatement, and more. ● Spearheaded a procurement database which led to a 30% reduction in non-compliant off-contract purchases. ● Created performance reporting mechanisms to incentivize labor efficiency of mechanical and scaffolding contractors. ● Led review panels for events to promote culture of safety, resulting in track record of zero OSHA recordable incidents.● Developed reports to evaluate lost opportunities to obtain early pay discounts. Identified two root causes and led process change, leading to 60% increase in realization of early pay discounts, saving $800,000 per year.● Proposed and conducted PSEG Fossil’s first ever reverse auction which involved union labor scaffolding services yielding a 38% savings versus the pre-auction proposed cost. Trained and mentored staff on reverse auctions.● Launched an initiative to improve efficiency by piloting an Ariba Contract Compliance module with two material suppliers, which eliminated the costs of manual invoice entry, invoice underpayments, and overpayments. Show less

Senior Procurement Analyst

• 2011 - 2013

Transactional buyer supporting 5 generating stations. Accountable for sourcing all site capital and operational purchasing. ● Reduced costs by more than $887,000 in 2013 and by $803,000 in 2012 through direct negotiation and facilitating competitive bidding.● Improved PSEG’s relationships with minority and women-owned enterprises as part of a firm-wide initiative; executed over $1.85 million in spend with these groups between 2012-2013.● Created a single source for invoice validation for blanket purchase orders, thus increasing compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act through improved accuracy of three way matching.● Led procurement’s involvement in McKinsey process improvement study, streamlining the client side procurement process through the creation of a standardized scope of work form. Show less

MBA Candidate, Class of 2011

• 2009 - 2011

Energy Analyst

• 2010 - 2010

● Created a model to forecast the reduction in electricity and gas consumption resulting from energy conservation projects undertaken by Rutgers University across multiple campuses during the prior four years. ● Projected energy consumption of new construction during the same four year period. ● Presented the analysis to the Energy Conservation and Sustainability management team, validating the success of Rutgers University’s energy initiatives. ● Created a model to forecast the reduction in electricity and gas consumption resulting from energy conservation projects undertaken by Rutgers University across multiple campuses during the prior four years. ● Projected energy consumption of new construction during the same four year period. ● Presented the analysis to the Energy Conservation and Sustainability management team, validating the success of Rutgers University’s energy initiatives.

Network Design Engineer

• 2006 - 2008

Evaluated electrical infrastructure, directed remediation, and developed optimized broadband over power line smart grid networks. ● Created a tool set that cut design time of each smart grid telecommunications network segment in half by efficiently measuring the effect of radio frequency interference between two product sets operating in the same frequency range. ● Led project involving the design and standards adoption of a new product set which was utilized in all network designs using the new product. ● Developed procedures for all future design work to help standardize design process and improve efficiency. Show less