J.P. Sweeney, C.P.M.

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Manasquan, NJ 08736

732-***-****

Email: acwush@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Strategic Thinker with decisive leadership strengths, offering strong business, Supply Chain Management and Supplier Diversity experience. Able to establish individual, personal and group goals and motivate/direct others to achieve excellence. Exceptional time management skills and maintaining multiple simultaneous projects. Excellent communicator with well-developed interpersonal relations skills. Able to establish and maintain rapport with individuals of varying backgrounds, influence executive management and champion enterprise-wide change.

Experience:

NRG Energy, Princeton, NJ

4/15 – Current National Director of Procurement

Manage all direct and indirect material purchases company-wide totaling $1.2B in annual expenses; Drive cost savings; Creation, issuance, receipt, and analysis of all purchase orders, RFP, RFQs, and vendor KPIs; Continuous contract and price negotiation; Forecast material cost budget through 2021; Create and share weekly forecasting reports with suppliers to ensure levels of demands will be met.

Created and implemented the first centralized purchasing department for NRG Home Solar; developing, executing and ensuring compliance of all purchasing and supply chain procedures, policies, and plans.

Forge alignments with key business units in the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and programs related to the enterprise-wide Procurement initiatives.

Identified key supplier strategic partnership opportunities and ensured partners stayed aligned with the company’s business model while monitoring and influencing product roadmaps.

Created a formal material request procedure constraining all purchase requests to flow through the Procurement department.

Conduct inventory audits and cycle counts for reporting in SAP to maintain proper inventory.

Mitigated supply chain risk 65% through expansion of the manufacturer network.

Increased company buying power 40% by working with vendors to supply Installation Partners and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contractors with access to company allocated material at negotiated specialized pricing.

Established flow process with all relevant departments to ensure inventory and production schedules were aligned to meet contractual deadlines.

Lead Supplier Relationship Management efforts acting as the single point of contact for over 3,000 approved vendors.

Direct the logistics effort globally to ensure materials are routed correctly to our manufacturing and warehouse locations. In addition ensure the completed products reach the customer in required timeframe via third party logistics.

Increased company buying power 40% by working with vendors to supply Installation Partners and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contractors with access to company allocated material at negotiated specialized pricing.

Procure capital equipment includes negotiation, market dynamics, commercial strategy, strategic sourcing, and supply relationship management.

Gravilaur Solutions, LLC. Spring Lake, NJ

9/14 – Current Managing Member – Procurement and Diversity

Provide strategic, operational and regulatory consulting to a number of business associations, health plans, hospital systems, insurance companies and others. Direct the Procurement and Supplier Diversity practice through full cycle. Engage existing and potential clients to discuss their issues and areas in need of improvement. Establish a strategy to address, engage stakeholders and deploy a solution.

Perform internal and external Supply Chain Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Supplier Diversity, Policy Development and Strategic assessment.

Establish Program metrics and set goals.

Strategically partner with key internal stakeholders by identifying their critical Diversity and Inclusion, Supplier Diversity and Procurement needs and source qualified suppliers.

Develop reporting tools and establish processes.

Create Prime and 2nd Supplier Development Programs.

Develop proposal responses for Sales, Government and Sourcing Contract Bids.

Lead cross functional teams as a Diversity and Inclusion, Supplier Diversity / Procurement SME to assist the company with opportunities for winning bids.

Engage with sourcing process leads on the renegotiation of Diversity and Inclusion / Supplier Diversity goals and contract language with clients and suppliers.

BASF, LLC, Florham Park, NJ

9/11 – 8/14 Procurement Supplier Diversity Manager

Responsible for developing the strategy and vision for BASF’s initial Supplier Diversity Program corporate wide. Accountable for overseeing the $6B annual North American spend and increasing the MWBE percentage. Worked across all NAFTA locations to implement the program and managed the education reporting mechanisms. Worked in partnership with Procurement, the businesses/functions and D&I to establish Supplier Diversity as a hallmark of BASF and drive steady year-over-year improvement in our Procurement Supplier Diversity performance.

Helped publicize BASF's demonstrated Supplier Diversity commitment and position the company favorably with our customers, employees, neighbors and shareholders. Through public speaking events throughout North America.

Achieved a 300% increase in diversity spend from 2011 - 2013.

Directed, coached and counseled a team of recruiters who drive the external and internal diversity recruiting and staffing process for BASF.

Developed Supplier Diversity training and education programs for internal (employees, business leadership) and external resources (minority suppliers).

Partnered with Regional and global HR business partners to integrate learning into the career development process.

