Director of Purchasing

• Jun 2015 - Present

Committed to add value to the Organization and our Stakeholders by providing the Best Total Cost of Ownership through the establishment of strategic alliances with preferred vendors, ensuring on time goods delivery and transformation into a dynamic group founded on continuous improvement principles and world-class service to our internal customers. ★ Manage all negotiations for direct and indirect spend. ★ Implemented Strategic Sourcing Methodology within the Corporate Procurement organization. ★ Performed negotiations for 10+ Categories with documented savings averaging 20%. ★ Developed Procurement World-Class Policies & Procedures and KPI’s to measure Procurement performance. ★ Lead and coach Sourcing and Procurement Teams in Negotiations, Customer Service, Order Fulfillment, Logistics Optimization, Demand Planning, and Strategic Development. ★ Automated Procurement process reducing labor requirements by 80%. ★ Developed SIOP program to align Sales Forecasting through Warehouse Operations. Show less

Global Sourcing Specialist ★ Contract Negotiator

• Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

Developed sourcing strategies and negotiated supply agreements for capital and maintenance projects. Managed procurement strategies for operating plant services. ★ Exceeded cost reduction targets by +600%. ★ Managed global commodities for ferrous and non-ferrous metals. ★ Created new prefabrication design/build sourcing strategy for capital projects and plant services in North America. ★ Piloted cooperative program aligning project, engineering, estimating and procurement to approach cost reduction goals through specifications, process and global sourcing. Show less

Global Procurement Manager ★ Contract Manager ★ Project Management

• Sep 2009 - Jan 2012

Utility Line Services is a full service underground contractor providing turnkey construction services to the utilities industry - from natural gas pipelines to water mains. In this position, I spent two years working along side project superintendents in the field to catalog all purchasing that occurred during the construction of a transmission pipeline. Working in the field for most of my tenor with ULS, I was able to pilot and subsequently commence the following tasks: ★ Moved to centralized purchasing ★ Vetted three new ERP solutions ultimately recommending the best option which was later integrated ★ Innovated procurement related cost reduction programs by working on ROW with foreman and teams Major Projects: ★ ~$24 million 16-mile 12” pipeline engineering and construction ★ ~$50 million 30-mile 30” pipeline engineering and construction ★ ~$30 million 20-mile 24” pipeline engineering and construction Show less

Senior Buyer

• Aug 2007 - Sep 2009

Using demand planning models and industry trend analysis, our team focused on providing our customers with the right inventory at the right places in their infrastructure. In my time with The Lehigh Group, I mapped and streamlined various SOP initiatives resulting in an overall lean supply chain, timely & accurate information sharing and strategic sourcing partnerships throughout multiple tiers of our business Using demand planning models and industry trend analysis, our team focused on providing our customers with the right inventory at the right places in their infrastructure. In my time with The Lehigh Group, I mapped and streamlined various SOP initiatives resulting in an overall lean supply chain, timely & accurate information sharing and strategic sourcing partnerships throughout multiple tiers of our business

Executive Team Leader

• 2002 - 2007

As a leader in this retail operation, I was charged with essentially running every aspect of the business from the hiring, training and coaching of personnel to financial reporting and accountables to our main office. I worked to increase overall utilization by implementing an activity based costing mentality and being the first manager in the district to perform time-work study programs that created an objective tool to measure various metrics with overall team productivity. I also was responsible for ensuring a 98% in-stock level in our product mix while meeting industry aggressive inventory reduction goals. Show less

Assistant Manager

• 1999 - 2003