Thomas Burke

Shirley, MA *****

978-***-****

ad22lp@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Profile

Dynamic Supply Chain leader credited with driving extensive growth through the development, mobilization, and execution of enterprise-wide program strategies for operations services, direct and indirect product categories via cross-functional team leadership. Proven history of developing and executing highly effective sourcing strategies and implementation of national and global agreements resulting in timely, targeted, cost-focused deployment while maximizing enterprise program utilization through the application of enhanced technologies.

Professional Experience

Entegris, Inc – Billerica, MA

Global Procurement Manager

Commodity Lead - Construction, Facilities, Energy and Sustainability

2021 to Present

•Partner with the businesses within the organization to establish and maintain strong relationship with stakeholders, suppliers, and decision-makers

•Develop a deep understanding of the supply market landscape to drive the key initiatives that require support

•Support the category strategy development and assessment and mitigation of risks to build a solid business continuity plan

•Uncover and influence new and innovative approaches to solve business needs

•Effectively interface with suppliers to negotiate on commercial terms; utilizing strong understanding of business strategies to meet business expectations and establish appropriate external partnerships

•Coordinate and proceed with regional/global supplier negotiations including the dissemination of RFx documents and/or reverse auctions with detailed bid results analysis

•Identify opportunities to benchmark and aggregate similar business requirements at a global level to rationalize suppliers

•Educate and assist key global and regional stakeholders on sourcing process, to include best practices, policy compliance requirements, the capital approval process, and other guidelines; develop trainings as needed regarding these objectives

•Develop in-depth understanding of manufacturing processes, cost, and supply chain,

•Be a leader in the business regarding strategic and tactical decision making

Enel Green Power North America, Inc – Andover, MA

Sourcing Manager II

2018 to 2021

•Active collaboration with Engineering and Construction internal partners for Wind, Solar and Geothermal technologies in support of new business development projects and support existing site operations for maintenance planning

•Maintain an elevated level technical, financial, and legal competency for domestic and enterprise negotiations with existing and novel suppliers in support of current and future sourcing events

•Identify all business value criteria for each project through cross-functional assessment, build tender strategy and conduct supplier identification and qualification

•Lead sourcing events to include the RFx participant identification, issuance of the tender, evaluation of all submitted proposals, commercial and legal negotiation, final BAFO negotiation, finalize contract execution and book the project into the company ERP system

•Achieve the highest procurement value by minimizing delivery and performance risks while maximizing quality and alignment with the needs of the business in a high pace environment

•Actively participate in vendor relationship management, including: general communications and regular meetings, leading the vendor qualification processes, maintaining and improving vendor and marketplace knowledge through vendor site visits and tradeshows, updating the qualified vendors’ database with new vendors and measurement of existing vendor performance.

National Grid USA Service Company – Waltham, MA

Global Procurement Project Lead

2017 to 2018

•Leading the development of a global supplier management strategy and implementation plan for the global procurement function

•Partnering with key strategic suppliers to deliver continuous improvement, innovation, and incremental value delivery for National Grid globally

•Reconstruct existing commodity strategies to unite regional US/UK tactics and procedures to a single global procurement best practice

Tyco Fire & Security GmbH / Johnson Control – Westford, MA / Milwaukee WI

Senior Global Sourcing and Commodity Lead

2013 to 2017

•Analyze commodity related data to generate commodity strategies and action plans to improve company financial position through the improvement of favorable purchase price variance, generate cost savings projects related to indirect materials and services and coordinate the implementation of cost reduction projects with Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and other functions as needed.

•Conducted regional and global commodity sourcing events to include contract negotiation within Administrative Services (Office Solutions, Interiors, Promotional Materials, Print Media, MFDs, RIM), Operations Products and Services (MRO, Uniforms, MHE, Energy, Facilities Management, Buildings Maintenance, EHS), Equipment (Rental and Capital Equipment) and Leasing and Asset Management Programs

•Successfully sourced and negotiated twelve best value regional and global agreements with a collective savings in excess of $60M over three years via eAuction, traditional RFx and alternative “Competimate” program deployments.

•Developed innovative mobile eCommerce solutions to drive product/price standardization, incremental hard cost-out savings, roundtrip accountability with a backend automation solution.

•Focused on preferred partner adjacent category synergies where applicable to economize logistical and administrative expense, promote single-provider user experience and leverage product and process to drive cost reduction.