Produced teaming and subcontracting deals with diverse suppliers enabling Enterprise and Public Sector Sales Account teams to capture revenues.

Led the process to develop and deploy corporate wide standards, metrics, tools and reports for Diversity and Inclusion Dashboard.

Identified and developed diverse owned firms that met BASF’s qualifications and geographic locations to meet business objectives.

BMW of North America, LLC, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

7/04 - 8/11 Procurement Manager

Managed BMW’s Procurement Program on a corporate wide basis measuring its progress, benchmarking and setting our goals and strategy on a long term basis. Served as the liaison between the BMW Group and the diverse supplier community with primary responsibility for supplier identification and outreach. Fostered increased access and opportunity to a diverse pool of suppliers. Responsible for the procurement of IT hardware, software, HR and consultancy services for BMW of North America, including Regional offices and subsidiaries, BMW Financial Services and Designworks. Served as the liaison with relevant departments and the lead IT Buyers at BMW Manufacturing and the BMW Headquarters in Munich, Germany. Supported the procurement and distribution of materials, parts, equipment, services, and supplies for the corporate headquarters in addition to our Vehicle and Parts Distribution Centers throughout the US. Communicated on a frequent basis with BMW’s facilities in the America’s (CA, MX, PA, AR and BR) to ensure they were following BMW’s established purchasing practices. Additionally supported our Dealer Network of 339 BMW Centers, 142 Motorcycle Retailers, 115 MINI Dealerships and 33 Rolls-Royce Motor Car Dealers. Handled the procurement of all center infrastructure, IT, Temporary Labor and New Construction with a spend of $3.3B annually.

Price, negotiate, and approved purchase requisitions for all BMW facilities relative to all MIS/IT, HR, Legal and Marketing related requirements.

Coordinated the process of getting all of BMW’s Headquarters in South and North America on the same methodology in purchasing and reporting.

Assisted the MIS departments in determining the need for goods or services, formulating requirements to send to suppliers (RFP), and sourcing qualified suppliers. Utilized my knowledge of relevant IT suppliers, pricing and licensing practices.

Coordinated with Germany all other relevant purchasing areas within the BMW Group in order to participate on group contracts, bundling effects and to represent the US needs.

Acted as the liaison between Corporate Purchasing, Manufacturing, Design and BMW Financial Services.

Advised user departments of their obligations under the purchasing policy as to the proper procurement procedures. In addition, the development and implementation of new systems for supporting and improving the current procurement process (i.e. consultant management).

Drove the integration of Supplier Diversity and D&I talent management strategies aligned with business goals and objectives.

Supported Manufacturing’s reorganization, production relocation and space optimization efforts.

Provided guidance and training for all subordinate personnel. Evaluate each subordinate’s yearly performance to determine the level of training needed to attain future goals.

Public Service Enterprise Group, Newark, New Jersey

12/98 – 6/04 Procurement Analyst

Developed strong relationship with Information Technology (IT) business partners. Responsible for the sourcing and acquisition of more than $80 Million for IT. Particular expertise in project management, contracts management, commodity management, process improvements, leasing and global sourcing. Experience in the lifecycle management of commodities and logistics services including capital equipment, computer systems, desktop software, engineering products and services and telecommunications products and services. Represented IT / Procurement at Supplier Diversity events and assisted on inclusion strategy in partnership with the Suppler Diversity Manager.

Directed the total supply chain management for IT, developing and managing strategic vendors to create service level agreements. Maintained relationships and monitored vendor performance.

Team Lead on Enterprise wide strategic sourcing initiative for the procurement of PCs, peripherals and software. Managed the team of representatives from all the lines of business in the process.

Evaluated the legal, insurance and risk elements of contracts; address, modified and/or proposed new clauses. Managed the negotiated deliverables and milestones.

Addressed audiences on behalf of PSEG at trade fairs and conferences. Fielding questions as they were presented.

Led cross-functional teams in the planning, acquisition and implementation of new IT initiatives including the supervision of contractors and expediting materials and services.

Managed the proposal process including development of RFPs and evaluation and selection of vendors.

Represented Procurement in the rollout of the Enterprise wide new software. Included going to various company locations to instruct lines of business on the best way for them to utilize the system to its potential.

Computer

Skills: SAP Super-user, Ariba, Oracle, Fieldglass, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Accounting Seed, AutoCAD, AS 400, UNIX, DOS and Windows.

Education: Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Bachelor of Science, Marketing / Management

Institute for Supply Management

Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M)

Associations: Institute for Supply Management (ISM), The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC), Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC)

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