Donell D. Brown
- Role
- Senior Director - Strategic Sourcing Procurement Supply Chain at Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Donell D. Brown
Excel in executing comprehensive strategic sourcing strategies aligned with…
Experience
Senior Director - Strategic Sourcing Procurement Supply Chain
Oct 2018 — Present
Cross Functional Experience (CFX) with a focus on building strong cross-functional knowledge and experience. Led a project in Land development, collaborating with a cross functional team members to generate a solution for development of underutilized land. Earned Tableau Explore II level and implemented analytic skills by using commodity data of demand with future projections of BPOs to develop land development strategies for 10-year Executive growth plan. • Achieved over $5 Million in annual cost avoidance since 2019 by implementing RFP sourcing strategies, bid analysis review, and effective negotiations at each level of the Regional Procurement Organization. Additional support and savings with participation in Cross functional Wave Teams and initiative support. • Leadership Development Program (LDP) completion a with a focus on developing personal leadership style, building an understanding of overall business objectives, overall economic conditions, methods of strategic innovative creation, and cross functional collaboration skills. • Contributed to the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancements of a custom SAP E-sourcing procure to payment system by collaborating in the overall project scope development, providing guidance during the Request for Proposal process, and collaborating with a diverse cross functional team with various support from IT, Audit, Finance, Law, etc. • Implemented various levels of documented standardized continuous improvement workflows for users and customers which resulted in a reduction of over 43% in volume to our various administration tasks by participation in data analytics • Overall management of a staff of (22) • Active lead in Sourcing compliance reviews in cyber security, third party contractor risk, annual Supplier Audit team reviews, Internal audit reviews, catastrophic follow up audit reviews, and Procurement policy compliance.
Education
Creighton University
Master of Finance (MFIN), Finance, General
2011 — 2016
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Economics
2008 — 2011
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics
2003 — 2008
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
2020 — 2021
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Entrepreneurship
- Organizational Development
- Process Engineering
- Access
- Budgets
- Operations Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Supply Chain Management
- Analysis
- Engineering
- Project Management
- Testing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Pricing
- Program Management
- Ms Project
- Coaching
- Change Management
- Contract Management
- Training
- Strategic Planning
- Purchasing
- Customer Service
- Sourcing
- Data Analysis
- Strategy
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Budgeting
- Process Improvement
- Forecasting
- Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Supply Chain
- Negotiation
- Team Building
- System Design
- Vendor Management
- Management
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