Nicole Vandusen
Senior Procurement Executive | Driving enterprise wide process and technology transformation | Transforming global business process outsourcing | Delivering cost savings | Third Party Risk Management expertise
- Role
- Director Digital Enablement at 3M
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nicole Vandusen
Process Improvement Focused Procurement Executive with ability to turn around procurement organizations while leading large international teams across multiple geographies. Delivers significant cost reductions exceeding $40M annually by identifying key business drivers and leading complex negotiations. Resolves procurement operational challenges and leads change management effort to ensure competitive advantage for companies in highly challenging markets. Offers global expertise working across multiple countries including managing offshore teams in India and Central America.
Experience
Director Digital Enablement
Dec 2024 — Present
Responsible for leading digital transformation of the Global Procurement Technology with a focus on delivering cutting edge technology solutions, driving efficiency through process design and enabling data driven decision making. Digital Enablement will play a key role in supporting 3M in its journey to a top quartile performing Procurement organization.
Education
University at Buffalo
MBA
2001 — 2004
University at Buffalo
Business Administration
1995 — 1998
Skills
- Materials Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Mrp
- Kaizen
- Continuous Improvement
- Six Sigma
- Kanban
- Materials
- Inventory Management
- Quality System
- Root Cause Analysis
- Supply Chain
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Purchasing Strategy
- Strategy
- Negotiation
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Leadership
- Purchasing
- Value Stream Mapping
- Supply Management
- Purchasing Negotiations
- Contract Negotiation
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