Shannon Tyler-Zabel
Sacramento,California
Summary
- Experienced Procurement Manager with over 8 years of experience in Food Manufacturing
- Detail-oriented and skillful with extensive project manager, change management and process improvement experience
- Expertise in the analysis of supply chain data to determine opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiencies positively impacting organizational profitability
- Extensive experience in vendor management and developing strategic sourcing partners
- Indirect spend expertise working throughout the organization to implement large scale programs
- Professional curiosity and passion for strategic planning and continuous improvement
- Communicative and adaptable individual adept at working as an effective team leader in complex and highly regulated environments with varying levels of stakeholders
- Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite, SAP, Ariba and BW
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Manager
Foster Poultry Farms
Livingston, CA
10.2021 - Current
- Professional Services, covering Property, IT, Marketing, Legal, Risk Management, Finance, HR and Outside Warehousing
- Managing roughly $120 million annually, specializing in indirect spend
- Managing team of 5 direct reports
- Manager of Office Services and Company Store
- Project Co-Lead on Tray RFP, which generated savings of 12%, approximately $6.7 Million
- Negotiated complex corporate procurement contracts by working closely with internal and external contacts.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers for smooth communication and to meet required expectations.
- Reduced costs by streamlining contract bidding and procurement processes to assure best prices for materials and services.
- Assessed areas of service concern and developed improvement plans.
- Purchase Order approval authority up to $250K
Senior Procurement & Sourcing Specialist
Blue Diamond Growers
Sacramento, CA
06.2017 - 10.2021
- Category Manager of MRO, IT, EH & S and HR Spend (managing roughly $45 million annually), specializing in indirect spend, used to working independently with multiple sites working towards standardization that led to cost savings and process improvements
- Project Manager on major outsourcing project
- Vendor Manager of numerous large-scale programs and key, strategic vendors
- Project Lead on Ariba Suite Implementation Team
- Contract negotiations, RFQ/ RFP execution
- Ariba Suite - SLP, Invoice Pro, Spend Analytics, Sourcing
- Year over year delivery of ROI of 10X
- Managing multiple GPO’s and critical vendors
- Process improvement and identify opportunities to reduce wasteful spending and eliminate nonvalue added activities
- Cross functional team leader working with Finance, IT, HR, Maintenance, Safety, Quality, and Sanitation
Corporate Procurement Analyst
Hearthside Food Solutions
Downers Grove, IL
03.2015 - 06.2017
- Supported more than 18 manufacturing plants in strategic sourcing functions for MRO product line
- Conducted data analysis and examine product consolidation functions for opportunities to maximize savings and minimize wasteful spending and risk
- Oversee procurement functions such as negotiating contracts, executing requests for quotes (RFQs), and selecting suppliers
- Cross functional team lead for PPE project with maintenance, safety, quality, and sanitation
- Led a corporate-wide packaging consolidation project generating a 21% reduction in annual spend
- Reviewed and analyzed a variety of supply categories, such as first aid, office, packaging, personal protective equipment, and disposable production supplies, and effectively negotiated best prices resulting in an average savings of 18 to 22% in maintenance repair operations
- Reduced excess spending by 91% by implementing a streamlined process for the utilization of cut resistant gloves leading to an annual savings of $138k in a single plant
- Converted antiquated office supply ordering system to a national program decreasing annual spend by 22.5%
- ve process improvements.
Product Information Coordinator
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
01.2004 - 12.2014
- Compiled a database of over 550,000 products for an industrial parts supplier including information such as specifications, color, style, and dimensions
- Researched all product specifications and developed comprehensive product descriptions
- Led a team of cross-functional individuals in the upload of database and catalog information
- Instituted a new procedure improving the efficiency of the system selection
- Additional positions held : Supplier Address Maintenance Specialist, Merchandising Operations Traffic Manager
Education
Masters of Accounting - Fraud Examination
Keller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Arts - History, German, Secondary Education
Western Illinois University
Skills
- Continuous Improvement Strategies
- Change Management Process
- Supplier Performance Management
- Vendor Negotiations
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Contract Negotiation Skills
- Best Practices and Tools
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- Employee Coaching and Motivation
- Organizational Skills
- Decision-Making
Timeline
Procurement Manager
Foster Poultry Farms
10.2021 - Current
Senior Procurement & Sourcing Specialist
Blue Diamond Growers
06.2017 - 10.2021
Corporate Procurement Analyst
Hearthside Food Solutions
03.2015 - 06.2017
Product Information Coordinator
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
01.2004 - 12.2014
Masters of Accounting - Fraud Examination
Keller Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Arts - History, German, Secondary Education
Western Illinois University
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