Kelsey Patton

• Established a world-class procurement department, developing procure-to-pay processes and savings strategies.
• Held full accountability for global indirect procurement, managing $500M in IT, MRO, HR, Finance, and Legal spend.
• Delivered $10.5M in annual cost savings within Maintenance and Repair spare parts category through strategic initiatives.
• Implemented best-in-class procurement policies to streamline procure-to-pay processes across all operations.
• Created and implemented enterprise-wide inventory management policy, processes, and procedures; introduced optimization solutions that reduced inventory levels by 25% while improving key supply chain KPIs including fill rate, PO accuracy, and on-time delivery.
• Built a high-performing global procurement function, aligning sourcing strategies with enterprise goals.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance compliance and visibility while controlling costs.
• Ensured compliance with organizational policies and procedures related to procurement activities.

Achieved $450K in annual savings by reengineering national supply chain for core products, ensuring 98% delivery rate.

• Oversaw Global Procurement for resale products and equipment with $75M in expenditures.
• Implemented supplier strategy, projecting $1.2M revenue increase and $200K in cost savings.
• Generated $720K in annual software savings through development and launch of proprietary eCommerce system.
• Managed 28 employees and a department budget of $500K, maintaining operational efficiency.
• Established policies to enhance operational excellence, reducing travel costs by 15% while boosting productivity.
• Led vendor negotiations to source alternative products, ensuring pricing stability.
• Increased leadership accountabilities by developing strategies to address global supply chain challenges.

• Hit the ground running, providing customer support for Vixxo's largest account (Starbucks), improving inventory management processes and providing strategies for cost avoidance + savings-short-term role due to COVID.
• Realized $500K cost avoidance, minimizing inventory write-offs by creating an inventory strategy to manage NPI for Fortune 500 customer and introducing a seasonal forecast to manage inventory efficiently.

• Earned promotion into global leadership role, steering end-to-end supply chain operations and managing inventory planning and raw material procurement supporting Amazon Fulfillment Center launches.
• Direct Reports: 8 Helmed relationships with global vendors, driving positive relationships with suppliers, negotiating agreements, and auditing processes -shortening lead times by ensuring appropriate inventory levels to meet demand.
• Reduced lead times 12 weeks across more than 200 SKUs, optimizing supplier networks, educating suppliers on how to manage supply chain, and improving products stocked with PAR levels -ensuring adequate on-hand quantities of critical goods.
• Achieved year-over-year cost savings of $50M, leveraging a combination of contract negotiations and process improvements.

• Developed telecom category strategy, partnering with AWS and Corporate with focus on creating strategy to achieve optimal cost savings.
• Slashed costs, leveraging the total buying power of the organization to negotiate rate card and create standardized pricing for fiber line provider for Amazon FCs globally.
• Piloted a unified approach, working with internal customers for internet connectivity category, including invoice approvals, contract + vendor management, sourcing, and inventory management.
• Delivered annual savings of $6.6M, creating a contract re-negotiation strategy with current suppliers and working with US-based vendors across three major pillars of Amazon (AWS, Amazon Fulfillment, and Amazon Corporate).
• Saved the team ~40 hours per week, leading critical automation project -dashboard, scorecard, and PowerPoint presentation template for quarterly business reviews-resulting in $20K annual cost avoidance in labor expenses.

• Company Overview: National network of nurse practitioners, providing in-home nursing care to patients unable to go to the hospital.
• Hired to manage vendor contract lifecycle, analyzing value to business, negotiate cost, terms and pricing -ensuring beneficial contracts and providing reports to department leads.
• Delivered $230K annual savings, implementing a cost savings initiative and impacting ~40% of the annual spend for IT -sourcing new supplies vendor and supervising continuous process improvements encompassing contract management and procurement processes.
• Elevated compliance 25% + reduced overall cost 18%, taking a proactive approach to vendor contract management and establishing an online store through Medline with approved products for Nurse Practitioners.
• Served as subject matter expert, managing SOX compliance and acting as point of contact for financial audits.
• Streamlined processes, removing bottlenecks via crating + updating all procurement processes and designing procedures manual to inform and educate internal departments on best practices.
• National network of nurse practitioners, providing in-home nursing care to patients unable to go to the hospital.

• Created, reviewed, and updated over 200 purchase orders daily while managing 50+ vendors, including PetSmart's largest vendor, Nestle.
• Ordered up to $2M in SKUs with Nestle daily into our 12 DCs across the US.
• Ushered in supply chain improvements resulting in $500K incremental vendor funding, driving collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment with critical suppliers in $2B segment.
• Achieved desired inventory levels, in-stock, and store fill rate across customer network, actively managing 6,800 SKUs for 7 distribution centers and 1,247 stores.
• Enhanced PO on time + ASN compliance + supply chain metrics, serving as a proactive partner with vendor management and project manager for Supply Chain initiatives -working cross-functionally with several internal/external business partners.
• Exceeded supply chain KPIs, including PO on time, fill rate, and in-stock.