Grimes

About Grimes

Over 30 years experience in Healthcare Materials Management. Past Vice President of…

Experience

1. Purchasing Systems Manager

   Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

   Sep 2012 — Present · Waterbury, VT, US

   The Purchasing Systems Manager is resonsible for the systems maintenance of the purchasing functions for Green Mountain Coffee\'s Specialty Coffee Business Unit, including policy, processes, software usage and strategic initiatives for continuous improvement. The Purchasing Systems Manager is the principal leader regarding the manner buyers are trained with the SCBU to ensure that consistent practices are used to maintain the integrity of the system data and transactional accuracy, and is responsible for user training on functionality. Also acts as a supporter of the Enterprise Purchasing functions to align practices with the Keurig Business Unit, Finance and maintance of SOX compliance. Manages the SCBU purchasing system team, including Purchasing SMEs, Materials Analysts and Item Set-Up Specialists.

Skills

• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Team Building
• Inventory Management
• IT Strategy
• Sales Operations
• Coaching
• Customer Service
• Healthcare
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets
• Vendor Management
• Materials Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Six Sigma
• Business Process Improvement
• Crm
• Logistics
• Training
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Enterprise Software
• Integration
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Product Management
• Operations Management
• Product Development
• Negotiation
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Troubleshooting
• Strategy