Nick Funyak

Experience

1. Sr Category Manager i

   Duquesne Light Company

   Dec 2022 — Present

   Lead Category Manager for Services:Transmission & Distribution Construction, Civil Construction, Vegetation Management, Construction Management, Relay and Control Testing, General Construction, Legacy Site Management, Underground & HPFF Construction, and StreetlightingCareer highlights:Procurement Change Champion supporting migration to Oracle Fusion from Maximo (2025).Established company initiative for $83k in realized un-budgeted savings due to resource allocation for third party attachment construction (2025). Onboarded new civil construction secondary contractor to strategic partnership, which includes development as backup to current primary (20••••25).Identified and onboarded two new certified diverse contractors, one of which was awarded a strategic contract (2024).Procurement assist for PO Closure / Conversion as part of Maximo two-way match rollout (2024). Onboarded civil primary contractor to the supplier relationship framework (2024).Negotiated five-year strategic partnership blanket contracts for civil construction services that resulted in over $1.3M savings to capital budget via rate negotiations and partnership rebates (2023).Co-led development of a contract management solution, which included researching and identifying the platform ultimately selected for administration (20••••23).Procurement sponsor for 2023 intern in procurement, who returned to DLC for part-time support post internship.Co-led safety breakout session, with Director of Safety & EHS, at 2023 supplier summit.

Education

• Youngstown State University

  Minor

  2006 — 2008

• Youngstown State University

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

  2006 — 2010