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Bryan has over twenty five years of supply chain / procurement experience in the automotive, packaging, aerospace, and metals industries. He has rendered millions of dollars of cost savings through category management, strategic sourcing, and lean manufacturing projects. Bryan holds a supply chain management degree from Western Illinois University. He began his supply chain career as a Supply Administration Specialist in the United States Marine Corp.  He is currently transforming indirect procurement at a large, aftermarket automotive company.

How to Achieve CAPEXcellence

 Along with corporate services, capital procurement is often the last part of the procurement organization to mature. It’s an opaque category that doesn’t immediately get attention for a number o...

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Procurement Goals and Objectives for Individual Contributors: You Get What You Measure

 This is the last in a series of posts on performance reviews and objective setting for the start of the New Year. Click here to read my recent posts on performance reviews from the manager’s and...

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Procurement Goals and Objectives

 Are you just joining us? We’re working our way through a series of posts on performance reviews and objective setting for the start of the New Year. Click here to read my recent posts on perform...

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Performance Reviews for Individual Contributors in Procurement: Grow, Hold, or Exit

Just joining us? Last week we looked at performance reviews from a procurement manager’s perspective. This week we are looking at the same topic from the perspective of the person being reviewed. You ...

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Performance Reviews for Procurement Managers

It’s that time of year. Don’t shrink from the performance review process. It’s a time to reflect on the past year’s results, recognize accomplishments, and reset expectations with your staff for the u...

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