Category Manager, Global Procurement

Manage all aspects of international strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and purchasing
lead	agreements for the construction materials and commodities within the Global Store Development
operations	category and ensure on time and on budget project delivery.
Financial	• Drive supply chain process improvements and sustainability initiatives that utilize best practices,
Cost reduction	create long term cost savings, and construct timelines for change implementation.
Mechanical	• Advanced procurement strategies while increasing spend under management by 25% and Category	reduced redundant processes by launching the utilization of a new procurement software.
management	• Developed and implemented a global category sourcing strategy for all commodities and fixtures
Should cost	within store design and presented the recommended strategy to stakeholders for alignment.
Senior	• Expanded the supply base to mitigate risks and qualified regional suppliers which reduced the management	total cost of ownership of the interior fit out by 19% and stone categories by 32%.
MBA	• Streamlined collaboration with cross-functional teams to manage changing trends and inventory
OPERATIONS	requirements by creating a SharePoint as a centralized platform for communication.

practices	• Presented monthly comprehensive savings analyses to senior management for board approval and delivered a total bottom line savings of over $1.7 million for the year ended 2020, $2 million
CREATE
in 2019, and $1.8 million in 2018, exceeding set performance target goals each year.
DRIVE
• Measured, tracked, and reported supplier's performance based on SLAs and KPIs and led 15
BENCHMARK
quarterly business reviews with suppliers to initiate quality improvement and cost reduction.
DEVELOP
• Spearheaded the vendor development of 45 new suppliers for the latest design concept rollout by
NEGOTIATE
completing the RFP process and recommendation, MSA contract execution, and supplier
onboarding. Issued all purchase orders, monitored production status, and managed logistics.
professional
accountability

Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Global Procurement

(09/2014 - 08/2015)
• Built and maintained domestic and international supplier relationships, identified opportunities
Strategic for improvement and effectively facilitated change management.
Approve
Monitor	• Directed cost optimization and evaluated suppliers to drive best cost, service, and quality control
standards that aligned with the business objectives.
• Led a value engineering global sourcing initiative to identify alternate suppliers for various
product lines that resulted in a 27% cost reduction for two leading product lines.
• Improved demand planning by utilizing ERP software and conducted a supply chain
transformation that was customer centric.

Lead Purchaser - Keene Building Products

Executed all inventory processes and raw material requirements planning and decreased
manufacturing wastage by implementing control policies and standard operating procedures.
• Established strategies that increased inventory forecasting accuracy and maintained optimal
levels of stock to meet operating goals.

TECHNICAL	SAP Ariba

Inventory Control Analyst

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Nicholette Coughlin: Category Manager, Global Procurement in Pepper Pike

Nicholette Coughlin

Tiffany & Co

Tiffany & Co

Keene Building Products/Continental Products

Keene Building Products/Continental Products

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY