Below are the 10 Procurement Managers with various industries & systems experience.  The Thor Group® provides procurement managers on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

How can a procurement manager with work experience in sports, web solutions and software industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS Business Administration. Software knowledge consists of PeopleSoft, Oracle, Great Plains, SAP, Ariba B2B Commerce and Quicken-QuickBooks.

Working with challenging issues such as negotiating and consolidating vendor base for all Information Technology related contracts through RFP’s and RFI’s for hardware, software/licenses and telecom requirements to reduce cost and decrease the total cost of ownership have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a procurement manager, developed design concepts and maintained consistency about branding Web site endeavors and advertising. Moreover, executed contacts for MRO commodities, capital equipment, travel, facilities and marketing.

With a “can do approach” in the area of vendor negotiations and procurement of capital equipment contracts for over 300M of Technology related products – Hardware, Software, Maintenance agreements from HP, SUN, Toshiba, Clarify, BMC, Cisco, Lucent, corporate travel services and supporting 12 offices nationwide. Acting as a chief procurement officer, negotiated directly w/ Microsoft, Oracle, HP, Sun on their software applications for volume discounts for enterprise licenses and conducted competitive bid process with appropriate vendors with savings of over 5M annually.

Could your organization use a procurement & support services manager who is experienced in a nonprofit/nonsectarian hospital, as well as proficient in Lawson SCM and Workday HRIS? Technical proficiencies cover Lawson SCM, Workday HRIS, KCI Express, AeroScout, Kronos Timekeeping System and Omnicell. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration.

One of the key roles of this procurement & support services manager included overseeing the day-to-day operations of sixty employees, supply chain, linen distribution, mail room service, morgue, patient transport and equipment center for a three-hundred bed hospital. This specialist maintained the freight with the selected vendor and rolling perpetual inventory of $350,000. Maintaining a 96-hour on site disaster supply, overseeing shipping/receiving activities while utilizing Cardinal Opti-Freight program to reduce and maintain shipping cost were some of the functions. Skills brought to the table covered creating purchase orders and preparing vendor invoices for processing to accounts payable. The senior leadership was assisted with capital requests for non-clinical projects. Financial and resource planning reports were prepared using optimization software utilizing Lawson Software to monitor OTPS.

Partnering with clinicians to promote standardization of supplies for cost saving initiatives was included in the list of accomplishments. The job consisted of supporting management strategies with senior leadership to move the organization towards its established goals, as well as improving employee engagement by conducting training classes, holding 1:1 meetings and leading special workshops for team building. Payroll activities were processed and monitored to ensure the staff are adhering to the policy.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a procurement manager with experience working in engineering, chemical and business services industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Executive Master of Business Administration. Computer skills involve SAP SCM, SAP Ariba, JMMS, Oracle and Salesforce. Professional certifications involve EIT Certified, IMPORT/EXPORT Certified and CSCP (ongoing).

Serving in an engineering company as a project procurement manager (with SAP Ariba), led client engagements and work streams related to supply chain and operational improvement projects. Some of the tasks were developing and implementing the category strategies and plans for high value, highly complex and high risk categories within technology category. Additionally, developed the short and long-term supply chain strategies for the company with an emphasis on efficiency, cost saving and customer service, as well as drove the development of analytical tools and reports to effectively manage supply chain performance KPIs across the company. Moreover, used SAP Ariba for creating and issuing purchase order.

As a director of global supply chain and contracts in a global supply chain management company, led client engagements and work streams related to supply chain and operational improvement projects. Key duties were preparing supply chain strategy based on market segmentation, as well as focusing on collaborative supply chain management. Furthermore, developed and managed SCM’s policies and procedures, as well as performed audits on SCM functions to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Could your organization use a procurement manager who is experienced in engineering, manufacturing and energy industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM and SAP? Technical proficiencies cover Epicor SCM and SAP. Educational attainment includes Major in Business Administration. This individual is a Certified Professional Purchasing Manager and Certified in Production and Inventory Management.

