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Summary
Global senior procurement and supply chain executive for Arcadis, a Dutch design engineering and construction firm. Arcadis has 28,000 employees in 350 offices in 40+ countries around the world. Responsible for developing and implementing an agile global procurement function with the following characteristics: Strategic, Sustainable and Digital. Lead a diverse, high-performing 150-person global team consisting of the following functions: Project Procurement, Indirect Procurement, IT Procurement, Sustainable Procurement, Source-to-Pay, Procurement Operations and Risk Management, and Analytics.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Chief Procurement Officer
Claire's Accessories
Texarkana
2020.07 - Current
- Created a global procurement organization, transforming a disparate group of independent tactical procurement groups into a cohesive global strategic, sustainable and digital function.
- Hired globally diverse and high-performing direct reports to lead critical global procurement functions, which include: Project Procurement, Indirect Procurement, Sustainable Procurement, Procurement Operations and Risk Management, Source-to-Pay, and Procurement Analytics.
- Develop, implement and manage sourcing and procurement strategies, policies and processes, technologies, training, and key performance indicators aligned with corporate and Global Business Area strategic goals cost reduction, sustainability quality, service, innovation, optimization, diversification, risk management, and compliance.
- Drive significant change throughout the enterprise operating model to ensure consistent execution and sustained compliance with procurement and contracting policies and processes, third party risk management, and regulatory requirements. Lead corporate-wide functional and enterprise projects, often serving as an executive sponsor for projects (i.e. Indirect Cost Optimization and Business Process Outsourcing and Optimization)
- Provide expert, authoritative advice to complex stakeholder groups and effectively influence and impact all aspects of contracting and procurement strategies and practices. Inform strategic and operational plans through sharing of external industry and supplier insights and best practices, data and analytics, cost price analysis and modeling.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing leadership team equipped with industry knowledge of the supplier base. Ensure the company’s talent management philosophies and practices are embedded within the leadership culture of the organization.
- Foster and build strategic supplier relationships to enable a competitive advantage for the enterprise.
SVP - North America Procurement and Real Estate
Arcadis North America
City
2015.05 - 2020.07
- Designed, created and staffed the North America procurement function. Efforts to leverage and streamline overhead costs have led to quantifiable savings of $15M on an annualized basis.
- Diagnosed, realigned and re-staffed a low-performing North America real estate function, responsible for the oversight of 115 offices in the US and Canada. Developed and implemented a four-year strategy to optimize the North America office portfolio. These actions led to a 43% overall reduction in total office space, with quantifiable savings of $19M on an annualized basis.
Director - Strategic Procurement
Calpine Corporation
City
2010.01 - 2015.05
- Hired into the position to build a high performance strategic and capital project procurement team for one of the world's largest fleets of industrial gas turbines, and to lead a fleet-wide strategic sourcing realignment.
- Managed alliances with major suppliers, and executed contracts for parts, services and repairs for 91 gas-fired power plants which encompassed approximately 28,000 megawatts of capacity in North America.
- Led team responsible for negotiating all engineering services and capital equipment contracts.
Education
Master of Arts - International Relations (Major: International Econ
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Stu
Washington, DC05.1997
Bachelor of Science - Business (Major: Finance)
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS05.1991
Skills
- Strong experience with complex/low-performing organizational turnaround situations, and building strong and agile functions from the bottom up
- Excellent communication skills, and even better listening skills to get the “voice of the internal customer”
- Successfully manage and demonstrate strong leadership skills
- Excellent business and financial acumen, including a proven record of both generating cost savings and creating a process to reflect them in budgets
- Proven strengths developing strong internal relationships and implementing organizational change
Certification
Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) - Institute of Supply Management
Timeline
Global Chief Procurement Officer
Claire's Accessories
2020.07 - Current
SVP - North America Procurement and Real Estate
Arcadis North America
2015.05 - 2020.07
Director - Strategic Procurement
Calpine Corporation
2010.01 - 2015.05
Master of Arts - International Relations (Major: International Econ
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Stu
Bachelor of Science - Business (Major: Finance)
University of Southern Mississippi