Bruce I.

About Bruce I.

Senior procurement and compliance executive with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise-wide procurement, regulatory compliance, and strategic sourcing across public transportation, financial services, and manufacturing organizations. Significant experience in business transformation, Kaizen and other types of efficiency projects. MBA, PMP, and C.P.M, with a proven record overseeing complex, multi-million-dollar contracts, capital programs, and DOT-funded portfolios.Currently Compliance Manager-Corporate Procurement at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), where I provide executive oversight for procurement compliance, supplier diversity, and regulatory adherence across all authority purchasing and capital activity. Previously served as Assistant Vice President of Corporate Procurement, where I led enterprise-wide strategic sourcing initiatives across technology, operations, and corporate services, managing complex, multi-million-dollar procurement portfolios. In this role I acted as senior advisor to executive staff and top leadership, advising project and product managers. I negotiated and approved high-value sales and supplier contracts and ensuring compliance with enterprise risk, governance and financial objectives.Served as procurement liaison and was responsible for tracking, maintaining and negotiating major contracts for 2 major Billion dollar bank acquisitions. Served as Project Manager for bank-wide sourcing initiatives, delivering over $14M in documented cost and efficiency savings through strategic sourcing, contract optimization, supplier consolidation, and process efficiencies. As cluster manager for Strategic Sourcing of Technology, I led cross-functional teams across the organization, overseeing RFP/RFQ processes, supplier assessments, negotiations, and long term supplier relationship management.Specialties:NYS and Federal ComplianceCorporate StrategyKaizen ProjectsStrategic SourcingGovernmental Procurement and PolicyProject ManagementStatistics and Data AnalysisBudget PlanningPrevailing WageEO-162 ImplementationTechnology ProjectsTeam Building and LeadershipSalesMarketingOperations

Experience

1. Procurement Compliance Manager

   Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

   Sep 2017 — Present

   My current responsibilities include sustainable leadership, green procurement, administrative and supervisory work supporting the central purchasing operation of the authority. I am responsible for assisting in organizing, coordinating and directing programs and activities of the purchasing function including staff supervision. My current duties include review and updating of the procurement system; recommending departmental goals, policies, procedures; and managing the competitive purchasing and strategic sourcing process in support of all NFTA operations. I also manage the NFTA MWBE and SDVOB programs, ensuring compliance with requirements. Additionally, I serve as the liaison to Empire State Development.

Education

• Cornell University

  Public Health Leader Training Program, Public Health Education and Promotion

• University at Buffalo

  Bachelor of Science, Business Management

  1994

• Canisius University

  Business Statistics

  2000 — 2001

• University at Buffalo

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations Management and Supervision

  2001 — 2002