Strategic Sourcing Process Improvement

Leanne Lacovara

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Cherry Hill, N.J. *8003

Mobile: 609-***-****; email: **************@*******.***

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Summary

Experienced procurement professional dedicated to process improvement, best in practice procurement strategies, cost optimization and vendor management.

Additional experience lies in all aspects of direct and indirect procurement management, strategic sourcing, C- Suite stakeholder engagement, contract analysis and negotiation, and building B2B relationships.

Lean Six Sigma Certified

ISM member

AIRI Member

Marquis Publications Who’s Who in America 2025

Skills:

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Process Improvement

Vendor Management

Contract Management

Strategic Sourcing

Procurement Software

Cross Functional Collaboration

Procurement Management

Negotiation & Spend Reduction

Leadership

Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

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Professional Experience

Coriell Institute for Medical Research - Camden, NJ January 2025 - Present

Assoc. Director of Procurement

Lead procurement department for non-profit bio-medical research facility.

Analyze opportunities for leveraging purchasing power by reviewing contracts and financials.

Proactively review contracts due for renewal, review legal terms, and view opportunities for negotiating a more beneficial agreement.

Build strategic vendor relationships, GPO sourcing, manage, evaluate vendor performance, developed scorecards.

Negotiated rates for cost optimizations that in one case saved 30% with a new vendor, procurement of indirect and direct materials.

Initiated processes improvements including streamlining vendor sourcing and vetting including OFAC.

Cross-functional collaboration between multiple departments.

Collaborate with C suite leadership weekly to discuss initiatives and growth and savings opportunities.

BusPatrol (Tech)America, LLC - Lorton, VA May 2022 - November 2024

Purchase Analyst and Temporary Director of Enterprise Services

No Successfully assumed the role of Director of Enterprise Services while they were on leave for several months which I engaged in customer success, vendor relationships, contract management, and various operations plans. I interacted with the Chief Operating Officer weekly to update on initiatives.

Direct report to Vice President FP&A: cost optimization strategies saving 27% on sourcing a service vendor and 17% on office supplies as examples.

Developed and implemented several best in practice process improvements for high growth startup: purchasing procedure map and vendor sourcing and vetting processes, acted as liaison with GPO-group purchasing organization.

Interaction with Stakeholders on process improvement within a variety of departments, created SOP’s as well as project management including 2 office relocations, lead vendor risk meetings.

Contract Management: Proactively analyzed contracts due for renewal, review legal terms, and opportunities for negotiating a more beneficial agreement. Negotiated MSA’s, NDA’s, leases and COI’s.

Commercial office space sourcing and lease negotiations for multiple offices

Vendor management: Strategic sourcing, relationship building, negotiation, RFQ’s, RFP’s, Scorecards, operations.

Edmund Optics (Scientific) - Barrington, NJ April 2015 - November 2021

Procurement Buyer

Managed purchase orders, both direct and indirect categories with domestic and international suppliers to ensure material is delivered to production to meet forecasted demand, RFQ’s, software testing.

Forecast Analysis, demand planning, and facilitated resolutions for US customs issues.

Extensive sourcing of indirect vendors, vendor relationship management, vendor scorecards and SCARS, price negotiation, analysis of supply chain issues for purchased parts, RMA’S.

SAP software script testing and collaborated with directors on direct and indirect category management.

Fox Rehabilitation - Cherry Hill, NJ August 2011 - April 2015

Purchasing Manager

Leader of procurement for the entire organization for medical equipment, promotional items, operations, media, janitorial, and services for East Coast multi-state medical provider.

Collaboration with stakeholders and liaison between doctors and corporate.

Project manager for sourcing, negotiating and implementation of purchasing software program.

Vendor relationship management, invoice reconciliation, RMA’S, cost analysis, reported data to CFO.

Broder Bros: Bodek & Rhodes - Philadelphia, PA January 2004 - August 2011

Analyst

Managed purchase orders for apparel distributors in accordance with sales forecasts to assure an appropriate inventory of multiple national distribution centers.

Extensive data analytics of industry trends, consumer demand, and reporting historical performance to ensure product and inventory integrity, reported findings to stakeholders.

Continued:

Education

Business Contract Law Certificate, Business Contract Law

Cornell University - Ithaca, NY (Remote)

Bachelor of Science in Management: Sales and Marketing, Cum Laude

State University of New York -SUNY: F.I.T. NY, NY

Associate of Science in Product Buying and Merchandising, Magna Cum Laude

State University of New York - SUNY: F.I.T. NY, NY

Software used: SAP, ERP, MRP, FDM4, Oracle, GUI, PN3, Lucid process mapping, Wrike project management

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