Elizabeth Watkins

About Elizabeth Watkins

10+ years of excellence in leading teams, developing sourcing strategies, and scaling…

Experience

1. Strategic Procurement Manager

   Instacart

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Collaborates with teams within engineering, operations, facilities, and legal to understand their business needs, facilitate purchases, and negotiate contracts on their behalf. Manages end to end vendor onboarding flow and contributes to company-wide purchasing policies. Develops and implements process improvement, strategic sourcing, inventory management for high visibility projects. Manages team to oversee distribution and inventory for all business-critical supplies and equipment, over $25M annually.

Education

• The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

  Bachelor's Degree, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Distribution Strategies
• Sql
• Customer Relations
• Information Management
• Transportation Management
• Social Networking
• Marketing Strategy
• Transportation
• Customer Service
• Databases
• Customer Satisfaction
• Sourcing
• Ms Excel Pivot Tables
• Lean Manufacturing
• Sales
• Strategic Communications
• Supply Chain
• Microsoft Word
• Transportation Planning
• Sap Warehouse Management
• Business Strategy
• Inventory Analysis
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Data Analysis
• Inventory Accuracy
• Leadership
• Business Analysis
• Data Center
• Problem Solving
• Microsoft Excel
• Data Entry
• Communication
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud Applications
• Microsoft Office
• Inventory Planning
• Recruiting
• Retail
• Marketing
• Social Media