Manager Engineer

Alexander J. Chavez

adkelm@r.postjobfree.com C973-***-****

OBJECTIVE: I am a professional looking to increase my experience in all aspects of the business and become a well-rounded professional. Currently living in New Jersey and looking to relocate to Tampa, Florida.

EXPERIENCE

HR Services Procurement: Johnson & Johnson Services, inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey

HR Services Senior Category Manager, October 2019-Present (Supervisor of 1-2 Professionals)

Managing 3 categories – Employee Services, Learning & Development and Talent Mobility with a total annual spend of $400MM

Responsible for creating and executing the category strategy for all three categories. The strategy includes managing complex projects in support of the business goals which includes assisting with risk and issue resolution.

Understand customer requirements as part of the business planning process to prioritize workload and resources.

Communicate to all stakeholders on a timely and efficient manner (most likely a review of a deck that would include status updates, data, risk/issues and next steps).

Build strong relationships with sourcing project sponsors (sourcing projects) and program sponsors (large procurement initiatives)

Assessing the business impact of COVID on the categories and documenting the impact on 2020 goals.

Lead and coordinate supplier assessments through either benchmark analysis or a RFx event.

Oversee the strategy development and implementation of my direct reports. Provide guidance as needed.

Manage preferred supplier relationships with a standard relationship governance structure. This includes review of metrics, relationships, escalations, etc.

Negotiate favorable pricing using a negotiation strategy that includes inputs from benchmark data, market research and experience.

Guide direct report as he implements the new Learning & Development preferred supplier strategy in North America.

Identify and manage preferred supplier programs to improve value and efficiency of the service.

Guide direct report as he leads the Supplier Diversity program, Business Planning process and Savings for HR Services procurement.

Leading various sourcing projects (RFIs/RFPs) in support of HR Services business plan – Senior Leadership development program, Household goods, First Line Leaders.

Sustainability program leader for HR Services procurement and responsible for representing the Category and/or Sector: voice, strategy, influencer, decision aggregator/maker. Asking 41 partners to complete the Ecovadis survey and currently on track to meet the goal.

Provide leadership with regular key updates via email or regularly scheduled meetings.

Utilize SAP/Ariba to process purchase orders and to manage the RFx process.

Utilize Salesforce.com to manage procurement cases.

Review and provide contractual requirements as part of the contracting process.

R&D Procurement: Janssen pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson company, Raritan, New Jersey

Clinical Services Senior Category Manager, June 2017-October 2019 (Supervisor of 1-2 Professionals)

Managed 3 categories – Central Imaging, ECG and IWRS with a total annual spend of $40MM)

Responsible for creating and executing the category strategy for the Central Imaging Category.

Exceeded savings targets of in 2018 ($2.3MM) and 2019 ($2.4MM) and team identified an additional $600k in 2019 to help close the savings gap for the department.

Oversaw the strategy development and implementation of my direct reports. Provided guidance as needed.

Provided direct report with guidance as he developed and executed the IWRS category refresh. Three preferred suppliers were awarded after 12 suppliers were included in the RFP and $2MM of savings were achieved.

Led the Partner Ignite initiative of Remote Specimen/Samples collection where we reviewed innovative ideas to have study patients provide samples remotely instead of going to a doctor’s office.

Led the Reverse Localization initiative for Clinical Development in order to move the department to the standard operating model for contracting and sourcing.

Was the Supplier Diversity business leader for R&D procurement (January 2016 – December 2017) and was responsible for representing the Category and/or Sector: voice, strategy, influencer, decision aggregator/maker

Was the Triple Aim functional lead in R&D procurement ensuring the triple aim metrics are understood by the organization and they are properly utilized. These metrics measured the success of our sourcing initiatives.

Was the Continuous Improvement Lead in R&D procurement (since April 2017) in support of ESP where procurement moved to a centralized procurement system. Was also the primary POC in R&D procurement regarding business partner issues / escalations and work with GS to resolve.

Manage the end-to-end contracting process (MSAs, SOWs, Change Orders, Amendments, etc.).

Engineering Services Category Manager, R&D Procurement, June 2015-June 2017

Responsible for creating and executing the category strategy for engineering services (5x6 program).

Successfully led a large MD sourcing strategy (RFI, RFP, and auction) with senior leader representation from every franchise. The selection of the 4 preferred suppliers was made in alignment with the core team and executive sponsors implementing the program across MD.

Delivered $6.9MM savings in 2016 (exceeding expectation); Estimated to provide $6MM savings in 2017.

Successfully on-boarded HCL (S2), TCS (S2), L&T (S3) and Syntel (S3) to the SRM program.

Supplier Relationship Manager of category preferred suppliers. Manage relationship through monthly meetings, BRM, and top-to-top meetings. Establish consistent processes across MD and across preferred suppliers.