Primary tasks of this procurement manager included negotiating and conducting price, technical requirements and terms/conditions of certain contracts. All documentations were prepared to support the negotiation of the content. Key roles covered analyzing cost/price structure to determine if pricing was competitive compared to other suppliers, as well as implementing global ERP system and developing a procurement planning and vendor analysis function to implement process improvement to increase efficiency and accuracy. Raw materials pricing was negotiated for electronic components, PCBs, MRO supplies, semiconductors, subassemblies electro-mechanical components, interconnect, power supplies, motors, optics, plastics, and capital equipment and tooling against blanket PO’s. This specialist negotiated with 5 suppliers to hold pricing, at a cost savings of $15,000.

Contributions involved developing the supplier base and objectives to strive for cost reductions, on time deliveries and vendor performance, in addition to analyzing leverage opportunities to negotiate contracts and supply agreements, purchase requisitions (PRs) RFQ proposal’s RFI’s, bid packages, change orders, cost, quality and delivery for service levels and engineers. Aside from managing and negotiating supplier and vendor contracts, contact was maintained with both internal and external stakeholders to evaluate vendors and propose solutions to senior management. The job consisted of being accountable for ensuring the on-time and on-budget delivery of company’s products to its customers; minimizing penalties/charge-backs, unnecessary logistics costs and order cancellations.

Does employing a senior procurement manager who has background in the beverage, manufacturing and textile industries match your organization’s requirements? Software knowledge covers JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, SAP BusinessObjects, KO Buy/ERP SRM, MS Power BI, and SQL language. Apart from having a proven track record of leading high-performing teams to achieve targets, drive business results, improve efficiencies, and streamline processes, areas of expertise include supply chain management, strategic planning, project management, global procurement, manufacturing operations, business planning, and process improvement. The individual has Bachelor of Science in Business Management.

Working in a beverage company, this senior procurement manager led global data analytics team in charge of teaching training capability, process and systems. Strategic support was provided to procurement leads. This professional also led a global team of nine procurement analysts, tasked with analyzing more than $10 billion of spending, resulting in over $150 million in annual savings. Accomplishments included implementing Global Marketing Tableau dashboards and SQL databases for all regions to show trends in category strategies resulting in $50 million in global savings. The job required managing the day-to-day workload of the analytics team, tasked with standardizing processes to improve efficiencies. Reports were automated in SAP S/4HANA and Ariba to align with all procurement requirements.

Another position entailed managing $75M equipment capital budget. The job called for leading a team of 4 equipment buyers for customer care. JD Edwards inventory system was used for ordering fountain equipment and standardizing processes by $1.2M. Another duty was establishing a centralized purchasing team for Make-to-Ready (MRC) buying teams.

Would hiring a procurement manager who worked in insurance and trading/retailing industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with concentration in Industrial Psychology. Software skills include PeopleSoft and COUPA. This specialist has professional certification in Supplier Diversity, Institute for Supply Management. Also, able to execute tangible results such as booked savings of $27M.

Acting as a procurement manager, facilitated strategic interface between procurement and 12 designated business areas. Moreover, prevented monetary loss of 3 billion dollars through negotiation and cost avoidance strategies. Some of the tasks were reviewing, renovating and clarifying requirements within the business to enhance customer satisfaction. In addition, exchanged knowledge about supply chain risks to improve the quality of procurement, as well as championed procurement across the business to communicate procurement initiatives.

While working as a manager of facilities procurement, led cross functional teams develop and administer contracts and promote customer satisfaction. Other duties were managing Receiving Team of union staff members to enhance work efficiency, as well as supervising sourcing process and negotiating with suppliers to secure optimal conditions for services.

Is recruiting a procurement manager who served the manufacturing and biotechnology industries a good move for your organization? Computer skills include using JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1), Great Plains, SAP, and ARIBA. Core competencies include project management, MRP execution expert, risk assessment/ management, SOX audit compliance, staff training/ development, strategic planning, negotiation strategies, process development, supplier management, cost benefit analysis, demand forecasting, and FDA audit compliance. The professional has finished Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and has earned Kaizen Leader Certification.

This procurement manager managed six buyers for reagent and consumable manufacturing and new product introduction supporting R&D. One achievement was leading a purchasing team in achieving cost reduction initiatives in conjunction with sourcing team. Creation of NPI transfer process was initiated for parts to production transition and a shortage tracker smoothing out product launch and production shortages. Part of the job was handling offshore outsourced purchasing team (13) in India supporting indirect and direct purchasing activities. JDE (Oracle JD Edwards) E1 was utilized for MRP release of messages to buy and reschedule in addition to approvals of reqs.