•Maintain a business review cadence with supplier partners to drive continuous program improvement, evaluate program performance KPI compliance, ensure deployment is current to evolving industry benchmark as best in class and to track progress on quality, delivery, innovation, and cost savings goals

•Tyco/Johnson Control “Commodity Tower Leader” for pre and post-merger synergy alignment activities for Plant Operations, Technology and Corporate Services

Raytheon Company – Waltham, MA

Enterprise Supply Chain Commodity Manager

2007 to 2013

•Manage a robust $90M portfolio of key supplier partners of indirect commodities consisting of Capital Equipment, MRO Products and Services, Administrative Products, Reproduction Devices, Managed Print, Records Management and Business Intelligence

•Successfully sourced and negotiated eight best value enterprise-wide agreements with a collective savings of $20M

•Lead within a cross-functional, cross-organizational environment, directed the development of commodity and sourcing strategies; program manage total cost reduction, process improvement, sustainability and diversity growth initiative and manage the overall working relationships to achieve enterprise goals and objectives through a formal data driven review cadence

•Leveraged existing enterprise agreements and pricing commitments for international utilization in support of Canadian, Australian and Middle East business requirements.

•Continually challenge existing enterprise supply chain solution to maximize commodity effectiveness, development tailored solutions and optimize spend management.

•Source commodities to approved suppliers in support of current program requirements, develop and issue RFI’s / RFQ's and track responses, compile summary documents and analyze bids, negotiate to meet, or exceed cost targets and internal customer expectations for quality, delivery, and technology capabilities

•Raytheon Six Sigma certified with several accepted process improvement projects deployed

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA

Strategic Sourcing Manager

2005 to 2007

•Developed, during a period of organizational restructuring, a $35M portfolio of key supplier partners of indirect commodities consisting of Capital Equipment, Asset Management, Facilities, MRO Product and Service, Security, Food Service, Construction, EHS and Energy

•Developed and implemented a strategic market-based energy purchasing strategy that resulted in a 15% budget reduction

•Implemented an updated contracting program to dramatically improve upon prior contract documentation within asset management facilities management and construction commodities.

•Maintain a strong vendor management presence with key suppliers to advance business partnerships, investigate enterprise opportunities and keep current to prevailing marketplace developments

•Conduct a systematic vendor review and audit program to evaluate performance, contract compliance, validate service scope requirements and investigate service synergy opportunities

•Identify, analyze, and quantify business indicators that support vendor sourcing, selection, and maintenance

Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA

Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement

2000 to 2005

•Managed 30-person procurement organization, five person help desk team and sponsored a 50 person customer service center.

•Redesigned the indirect purchasing business model to improve profitability, facilitate ease of use, optimized timelines and increase value by expanding operation scope and improving business tools.

•Administered and supervised the tactical and strategic performance of all vendor relationships and contracting

•Managed and developed fifty-person, multi-site product and service sourcing and buyer teams

•Presented the Indirect Procurement Business Model as a new business development solution at cross departmental meetings and corporate business conference.

•Selected and completed Staples Senior Management Certificate Program

•Delivered the Staples Corporate Coaching Program

IBM, Inc, Cambridge MA

Procurement, Contract Manager, Technical and Professional Services

1998 to 2000

•Responsible for all technical and professional services for IBM’s subsidiary, Lotus Development

•Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies (sourcing, negotiation, selection of strategic supplies) and collaborated with business partners to focus on improving cost, quality, and delivery of services

•Partner with developers and project managers to ensure a complete understanding of the impact of current marketplace, business drivers and vendor relations to properly create the defining scope documentation, negotiate, and contract with service providers

•Cultivated new and leverage existing vendor relationships utilizing IBM worldwide contracting language and methodologies.

•Created strategic direction for the technical and professional services categories by maintaining a keen understanding of each business groups’ long-range plans and objectives.

•Key Member on the Global Y2K Compliance and Y2K Reaction Teams

Military Service

Commissioned Officer, US Army - Active Duty

•Special Weapons Detachment Commander

•COMSEC Officer

•Tactical Operations Joint Task Force Leader (US and Germany Army)

•Airborne

•Top Secret Clearance

Non-Commissioned Officer, Massachusetts National Guard

•Military Police

•NCO Academy

Education

Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater MA

•Bachelor of Science – Business Administration

Bentley College, Waltham, MA

•Certificate program and Graduate studies

Stonehill College, Easton, MA

Raytheon

•R6S Certified (Six Sigma)

•Certified Subcontract Management

•Federal Contracts Management

Certification and Membership

•Certified Purchasing Manager

•Certified Construction Contracts

•Certified Professional in Supply Management

•Certified Purchasing Professional

•Member Institute Supply Management

•Member National Defense Industrial Association

•Member American Purchasing Society

References

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-burke-2975b930

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