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RONALD L. TATE, JR.

Charlotte

Summary

Executive leader with deep experience driving organizational success and fostering collaboration. Skilled in strategic planning, financial oversight, and stakeholder engagement. Known for adaptability, resilience, and delivering results in evolving environments. Strong interpersonal skills, effective communicator, and results-driven approach.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director- Head of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC)
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Led a team of nine FTE who were responsible for driving the inclusion of diverse-owned businesses into the Bank’s procurement processes and adoption of responsible environmental practice within its supply base.
  • Delivered record spending results by achieving 14% of our controllable spend with diverse-owned businesses in 2024.
  • Increased our visibility the sourcing pipeline and facilitated key introductions of our top prospective suppliers to decision makers in the business units.
  • Rationalized our capacity-building programs to increase community impact and alignment to segment business strategy through more thoughtful engagement with ~700 small business owners annually.

Director- Facilities & Global Real Estate Sourcing

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL (HON)
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Led a global team of 18 FTE in Monterrey (MX), Bucharest, Bangalore and Shanghai responsible for $800M in annual spend on Facility Management, Equipment Repair & Maintenance and Construction.
  • Drove business results via supplier productivity, working capital improvement, category strategy development and supplier diversity.
  • Collaborated with sites and suppliers to implement sustainability projects to support the company’s carbon-neutral pledge, including LED Lighting Retrofit and Solar Installation
  • Leveraged a $300,000,000 multi-regional Integrated Facility Management RFP to drive diverse spend growth of 100%.

Director, Sourcing Management, Indirect Sourcing

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (ALL)
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Led 40 FTE across two domestic and one offshore location who manage Sourcing & Procurement activities for the Enterprise in the Information Technology, Marketing, Human Resources, Professional Services, Business Operations, Travel and Facilities Categories.
  • Includes oversight of Contingent Labor Management and Spot Buy Desk.
  • Stood up an Enterprise “Rapid Sourcing Desk” channel to execute low risk agreements.
  • Migrated 30% of volume in 2019, which increased capacity for senior talent to focus on high-value deals.
  • Partnered with category management and business owners to our deliver over $100,000,000 of run-rate savings for 2020.
  • Directed a staff of 21 people with sourcing responsibility for $1,800,000,000 in across consulting, staffing, marketing, facilities and legal categories.
  • Collaborated with Corporate Affairs and Real Estate leadership to develop a public commitment for emissions/energy consumption reduction within our operations to support our corporate environmental strategy.

Head, Americas Sourcing

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG)
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Supervised team of category managers supporting $800,000,000 in global spend in marketing, real estate, travel, and corporate services spend. Delivered over $100,000,000 in annualized savings via aggressive demand management levers
  • Led the implementation of a new procurement process to improve speed and enhance client satisfaction.

Head, Business Partner Acquisition Strategy

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG)
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Collaborated with business unit leaders to develop and implement strategies for end-to-end relationship management with third parties at firm, including agents, third-party administrators, and claims services providers. Collaborated with business lines to understand existing challenges in managing relationships with third-party sales partners and service providers.
  • Developed a category management process to apply to the selection, onboarding, management, and disposition of third parties at AIG.
  • Analyzed the current state of diverse-owned third parties doing business with AIG as a method to increase the impact of the firm’s supplier diversity program.

SVP, Operational Supplies and Services Executive, Enterprise Services

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC)
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Administered sourcing and vendor management for enterprise commodities totaling $600,000,000, including print, paper, imaging, records management, reprographics/desktop publishing, and office supplies. Served as global process owner for print category.
  • Led a major implementation of a proprietary records management platform (RIMS) to enable a single system of record for managing all digital and hard copy files for the bank globally.
  • Transformed approach to sourcing office supplies by leading an aggressive reduction in the number of SKUs in catalog to reduce complexity and maximize bargaining power in the category.

SCM Executive, Global Corporate Services Sourcing and Supplier Development

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC)
01.2006 - 01.2012
  • Led team of 40 direct and 25 indirect associates managing risk and ensuring best value for corporate workplace, corporate security, enterprise services, and legal divisions ($6,000,000,000 in spend).
  • Directed supply chain sustainability team, driving measurable improvement in environmental practices in supplier operations globally.
  • Produced and hosted top 100 global suppliers at BAC’s first annual Global Supply Chain Sustainability Conference.
  • Managed company’s industry-leading supplier diversity program, with aggressive goal of spending 15% of spend with diverse businesses.
  • Oversaw development and implementation of bank’s five-year, $10,000,000,000 spend commitment with small, medium, and diverse businesses.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Marketing

Florida A&M University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Morehouse College

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Sourcing Transformation
  • Negotiations
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Value Creation
  • Innovation and creativity

Affiliations

  • Project REAP/Urban Lending Institute Graduate (Fall 2020 Class); Former Board Member,100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte; Former Board Member, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
  • Former Treasurer/ Board Member, Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC); Howard University School of Business SCM Advisory Board; Licensed North Carolina Real Estate Broker

Timeline

Executive Director- Head of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC)
01.2023 - 01.2025

Director- Facilities & Global Real Estate Sourcing

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL (HON)
01.2021 - 01.2023

Director, Sourcing Management, Indirect Sourcing

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (ALL)
01.2017 - 01.2019

Head, Americas Sourcing

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG)
01.2015 - 01.2017

Head, Business Partner Acquisition Strategy

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG)
01.2014 - 01.2015

SVP, Operational Supplies and Services Executive, Enterprise Services

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC)
01.2012 - 01.2014

SCM Executive, Global Corporate Services Sourcing and Supplier Development

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC)
01.2006 - 01.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Morehouse College

Master of Business Administration - Marketing

Florida A&M University

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