Art Perera

About Art Perera

TAKING CARE OF MY PEOPLE, TEAMWORK and the DRIVE FOR SUCCESS are just some of the things that get me excited about getting out of bed in the morning. Being excited about what I do has been the key to my successful 24 year career in Procurement. Specialties: Procurement Transformation, Direct and Indirect Spend Management, Manufacturing, Health Care Industry, Med Device, Change Management, Strategic Sourcing, Global Procurement, Purchasing, Leadership, Supplier Management, Category Management, Data Analysis, Talent Building, Stakeholder Engagement, Negotiations, Risk Mitigation, Cross Functional Collaboration, Contract Development, Excellent Verbal Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Conflict Resolution, Highly Proficient with Microsoft Office products (i.e, PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Experience

1. Senior Director, Procurement

   HNI Corporation

   Jul 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Responsible for the creation and transformation of the enterprise-wide Indirect Services and Center of Excellence Procurement function.

Education

• Community College of the Air Force, A.S.

  A.S., Security Administration

  1991 — 1994

• Park College, B.S.

  B.S., Management/Marketing

  1992 — 1995

• Cameron University, M.B.A.

  MBA, Business Administration

Skills

• Sales Presentations
• Disaster Recovery
• Crisis Management
• Salesforce.com
• Privacy
• Software Sales
• Asp
• Saas
• Security Management
• Physical Security
• Consultative Selling
• Sap
• Account Management
• Solution Selling
• Team Leadership
• Contract Negotiation
• Selling
• Cloud Computing
• Direct Sales
• Emergency Management
• Executive Reporting
• Territory
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• High Availability
• IT Governance
• Managed Services
• Key Account Development
• Quota
• Deal Structure
• IT Audit
• Major Accounts
• Business Continuity
• Negotiation
• Access
• Data Center
• Key Account Management
• Information Security Management
• Solution Design