Elisabeth Schlag Lawrence

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Elisabeth Schlag Lawrence’s Summary

GLOBAL STRATEGIC SOURCING EXECUTIVE
Direct & Indirect Goods

A diversified sourcing executive with over 18 years of experience

Repeated successes at creating and implementing domestic and international strategic sourcing and buying initiatives at Avon Products, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Lerner New York and Kmart. Categories include apparel, accessories, jewelry, home fashions and indirect goods & services.

*Experience directing sourcing from 30+ countries across five (5) continents.
*Developed and implemented sourcing and buying processes that reduced vendor bases up to 40%; improved quality, while decreasing costs by up to 30%
*Expanded margins, reduced vendor failures from a high of 15 to zero; decreased lead times dramatically and increased on-time delivery by 60%

*Planned and built Avon’s Indirect Sourcing organization, leading procurement in excess of $1 billion indirect spend.
*Established Lerner New York’s sourcing organization, responsible for up to 73 million units a year with a spend of over $500 million.
*Successfully lead the development of the worldwide ERP core model solution for global sourcing workstream.

Exceptional leadership, strategic, people, process, technology, project management and influencing skills.

Extensive international travel and living experience.
Multilingual in English, German, and French.