Business is bringing a diverse group of people to create, fill, and resolve a need for diverse people. The key then, is to guide people to lead with purpose and passion among members that create, imagine, and produce connections to others.
My background is focused on getting products to the customer in the time, price, and location that they demand. With roles involving sourcing, inventory management, and creating supply base maps to drive global supply chain strategy.
Communicating to senior management at companies such as, General Motors and Woodward on guiding sourcing strategies, lean inventory requirements, and introductions of IT tools to mitigate risk of product and supplier stock-outs.
My biggest impact to organizations is working with big picture projects and creating detail-orientated analysis to remove risk and implement key performance indicators to the projects overall success.
Business benefits comes from an owner-minded approach to completing task effectively and efficiently.
Timeline
Category Manager, Xcel Energy
Category manager for teams over chemicals, bulk gases, lubricants, plant systems, and safety with over $120M in spend across all categories
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Engagement Manager, ProcureAbility
Advisory Manager to Fortune 500 clients. Leading category spend analysis, business process improvements, and category development.
• Led direct reports to develop and implement payment process for Fortune 200 Utility Company going through bankruptcy litigation resulting in a 50% decrease in payment cycle times and 90% capture rate of early payment opportunities
•Constructed “drones” category for Fortune 200 Utility Company conducting RFI, market analysis, and 2 negotiation rounds concluding with cost benefit analysis that resulted in no award
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Senior Procurment and Operations Consultant, KPMG
• Implemented procure-to-pay (P2P) software utilizing RPA for buyer tasks, reducing Buyer touches by 27% and managing just over $3 million in spend • Procurement Strategy Assessment and Source-to-Pay (S2P) software implementation. Funneling over $2 Billion in spend creating opportunities for early pay discount, contract capitalization incentives, spend visibility, and supplier consolidation following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR/DFARS) requirements for a Fortune 100 Aerospace and Heavy Manufacturing Company
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Graduated, Colorado State University
Received my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Concentrations:Organizational Management and Supply Chain Management
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Sourcing Analyst, Encana
• Equipped drilling operations with 0% down time of drilling rigs by orchestrating 10 yards in 5 different states with over $25MM of inventory. • Instituted lean policies, selling $10MM+ of surplus and scrap material from drilling rigs. • Validated yards where SOX compliant through performance of cycle counts and annual physical audits.
• Designed and implemented process documents reducing error by 18% and transaction time by 5 days
Scope of Work commonly referred to as S.O.W. is an essential part of the procurement process. The S.O.W. is used to gain an understanding and agreement with contractors, involving the performance needed to complete the organization's required outcomes. The S.O.W. is linked to performance, quality, level of effort, cost, and clarity in the parts/services being presented to bid on. The major impact that S.O.W.'s have on the bid process, this post will cover 5 common mistakes that occur when...
