Heather Bryant

About Heather Bryant

I’m a proven supply chain management professional looking to continue advancing my career with a company that values people, processes, and results. With my passion for driving positive change, providing vision and leadership, and people engagement, I’m the leader that will take your organization to the next level. I have a unique skillset and diverse experiences. I’m data driven, process oriented, and have strong change management and organizational development skills. I am an agile learner and have a natural curiosity for how things work and why things are the way they are. Being action oriented, collaborative, and having strong command skills, I\'m not afraid of challenging the status quo, which is what has led to my greatest professional accomplishments.

Experience

1. Director of Procurement

   IPL Schoeller

   Jul 2025 — Present

   Provide strategic procurement leadership through the development and execution of a comprehensive Vision, Mission, and Strategy for direct procurement ensuring stakeholder engagement and alignment with business goals. • Develop policies, processes, and systems that enhance Direct procurement and category capabilities. Introduce new strategic sourcing process and templates to ensure documentation, enable consistency, and provide visibility.• Build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships to drive value and ensure compliance standards are met. Develop and implement SRM framework. • Develop team to strategically source and negotiate contracts beyond pricing, while optimizing the supply chain delivery to achieve financial targets and efficiencies. • Integrate sustainable procurement practices, including environmentally responsible sourcing. Ensure compliance with labor, safety, environmental, and trade regulations across procurement activities to support IPL’s sustainability goals such as recycling and carbon footprint reduction in Directs.• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Operations, Sales, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to align procurement strategies and priorities with business needs. Facilitate communication across teams to implement changes and drive improvements effectively.• Lead, coach, and mentor direct reports to foster high performance and continuous improvement. Conduct regular performance reviews and ensure team alignment with organizational values and objectives.• Establish and monitor KPIs to measure procurement category effectiveness and efficiency, establish protocols for corrective action and feedback. Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure the highest data integrity standards to support procurement operations and the decision-making process.

Education

• Auburn University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), International Business and Finance; minor in Spanish

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Strategic Sourcing
• Global Sourcing
• Supplier Management
• Sourcing & Procurement
• Transportation
• Supply Chain Management
• Organizational Leadership
• Customer Service
• Sap Supply Chain
• Situational Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Inventory Management
• Logistics
• Process Improvement
• Operations Management
• Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Negotiation
• Team Building
• Forecasting
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Pricing
• Purchasing
• Contract Negotiation
• Change Management
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Leadership
• Strategic Vision