Gregory Coaston

Background

About Gregory Coaston

CAREER MILESTONES • Nominated and inducted into the Administrative Leadership Program (ALP) Cohort XI – 2014.(MD Anderson Cancer Center) • Recruited by CFO to develop and deploy a supplier “performance excellence” engagement model to decrease total procurement cycle time from 175 to 85 days (MD Anderson) • Directed sourcing activity that resulted in delivery of institutional savings between $40M -$60M from fiscal 2010 to 2015 (MD Anderson) • Lead negotiator for Traffic Collison Avoidance System (TCAS). Federally mandated instrumentation system for all aircraft within fleet (Continental Airlines) • Lead the delivery of $170M savings over five (5) projects through an “advanced engineering and design release” strategy for procurement of equipment and services.(Zachry) • Co-Developer of a comprehensive strategic sourcing model utilized as transformational strategy to optimize over 125 resources, which included roles, responsibilities, key performance indicators and personnel action plans.(MD Anderson Cancer Center) • President’s Seminar for Excellence (Brown & Root) • Divisional “Buyer of the Year” (GE Aircraft Engines) • Lead multi-disciplinary team to re-engineer business acquisition practice resulting in an increase in core business sales and revenue by 65%.(Zachry) • Category Management team for critical service category delivered 5%- 7% year over year savings resulting in approximately $17M in first two contract years.(Halliburton)