Ciara Grennen

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About Ciara Grennen

Ciara Grennen is a performance-driven, strategic, and process-focused, Procurement & Supply Chain Management Professional with expertise in leading strategic procurement projects and achieving win-win negotiations. She has attained recognition for establishing premier relationships with global supply chain teams while effectively collaborating cross-functionally and inter-departmentally with personnel and leadership. She exhibits transferable experience in building competitive environments that drive cost savings via innovative procurement strategies and negotiation techniques. She has verifiable success in increasing productivity and decreasing costs & lead times via excellence in global operations, procurement and forecasting. As a highly-accomplished and multi-faceted professional, Ciara showcases advanced knowledge regarding purchasing & supply chain management in the medical device industry. She thrives within fast-paced environments administering customer relationship management, contract negotiations, sourcing, supply chain management, new product launches, and training programs. She champions all aspects of purchasing including maintenance of inventory levels, sourcing suppliers, evaluating vendor reliability, negotiating costs, expediting deliverables, and resolving discrepancies & quality issues. Ciara has earned a stellar reputation as a concept-to-completion driver, delivering consistent results with a unique combination of product & process development acumen, cross-cultural team collaboration, and negotiation expertise. She has achieved favorable BPO negotiations via a supplier on-site visit in Israel, thus resulting in lead time reduction by (5.5) weeks and price escalation freeze with (21%) cost avoidance. She is proficient in model development, process improvements, staff training & development, and purchasing implementation best practices coupled with advanced understanding of ERP systems and a strong focus on supply chain process development.