Pleasanton, California, United States
Senior Procurement Executive Providing the strategic management experience and successes that can transform, revitalize, and grow a company’s spend management programs and operations. Over 25 years of effective delivery of high-quality cross-functional programs across multiple industries, as well as strong leadership experience in procurement and strategic sourcing. Former Senior Management Consulting roles with Big 4 consulting firms and Senior Purchasing positions with blue-chip companies. PMP certification. ★ PROCUREMENT & SOURCING – Strong background in delivering procurement and sourcing programs, leading-edge vendor management strategies, and billion-dollar spend management initiatives to achieve business objectives. Built complete procurement organizations. Success in integrating stakeholders, category strategy, complex sourcing, procurement operations, cost reduction, quality & innovation, scorecards & metrics, contract negotiations and vendor management. ★ CHANGE MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION – Success in managing organization-wide change resulting from M&A activities or transformation. ★ PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT – Experience in planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing major programs across multiple industries and functions. Core skills include Cross-functional Integration, Chartering & Governance, Collaborative Planning, Scope & Schedule Management, Cost Control, Quality Assurance, Earned Value, Resource Planning, Issue & Decision Management, Communication, Risk Management, Reporting, and Stakeholder Management. ★ TEAM BUILDING & SENIOR RELATIONSHIPS – A driven leader of cross-functional teams. Able to develop and lead large, high-performing teams effectively. ★ PROBLEM ANALYSIS & RESOLUTION – Able to manage the resolution of diverse, complex issues, leveraging in-depth knowledge of multiple requirements and functional objectives to engage stakeholders, analyze data and propose solutions.
Executive responsible for all sourcing, contracting and procurement for over $7B of spend, primarily focused on enterprise-wide IT and Technology as well as Consulting, Professional Services and Contingent Labor. Engaged leaders across a decentralized and federated operational model to develop enterprise governance of Consulting, Professional Services and Contingent Labor to meet business strategies and goals Establishing a Tech Council to manage technology spend, align core technologies and support business goals Establishing integrated Vendor Risk and Vendor Management capabilities across a matrixed organization
Top procurement executive reporting to the CRO/COO and responsible for procurement and sourcing teams, purchasing operations, corporate travel and corporate card Developed and implemented a Technology Council at this original Fin-Tech company to manage spend, review technology suppliers and align sourcing with business and technology goals Developed procurement savings initiatives to achieved stretch cost savings and capability goals Established a technology spend management program to drive rationalization, savings, risk and compliance with integration to budgeting, FP&A, AP, Risk and Audit Leading an enterprise-wide technology outsourcing initiative with on-, near-, and off-shore capabilities
Recruited by global management consulting firm to help establish San Francisco office and manage sourcing, procurement and supply chain programs. Helped grow the practice by over 300%. Earned the “Outstanding Client Service Award” at Annual Company Meeting Led procurement transformation programs including large, enterprise-wide indirect procure-to-pay and sourcing transformation programs. Focused on broad IT sourcing, negotiations and contracting. Led cross-functional M&A integration programs across all major functions. Wrote IT M&A integration playbook.
OVERVIEW: Recruited to rejoin Ernst & Young as the Procurement Competency Leader in the Pacific Northwest. Developed new sourcing and procurement solutions adopted nationwide. Designated as E&Y Fellow and strategic business advisor. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS: ★ Developed EY’s Rapid Sourcing solution program to help jump-start category & sourcing management, vendor management, contract management, and risk/compliance programs to deliver immediate savings. ★ Engaged as Director of Procurement for $3B global device company, reporting to the CFO. Built spend management program. Focused on cost reduction, vendor/contract management, process improvement and risk/compliance management. Created corporate procurement policy. ★ Built a performance dashboard and organizational framework to for one of the largest HMOs in the U.S. Also developed a risk and compliance assessment model for a global pharmaceutical distributor.
OVERVIEW: Consulted with leading Bay Area companies to develop and lead complex, cross-functional initiatives. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS: ★ Directed series of programs and initiatives at a global hi-tech company that included a Business Architecture Program/Transformation Roadmap, Integrated Service Delivery, and Business Architecture Change Management Framework. Provided an initiative prioritization process to gain full buy-in from all stakeholders. ★ Led cost reduction program and built segmentation model for complex vendor network to align with dynamic business strategies. Established supplier cost and quality management programs to identify 22% in savings. ★ Created sourcing strategies for $400M+ in spend and standardization for $800M+ in services spend across 8 separate business units and program office. Integrated needs, identified opportunities, and aligned processes to secure excellent stakeholder support, achieving up to 25% in savings. Negotiated major contracts. ★ Implemented pilot and testing for Ariba’s Sourcing, Analysis & Category Management modules. Subsequently rolled out Ariba to manage a series of major sourcing events. ★ Demonstrated savings of up to 15% on multimillion-dollar materials spend for a major oil company by developing an initiative-based savings approach to align with changing business needs.