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Procurement

AVI Foodsystems has long been a strong, successful, family-owned business. Founded in 1960 by John Payiavlas, AVI has an industry-leading reputation, providing customized hospitality and foodservice solutions for thousands of clients and millions of customers throughout 42 states. AVI offers hospitality services in business, manufacturing, education, leisure and healthcare settings, including a complete offering of on-site dining, vending, micro markets, catering, concessions, office coffee and environmental services.

Procurement Leader with an extensive track record of achievements, creating value through strategic sourcing, driving performance improvement, proactively managing risk and building collaborative supplier / customer relationships. Particularly effective in creating and / or changing organizational paradigms to drive continuous improvement. Key strengths include building high performance teams that excel in cross-functional working relationships. Experienced in working in global public and privately-held companies.Delivering Value-Strategic Sourcing-Performance Improvement-Total Delivered Cost Models-Clean Sheet Analysis-Lean Value Stream MappingLeadership-KPI & Metric Driven-Direct & Virtual Reports-Recruit, Train, Develop-Change Leadership-Open CommunicationNew Product Development-Stage Gate Process Leadership-Collaborative Supplier Innovation-New Material Qualification-Cross Functional Team Leadership-Integrated Plant Trials