Kitson P.

About Kitson P.

With over 15 years of experience in operations and procurement, I am a corporate sourcing and procurement leader who utilizes entrepreneurial vision, discipline, and relationship building to motivate and lead teams to optimal performance.My core competencies include challenging the status quo and outdated thinking, encouraging outside-the-box thinking and developing a structure around creative processes, modeling and developing participative leadership, remaining authentic and respectful, and valuing continued learning in all its forms. My mission is to drive initiatives for ideal margin resiliency through transformation programs, and to lead teams to optimal performance. My expertise has been tested in various industries and have yielded significant value demonstrated by EBITDA impacting results.

Experience

1. Procurement Strategy & Performance Optimization Leader

   Equitable

   Sep 2021 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Lead a high-performing sourcing team in the execution of complex category strategies, delivering measurable cost avoidance and value optimization across the enterprise third-party portfolio- Transformed technology stakeholder engagement, achieving a year-over-year increase in influence by aligning procurement objectives with departmental roadmaps to serve as a trusted strategic advisor- Architected and deployed enterprise-wide governance frameworks for the Source-to-Pay (S2P) lifecycle, significantly reducing cycle times and maturing Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) capabilities.

Education

• Sprachinstitut Tübingen

  Intensiv Germanistik, German Language / German Business Language Studies

  2012 — 2012

• University of South Carolina

  IMBA, Operations/Supply Chain Management

  2011 — 2013

• York College of the City University of New York

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics

  2000 — 2004

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Certificate - Berkeley Custom Executive Leadership Program

  2015 — 2015

• Clarkson University

  Certificate - Global Supply Chain Management Executive Seminar

  2019 — 2019

Skills

• Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Analysis
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Budgets
• Demand Supply Planning
• Integrated Business Planning
• Government
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Global Sourcing
• Sap
• Dfss Green Belt
• Business Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Dmaic
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Process Improvement
• Materials Management
• International Project Management
• Work Instructions
• Supply Network Planning
• Union Negotiations
• Logistics
• Training
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Strategic Sourcing
• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Team Building
• Strategy