Sourcing Consultant

Shawna Paul

**** ******* ***** *****. ****, NC **539

email: ***********@*****.***

mobile: +1-518-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Sourcing/operations manager: Over 20 years’ experience with the US Army, a Dow 30 company and as an independent consultant to small business owners and sourcing organizations. Strong customer focus gained from a career in project management, team facilitation and quality roles. An inclusive facilitator who focuses on listening, learning and teaching in global environments.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Independent Sourcing Consultant: Primarily small and mid-size BioPharm, firms, providing process / policy support, vendor management solutions, contract reviews, spend analysis customized to business needs. Negotiated purchases returned 5% or more in savings. A recent engagement reduced time spent by a client on an RFP by roughly 50 hours

Trained facilitator and educator: Delivered change acceleration in varied organizational settings. Developed process change support material. Lead facilitator in Asia supporting acquired businesses, including 6 Chinese acquisitions where purchasing processes required modification and an ERP roll out.

Operation Noble Eagle: After 9/11 went back on US Army active duty conducting terrorist threat assessments on public facilities throughout the US southeast. Trained FEMA in same.

Global Sourcing Category Leader: Developed and executed $130MM global spend for engineered piping systems; delivering $3MM in savings through partnerships with operations, engineering, finance and legal teams. Developed and maintained critical supplier relationships to deliver cost, quality and delivery targets from a global supply base with the largest suppliers in Turkey, India, China and Hungary.

6 Sigma Black Belt & Master Black Belt Certified: In a predominantly software company setting in a period of active acquisitions, created new business practices for teams of various sizes and maturity. Solutions included mitigation of $5MM of contract risk, and moderating product change processes across 4 software development platforms, post-acquisition, resulting in a 50% reduction in software bugs

Business coach for individual owned businesses: Developed business plans, sales targets and marketing approaches, resulting in increased product/ service offerings. Established strategies for trademarking and contracting. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2018- DSRJ Inc

Present Raleigh, NC

DSRJ is an independent consulting firm, specializing in procurement & operations, owned by my husband & I.

Procurement Advisor (7/18-Present)

Business Coach (8/18-Present)

July 2018- Independent Personal Coach and Trainer

March 2011 Boston, MA / Albany, NY

Health Coach, Scouts of America & March of Dimes facilitator. Instructor for child fitness program, BOKS. https://www.bokskids.org/ Program manager for transformation of 2 young boys into young men. July 1999- General Electric (GE)

March 2011 Schenectady, NY / Atlanta, GA / Shanghai, CN GE is a $120 billion company that operates an infrastructure and technology company worldwide. GE makes products for various industries like Aviation, Transportation, Power, Energy and Healthcare. GE draws substantial revenue from its services activities and is focused on becoming the first

“Digital Industrial” leading the technological charge into the IoT (Internet of Things). GE was founded in 1882 and has its headquarters in Boston, MA. Global Commodity Leader – Power (03/08-03/11)

Asia Sourcing Leader – Energy Services (03/06-03/08) 6 Sigma MBB - Energy Services Automation Services (04/03-03/06) Project Manager – Global Project (11/01-12/02)

Buyer - Power (07/99-11/01)

December 2002- Time at GE was interrupted by a return to US Army active duty. April 2003

Operation Noble Eagle, O4/Major (12/02-04/03)

July 1999- United States Army – Military Police Corps June 1994 Anniston, AL / Schofield Barracks, HI / Seoul, South Korea / Ft. Leavenworth, KS / Ft Lewis, WA

The Army’s mission is to fight and win our Nation's wars, by providing prompt, sustained, land dominance, across the full range of military operations and the spectrum of conflict

Criminal Investigations -6th MP Group (07/98-07/99) Advanced Course, Command and Staff Schools- (03/98-07/98) Platoon Leader, Asst S1; Asst S3 – 25th ID (L), 45th CSG (06/94-03/98) EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MBA, 2007 Completed the program while employed full-time at GE. Lafayette College, Easton, PA

International Affairs/ French Majors, Economics Minor Spence School, NYC, NY

KEY ACTIVITIES / HOBBIES

SCORE Volunteer

Homeopathy

Baseball

Dancing

Driving a purple jeep

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