Procurement professional and operations director with over 16 years experience with managing Procure-to-pay processes and related technology. A Procurement process subject matter expert and a change leader with regards to identifying opportunities for significant operational savings and process improvement. Extensive experience in building and presenting business cases to executive management to improve operations though process improvement or technology solutions. A leader of operational support teams with a focus on a progressive approach to customer service and continuous improvement. Past experience as an IT business analyst, consultant, and a trained Six Sigma Blackbelt. Key strengths, skills and qualifications include Procurement process and technology knowledge, strong core business skills, MBA, executive presentation skills, communication skills, problem solving skills, analytical skills, project leadership and management, people management and performing as a change leader. Specialties: Procure-to-pay process SME Speaker - Procurement best practices Commercial Card programs eProcurement technology Managed-Print-Services programs Systems Implementations Operations management People management Process Improvement/Six Sigma Blackbelt

MBA @ Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business From 2003 to 2007 BS @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From 1994 to 1998 James CPSM is skilled in: Process Improvement, Procurement, P2P, Change Management, Six Sigma, Program Management, Management, Strategy, Team Leadership, Business Analysis, Leadership, Operations Management, ERP, Continuous Improvement, Business Process..., Project Management, Training, Business Process, Cost Reduction, Consulting, Procure-to-Pay, Management Consulting, Enterprise Software, Purchasing, People Management, E-procurement, Ariba