Brad Hood
Director of Indirect Purchasing at Rivian
- Role
- Director of Indirect Purchasing at Rivian
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brad Hood
Procurement professional with experiences in consulting and industry, ranging from start-up to Fortune 100 companies. Currently focused on keeping the world adventurous forever.
Experience
Director of Indirect Purchasing
Aug 2020 — Present
Designed and developed the Indirect Purchasing department from a clean sheet, starting as the 3rd department hire to now managing the team of 53 procurement professionals. Our team manages all procurement for goods, services, and software that doesn’t go into our customer products or the manufacturing of those products. The team is split between purchasing (category management, strategic sourcing, tactical buying), procurement operations (spot buys, procurement help desk, purchase requisition submission and third party risk management, etc.)
Education
Western Michigan University
Bachelors of Business Administration, Integrated Supply Management (Purchasing, Operations, Logistics); Multinational Management
Northern Michigan University
Business
Skills
- Teamwork
- Selling
- Pricing
- Account Management
- Process Improvement
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Marketing
- Leadership
- Inventory Management
- Supply Chain
- Vendor Management
- Strategy
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement
- Sourcing
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Development
- Negotiation
- Sales
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