Experience

AHF

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr Manager Procurement

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Armstrong Flooring™

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 200 - 300 Employee

• VP, Global Procurement and Trade Compliance

  • 2018 - Oct 2022

  Oversaw and managed global spend to drive best value for customers and shareholders. Developed procurement organization and processes to maintain market advantaged cost, identify and lead implementation of new sourced products, engage the broader organization to manage spend effectively, and enhance free cash flow through improvement of payment terms and reduction of inventory. Initiated significant growth in sourced product category, outpacing overall growth of company through early identification of new product trends and strategic manufacturing partners. Identified and drove cost containment and improvement initiatives continuously through the use of cross-functional teams.• Improved productivity or savings from 2.9% to 4% in 2018.• Targeted low-engagement corporate indirect spend improving savings 12X from 2016 to 2018.• Initiated free cash flow initiatives to extend ADP from 36.9 days to 49 days and eliminated carrying inventory on water with Asia-sourced products. • Named highest-rated manager – with procurement rated the highest department – in 2017 Corporate Engagement Survey. Earned rating of 93% (company average of 52%). • Tripled purchases of sourced products, leading to creation and sourcing of 12 new products and expanding supply base from four to ten strategic suppliers. Show less

• Director, Global Procurement and Quality Assurance

  • 2015 - 2018

• Director, Global Raw Material Procurement

  • 1998 - 2015

• Commercial Business Manufacturing Manager

  • 1996 - 1998

• Senior Staff Engineer

  • 1993 - 1996

• Plant Industrial Engineer

  • Jun 1986 - 1993