Description
Influenced global business leaders on equipment and supplier direction to support new global product rollout resulting in $1.3M cost reduction per machine on $4.9M purchase while addressing security of supply and protection of intellectual property. Established supplier partnership focused on delivering high speed personal care assets enabling 60% reduction in labor. Drove a culture change to move all commercial terms responsibility for OEM contract engagements from engineering to procurement. Led procurement teams in executing $150-$400 million-dollar capital projects realizing 3-5% in savings. trained Coached and developed procurement individuals over 17-year span including mentoring of multiple people in Asia region. Knowledge travel and negotiation experience with suppliers in India Europe. China. Korea and Japan. Drove collaboration with directors of engineering operation leaders and other sourcing and supply commodity leaders to develop plans driving 18% cost reduction on complex projects with no impact to project deliverables or timelines. Responsible for analyzing global markets and supply dynamics to enable category changing innovation and cost management programs within personal care customer products category.