Alan is not just a seasoned professional in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Procure-to-Pay, and Supply Chain Management, but also a visionary and strategic thinker. With nearly 30 years of experience, he has held key procurement roles at Fortune 500 companies, overseeing significant spend and driving substantial savings.
His extensive international and cross-industry career spans a series of well-known Fortune 500 companies, including such large enterprises as Cemex, Unisys, Nokia, Hanesbrands, Nortel Networks, and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits.
He is known as a persuasive executive who has been successful at developing and implementing “game-changing” Operations and Supply Chain processes and technologies while challenging the “Status Quo.”
Over the last ten years, Alan has led major transformation initiatives to drive higher value and reduce costs while always focusing on ROI. He has also specialized in creating Indirect Procurement organizations for enterprises that did not previously have them and advising new Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) on successful strategies to build their departments and run them efficiently.
Alan is very active as a speaker at various industry events and with many professional procurement organizations. Furthermore, he is an advisory board member for various organizations looking to transform their procurement functions into AI-enabled departments.