James McDonald
Vice President, Procurement Operations at Marriott International
- Role
- Vice President, Procurement Operations at Marriott International
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James McDonald
Procurement transformation leader with over 20 years of experience with implementing and managing Procure-to-Pay processes and related technology. A Procurement process subject matter expert and a change leader with regards to identifying opportunities for significant operational savings and process improvement. Extensive experience in assessing transformational opportunities and presenting recommendations to leadership to drive process improvement and the delivery of technology solutions. Past experience as a Procurement leader, Global Process Owner, technology delivery lead, consultant, and a trained Six Sigma Blackbelt.Key strengths, skills, and qualifications include Procurement process and technology knowledge, strong core business skills, executive presentation skills, communication skills, problem-solving skills, analytical skills, project leadership and management, people management, and performing as a change leader.Specialties: Procure-to-pay process SMESpeaker - Procurement best practicesCommercial Card programseProcurement technologyManaged-Print-Services programsSystems ImplementationsOperations managementPeople managementProcess Improvement/Six Sigma Blackbelt
Experience
Vice President, Procurement Operations
Oct 2025 — Present
Education
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
MBA, Entrepreneurship
2003 — 2007
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS, Management Information Systems
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Management
- People Management
- Team Leadership
- Erp
- Cost Reduction
- Outsourcing
- Consulting
- Procurement
- Strategy
- Business Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Business Process
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Strategy
- Ariba
- Project Management
- Analysis
- Sap
- Leadership
- Change Management
- Training
- Finance
- Executive Management
- Operations Management
- Strategic Planning
- Program Management
- Enterprise Software
- Management Consulting
- Six Sigma
- E-Procurement
- P2p
- Procure-to-Pay
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