In a biotechnology company, one job was purchasing activities for entire company for both direct and indirect materials. The individual developed cost reduction initiatives for lab supplies, consumables, reagents, machining, cables, electronics and consolidated service contracts resulting in $600K of annual cost savings. A new supplier approval process was created for risk mitigation and supplier management. Achievements included the successful implementation of MRP inventory module on Great Plains including all disciplines. Best-in- class purchasing department processes were developed.

How can a procurement manager who worked in oil/gas, airline and telecommunications industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business Studies in Business Administration and MBA (International Business). Professional certifications involve Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certified and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Software skills involve SAP ERP (SCM, Material Master Data, SRM) and PeopleSoft.

Working with challenging issues such as monitoring section expenditures to ensure compliance with budget constraints were part of this specialist’s work experience. Acting as a procurement manager in an oil/gas company, identified over 500k annual cost savings measures by negotiating 15-20% reductions on all over-the-road fuel spend; as well as handled over 100M annual spend of bulk onsite fuel from several fuel providers. This initiative generated an additional 100-175k cost saving monthly. Also, developed, implemented and managed innovative strategies including process improvement, standard operating procedures and training. Additionally, managed the procuring and disposal of all light/ heavy fleet equipment across entire company, increasing asset disposal sales eightfold, as well as headed the SAP ERP Implementation (SCM, Material Master Data, SRM).

With a “can do approach” in the area of managing sourcing for the IT software vendor and managing the SOW and change requests (software used was SAP Ariba) have been career objectives. While employed in an airline company as a contract management specialist, effectively managed supplier and category performance, including policy development and procedures.

Would a surgical supply chain procurement manager who is experienced working in a general hospital and a health system, as well as skilled in Lawson SCM and PeopleSoft help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Lawson SCM, Lawson-Infor, PeopleSoft and Meditech. Educational attainment includes Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL), Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM) and Associate of Science in Business (AS).

One of this surgical supply chain procurement manager’s key focuses was managing all supply purchases for the perioperative services clinical department; service lines included but was not limited to cardiovascular, vascular, orthopedic, urology, ob-gyn, and outpatient procedures (28 surgical suites). Responsibilities covered conducting purchases to maximize compliance with contracts, agreements and purchase practices in accordance for the perioperative services department, as well as implementing clinical safety stock initiatives to maintain expenditure cost savings. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) was efficiently handled by serving as the liaison among the purchaser and the contracted vendor to ensure price, contract adherence and table of authority with appropriate senior management approvals (McKesson, Lawson and approximately 35 external vendors).

Notable skills included developing perpetual strategies with the clinical team and the senior management team to support procedural volume of perioperative services, in addition to implementing clinical safety stock initiatives to maintain expenditure cost savings. This specialist engaged with perioperative services business team in generating queried item data for upon conversion of OR Information Systems (ORSOS to SurgiNet) and coordinated the supply chain component of precision the OR optimization project.

What opportunities can hiring a manufacturing procurement manager who has experience in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries give your organization? Systems proficiency includes JD Edwards SCM, SAP, Oracle, and BPCS. Advantages involve in-depth experience in the areas of global supply chain management, purchasing, materials management, and production control, with a proven record of accomplishments related to cost savings, innovation, problem solving, planning, and leadership.

Responsibilities of this manufacturing procurement manager included managing Logistics Operations and material requirements for production, conversions, and transfers, as well as analyzing MRP reports to determine production quantities, select supplier base and eliminate capacity constraints. Other tasks were controlling inventory, global sourcing, along with managing MS and input process for S&OP. The professional was chairperson over global food safety initiative which streamlined global suppliers, through a bidding process resulting in a $4.0 million cost savings. The job called for managing and procuring raw material supply base for 36 plants (600-line items).

Another job was negotiating and monitoring all manufacturing contracts and resolving global sourcing issues; this led to cost savings of $300k. Responsibilities were for analyzing MRP reports using JD Edwards to determine production quantities and eliminate capacity constraints.