Influence internal stakeholders to participate in the engineering services sourcing strategy and be part of the decision to award the preferred suppliers and assist the change management.

Leading collaboration between R&D and IT procurement to leverage supplier relationships enterprise-wide for similar suppliers.

Led the development and approval of an escalation process with HCL. The escalation process will now be utilized with the other preferred suppliers and was also shared with other R&D procurement category managers.

Partnered closely with the franchise core team members to implement the engineering services engagement and operational model. Obtaining full alignment from the core team and executive sponsors.

Identified key metrics to assess the preferred supplier program relationships in collaboration with stakeholders.

Manage the end-to-end contracting process (MSAs, SOWs, Change Orders, Amendments, etc.).

Johnson & Johnson – R&D Supplier Diversity program lead – 2016-2017 (Led a team of 4-5 professionals)

Responsible for representing the Category: voice, strategy, influencer, decision aggregator/maker. And serve as the diversity subject matter expert.

Partnered with category leaders and managers as part of the Annual Business Planning process.

Cascaded monthly dashboards, manage exceptions, and provide frequent updates to the R&D Category.

Developed and execute upon the R&D diversity strategy to drive performance to category benchmark range % of total spend results.

Participated in Tradeshows for the Category and the planning of key diversity events.

Led a team of 4-5 professionals in support of the R&D diversity strategy.

Met our diversity goals in 2016; did not meet our goal in 2017 due to diversity de-certifications but my leadership well informed of the progress.

IT Procurement: Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., Raritan, New Jersey

Sourcing Manager, IT Procurement, October 2012-May 2015 (Supervisor of 3-4 Professionals)

Responsible for creating and executing sourcing strategies for Telecom and IT Security.

Delivered $5MM savings in 2013; $6.7MM savings in 2014; $7.3MM savings in 2015

Led enterprise contract negotiations with local and global I/T providers for software, telecom, and consulting work orders.

Influenced internal stakeholders to participate in sourcing strategies that deliver synergies and revenue cost savings to the organization.

Supported the M&A team to transition supplier contracts as part of a divesture.

cbs Corporation, New York City, New York

Sourcing Manager, Corporate Procurement, August 2011-October 2012

Created and led the I/T sourcing strategy and obtained alignment with I/T leadership.

Implemented and led the procurement process for spend above $250k.

Managed I/T services spend of $400MM and delivered $4MM in savings.

Lead enterprise contract negotiations with global providers for software and consulting work orders.

IT Procurement: Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey

Sourcing Manager, Information Technology Strategic Sourcing, September 2010-July 2011

Responsible for creating and executing I/T Services sourcing strategies for IT Corporate (including Ariba)

Delivered $3MM in savings for 2010.

Delivered procurement-based advantages through contract consolidations, supplier reduction, and enterprise solution standardization

Build strategic alliances with critical suppliers and perform all third-party relationship management

Sourcing Team Lead, Information Technology Strategic Sourcing, April 2009-August 2010 (Supervisor of 2 Analysts)

Delivered over $1.7MM in savings for 2009-2010

Led the global I/T spend collection process for two years resulting in identifying 18% of missing spend

Led contract negotiations with local and global I/T providers for software, outsourcing, project, and consulting work orders

Became the subject matter expert on supplier diversity policies and strategy

Sourcing Analyst, Information Technology Strategic Sourcing, September 2007-March 2009

Led contract negotiations with small I/T providers for software and consulting services

Led collection and analysis of spend data in support of Supplier Diversity which lead to the identification of current diverse supplier base for expanded use by business partners and increased supplier diversity spend.

Assisted in developing negotiation strategies by analyzing and making recommendations on pricing options, models of supply agreements, market trends/indices, and internal spending profiles based on historical data.

Johnson & Johnson (GPSG) – Raritan, New Jersey

Project and Facilities Engineering – Reliability Engineer, March 2004 – September 2007

EDUCATION

New Jersey institute of technology, Newark, New Jersey

MBA., Marketing, Expected Graduation: May 2022

New Jersey institute of technology, Newark, New Jersey

B.S., Electrical Engineering, December 2004

Johnson & Johnson – procurement managers development program – Class of 2015

Created a category strategy for global Capital Construction projects under $10MM.

Collected stakeholder and business partner feedback to draft an effective strategy.

Partnered with a global team of 3 to lead the initiative and took a leading role in meeting and delivering our objective.

Johnson & Johnson – Engineering Leadership development program - Class 2005

Leadership development program with 3 rotations:

Environmental Engineer, WW Environmental Affairs, January 2007-August 2007

Clinical Trials Sourcing Analyst, Global Procurement, May 2006-December 2006

Reliability Engineer, GPSG, March 2005-April 2006

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