Mary

CEO and Founder

Provide strategic procurement, consulting and project management for facility initiatives.. Help nonprofits and organizations of all sizes save time and money through smart sourcing, supplier vetting, competitive bidding, and contract negotiations.. Reported and maintained clients’ budgets (including grants) to ensure projects were accurately reported for various time periods.

Senior Category Manager: Finance, Facilities & Real Estate

Delivered finance, facilities and real estate category management for all Centene + affiliates throughout the US, partnering with key stakeholders in facilities subcategories including tax, accounting, financial software, financial consulting, property management, janitorial, security guards, security systems, food services, construction, and utility payment.. Worked as a member of the Enterprise Services leadership team with Sourcing COE, Vendor Management COE, Governance, Legal, Operations, Facilities and Finance to bring Centene’s Enterprise Procurement to best-in-class.. Instilled trust and strengthened relationships between business and Procurement, helping the business understand procurement processes rolled out since early 2023.. Partnered with Legal and Vendor Management COE to develop an SLA library for use among all contracts throughout Centene.. Managed and developed teams consisting of a Program Manager, Category Managers (Print and Professional Enterprise Services plus Travel and Events) and Senior Category Manager (Finance).. Led playbook development for all of Enterprise Procurement to incorporate proper fields, facilitate completion, and provide ongoing feedback.. Monthly presenter and leader of team building activities within department.

Facilities Category Manager & Category Advisor

Led, developed and achieved savings targets for numerous clients’ facility services, indirect materials and MRO categories and managed sub-categories such as janitorial, security guards, food services, office services and waste removal throughout the United States and Canada.. Reported to Accenture Account Leads and indirectly to clients’ Procurement teams; forecast and achieved savings, created and managed sourcing programs, and developed preferred supplier relationships across each client.. Led a team of Facilities Sourcing Specialist, Senior Sourcing Specialist and Associate Category Manager.. Presented facility practice perspectives on client read-outs, including assessment outcomes, project outlines, potential savings and timelines backed by market insights.. Strengthened relationships between client service end-users and client procurement through change management alignment, meetings with key decision makers and town halls.. Partnered with clients’ global procurement departments to strengthen RFPs and identify stakeholders and suppliers for transitioning US-based facility subcategory programs to global reach.

Owner

Created the first gourmet cupcake business in Allegan County operating under Michigan Cottage Food Laws and Regulations. The company began as an in-house pick-up and delivery operation and expanded to a store front.. Designed store front and branding; developed promotional specials and innovative marketing techniques.. Sourced premium ingredients from around the globe using extensive research.. Managed inventory, created budgets and financial statements.. Developed recipes while studying market trends and food safety to ensure compliance with food regulations.

Director of Procurement

Led, built, executed and oversaw all Procurement activity for ISS Group within the United States and Canada.. Devised procurement strategies focused on best practices to increase buying leverage and value for clients and stakeholders.. Reported to the CFO and directly managed all employees of the Procurement department and Contract Services department.. Built and developed the procurement department to exceed internal and external customer savings goals for goods including janitorial chemicals, facility services, and supply and equipment distribution spend through targeted negotiations and standardization.. Partnered with global suppliers, performed project management and aligned with counterparts through travel and strategically planned meetings.

Construction Procurement Category Manager

Exclusive Procurement Category Lead charged with fully revamping Kraft Food’s largest spend category: Construction.. Responsible for construction projects encompassing capital and expense projects of over $100 Million for all 48 Kraft Foods North America plants.. Proposed, developed, implemented and strategically sourced construction procurement policies and negotiation tactics.. Led offshore Capgemini team in India with direct reports to carry out procurement initiatives.. Introduced Capgemini collaboration to Kraft by identifying Kraft’s needs and directing the team to fulfill them.

Facilities Sourcing Manager

Corporate-wide sourcing manager of new and existing contracts for HVAC, vertical transportation, haul away, recycling, environmental initiatives and product fixture initiatives for all 3,800 SHC-owned facilities and all 900 Auto Centers.. Implemented strategic supplier sourcing and developed contract placement, language and negotiated pricing.. Negotiated facility services contracts using sole direct, parallel, RFP, sealed bid and eAuction strategies.. Presented facility services and store fixture initiatives and ongoing projects for approval to Sears Holdings Senior Leadership.

Senior Financial Analyst: Vendor Performance

Built a new vendor performance department to measure hard and soft good vendor performance metrics.. Tracked progress through five metrics, rolled out at various points during the year, tightening and further enforcing compliance.. Solved supply chain issues, overseeing several million dollars of product inflow and outflow on a daily basis.. Consulted program strategies with 800+ vendors and over 500 internal employees.. Led presentations of Vendor Performance strategies to vendors at migration conferences introducing Sears vendors and products into Kmart stores nationwide.

Commercial Credit Analyst