Michael Meaden
- Role
- Vice President, Global Direct Procurement at IBM
- Location
- Hopewell Junction, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Meaden
Extensive experience managing large complex procurement organizations. Diverse executive…
Experience
Vice President, Global Direct Procurement
Jan 2014 — Present
Responsible for managing the procurement of all direct materials worldwide in support of IBM’s Systems and Cloud businesses. Categories include memory, storage devices, semiconductors, complex assemblies, and complete systems. Also responsible for warehousing, logistics, and international trade compliance worldwide. • Key projects included the divestiture of two large volume/low margin business units, and then a dramatic supplier reduction program (over 60%) for the remaining high margin, lower volume business units. • Conducted a global RFP for all logistics services resulting in a 20% cost reduction. • Deploying a blockchain solution for import and export transactions.
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and International Business
Manhattan University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance and Computer Information Systems
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategy
- Sourcing
- Vendor Management
- Outsourcing
- Contract Negotiation
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Management
- Change Management
- Business Transformation
- IT Strategy
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Strategy
- Program Management
- Six Sigma
- Project Management
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