Leslie Eisener
Ottawa,ON
Summary
My objective is to maintain a leadership role where the combination of my management skills, my customer focus and my dedication will have an impact on the bottom line. Exceptional leadership skills and a background in supply chain, procurement, information technology, SAAS, management, service and support, digital transformation and outsourcing & PMO.
25 years experience in Telecommunication, Information Technology, Data Center Operations, PMO, Supply Chain and Procurement. Lead 50+ procurement specialists, project managers, and related staff supporting strategic sourcing, contract manufacturing, procurement operations, IT sourcing. Awarded as top 2% employee performance & Participant in the HiPo (High Potential Program).
Proven track record driving digitalized solutions projects.
Board of Directors for CAMSC - Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Supplier Council. Lead for EDC (Export Development Canada) sponsorship of Nokia. Owner & founder of training company Ignite Potentials Training Inc.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Vice President Supply Chain
Continent 8 Technologies
09.2023 - Current
- Head of all aspects of supply chain including procurement (Indirect Procurement, Direct Procurement, Advanced Procurement, Inventory/BOM procurement, Procurement Operations including PO creation, problem invoice resolution, late delivery tracking), logistics and senior vendor management.
- Grow and progress the procurement team from a data entry/PO creation model to a key strategic team contributing to the company's bottom line
- Develop and carry out a strategy to introduce a savings capture platform as well as savings strategy, policies and processes achieving over 2 million in savings
- Developed, coached and provided feedback to top-performing teams using strong leadership and analytical thinking skills.
- Founded performance- and merit-based evaluation system to assess staff performance.
- Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization including the digitalization of supplier management creating a single source of truth for all contracts, supplier information and supplier onboarding.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
Senior Director Supply Chain Digital Services
Ciena
04.2020 - Current
- Lead the Supply Chain platform modernization initiative bringing digital transformation across all supply chain pillars including Procurement, Fulfillment, Reverse Supply Chain, Product Operations, Engineering Operations, Digital Solutions
- Lead and deliver a portal for supply chain analytics including dashboard
- Digitalization of the processes to facilitate speed, efficiency, data retention and standardization of processes
- Completely overhaul and modernize the Data Services organization to adopt a more streamlined service model
- Recognized as top talent for Supply Chain Leadership
- Lead international and multi-functional teams
- Chief of Staff Function: Support the VP of Supply Chain with organizational modeling to help design an optimized organizational model
- Identify key metrics for optimization and reporting for the ELT
- Design and deliver a comprehensive communication strategy to various audiences on Supply Chain performance and metrics including communications to the Board of Directors, Executive Leadership Team, Senior Supply Chain Leadership Team, Sales Team.
VP Procurement
Canopy Growth Corporation
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Using my extensive experience in procurement and supply chain to build a procurement organization from scratch starting with 5 employees to a team of 55 employees providing services to a fast-growing company in a new industry
- Head of all aspects of procurement including Indirect Procurement, Direct Procurement, Advanced Procurement, Inventory/BOM procurement, Procurement Operations including PO creation, problem invoice resolution, late delivery tracking
- Grow and progress the procurement team from a data entry/PO creation model to a key strategic team contributing to the company's bottom line
- Develop and carry out a strategy to introduce a savings capture platform as well as savings strategy, policies and processes achieving over 4 million in savings
- Lead the team to develop SOX compliancy policies and processes and roll those out company wide
- Develop and execute a digital RFX and contract management platform to capture all transactions connected with the RFP process and to track contracts and contract compliance
- Implement, in conjunction with Legal, customized legal templates for various kinds of contracts including NDAs, MSAs, Supply Agreements, SOWs
- Oversee all RFP/RFQ initiatives, supplier selection, projects and sourcing activities, Services SOWs, contract review, Legal engagement, operations, inventory planning
- Support NPI and business development activities involving new product launch requirement complex supplier agreements, IP protection, exclusivity if required, COGS assessment for BOM items, landed costs
- Sourcing policy and strategy adherence to the globally procurement policy (SOP)
- Upholding fair and ethical sourcing practices as a key pillar of the procurement strategy
- Building a succession plan to have a pool of sourcing specialists ranging from junior to senior and help develop a plan for career growth in order to entice and retain top talent
- Recognized as a top performer and awarded bonus shares/options
- Promoted from Director to VP Global Procurement within the first year with the company
- Lead and manage a large procurement team to meet annual KPIs.
Various Director Roles in IT & Procurement
Newbridge - Alcatel-lucent - Nokia
04.1997 - 04.2018
- Procurement: Lead multi-functional international teams
- Manage a spend portfolio of over 200 M Euro annually
- Large engagement contract negotiations for software and services sourcing
- Work with the Business to translate Product cost targets into negotiation targets
- RFP, supplier selection, projects and sourcing activities, professional Services SOWs, contract review, Legal engagement
- Reduction of TCO, cost optimization, lowest cost of services while maintaining time to market, agility, quality including supplier quality targets
- Supplier management, contract familiarity, assessment of cost and consolidation of spend
- IT: Coordinated the activities of the integration of Alcatel Networks and Lucent including large scale tool integration as well as organizational alignment
- Managed the delivery of the IT Services related to the integration
- Worked with IT to communicate the client expectations of the delivery of IT services from project initiation through to project delivery
- Introduction and implementation of business improvement initiatives aimed at streamlining operations
- Exceptional Client Relationship Management (CRM) and interpersonal skills
- Managed multiple clients by building a solid trusting relationship designed for success
- Received accolades for exceptional client management skills by both the client and by management
- Oversaw a technical team responsible for coordinating and contributing to the architecture of new technology solutions while maintaining alignment between investment capability and business requirements
- Ensured product portfolio provides solutions that meet and exceed client expectations
- Identified the organizational impact of new technology or service introduction and built the road map for the introduction of new technology into the organization
- Focused on the continuous improvement of the IT Solutions portfolio.
Education
Computer Science -
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Executive MBA - undefined
University of Ottawa
04.2002
Skills
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Team Building
- Information Services
- Contracting
- Procurement
- Supply Chain
- Digitalization
- Corporate presentations
Volunteer Experience
- CAMSC Board of Directors - Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Supplier Council
- Terry Fox Foundation - Team coordination to raise over $50K in donations
Locations
- Ottawa, ON, K2M 1X2
Timeline
Senior Vice President Supply Chain
Continent 8 Technologies
09.2023 - Current
Senior Director Supply Chain Digital Services
Ciena
04.2020 - Current
VP Procurement
Canopy Growth Corporation
04.2018 - 04.2020
Various Director Roles in IT & Procurement
Newbridge - Alcatel-lucent - Nokia
04.1997 - 04.2018
Computer Science -
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Executive MBA - undefined
University of Ottawa
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