Joseph A. Hipple

609 Raab Street

Pickerington, OH43147

614-218-3559

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Joseph A. Hipple

Key Qualifications

  • Skills: Procurement, sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, category management, reverse auctions, competitive bidding, contract drafting, project management, communications,risk mitigation, relationship building, continuous improvement, value analysis,supplier diversity, 3rd party risk management, teamwork, and spend analytics
  • Application Experience: Ariba, Hiperos, and Spend Radar
  • Commodity Expertise: Business services, mortgage-related services, application service providers (“ASPs”), software, transportation and logistics, printing and packaging

Professional Experience

The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH (super-regional bank)

Vice President and Sr. Sourcing Manager, 12/2014 – Present

  • Responsible for sourcing and third party risk management for multiple business segments – Home Lending, Corporate Operations, Auto Lending, Insurance, and Credit. Achieve an average hard savings greater than $5MM annually.
  • Lead efforts to develop and drive both sort term and long term acquisition strategy; create leverage with suppliers;develop relationships with business segment executives, finance managers, and SMEs; and execute sourcing efforts.
  • Proactively work to identify and mitigateboth contractual and operational risks, ensuring regulator required provisions are incorporated.
  • Actively support Huntington’s supplier diversity goals by being a member of the SupplierDevelopment Committee, which is working to provide educational opportunities to diverse suppliers.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH (global financial services)

Vice President and Sourcing Group Manager, 12/2013 – 12/2014

  • Responsible for leading a team of four sourcing managers with ownership of approximately $1.5 billion in annual spend for the Mortgage Banking and Commercial Bank lines of business.
  • Drove the team to develop and execute category management strategies, increase the amount of competitive bidding (vs. direct negotiation), and increase the touch points with key internal clients to insert sourcing earlier in the buy cycle.
  • Develop processes to enable the team to source efficiently and effectively to achieve business objectives with minimal risk at the best cost.

Vice President and Sourcing Manager,2/2005 – 12/2013

  • Led cross functional teams to complete sourcing projects for business services within the Mortgage Banking line of business. Balanced multiple sourcing and diagnostic projects simultaneously. Key responsibilities include developing sourcing strategies, evaluating suppliers, drafting and negotiating contracts, and obtaining executive approval.
  • Managed sourcing projects that recognized an average annual savings of $6.6MM. Examples of commodities include appraisals, property preservation, credit reports, software, tax escrow services, document imaging, professional services, and others.
  • Coordinate team reporting including diagnostics, annual forecasts, supplier profiles, detailed business reviews, and other ad hoc reporting.
  • Actively work with the Supplier Diversity group to identify, engage, and implement new, diverse suppliers.

L Brands, Inc., Columbus, OH (retailer)

Buyer,6/2003 – 2/2005

Purchasing Agent, 5/2002 – 6/2003

  • Led cross functional teams to source business services, transportation and logistics services, p-cards, and MRO purchases.
  • Used advanced processes and tools (i.e.: reverse auction) to obtain optimum sourcing results.
  • Co-led a project to identify requirements, select the provider, and implement purchasing cards (P-cards) to the entire enterprise.

Victoria’s Secret Stores,Columbus, OH (retailer)

Purchasing Agent, 11/1999 – 5/2002

  • Responsible for $30 million of purchases for packaging, POS hardware and supplies, electronic article surveillance systems, and other store supplies.
  • Redesigned the process for distributing supplies and packaging to over 1000 stores.
  • Identified and implemented cost savings and cost avoidance averaging15% annually through value analysis, competitive bidding, and negotiating with suppliers.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Lexington, KY (electric utility)

Sr. Buyer, 3/1998 - 11/1999

  • Responsible for purchases for capital equipment, power transmission equipment, services, MRO supplies, and construction.
  • Responsible for executing PeopleSoft upgrade of purchasing module, including requirements definitions, testing functionality, integrating and issue resolution.
  • Developed Purchasing team’s performance metrics (including monitoring and reporting).
International Multifoods,Minneapolis, MN(food processor)

Sr. Buyer and Market Analyst, 4/1997 – 3/1998

Buyer and Market Analyst, 3/1995 – 4/1997

Assistant Buyer, 10/1994 – 3/1995

  • Responsible for packaging purchases at 13 plants across North America. Recognized an average savings of over $2 million annually.
  • Developed and executed a formal strategy for sourcing packaging by analyzing and forecasting market supply factors.
  • Developed and maintained packaging specifications.
James River Corporation(paper and packaging manufacturer)

Sales Representative, Minneapolis, MN, 10/93 - 10/94

Sales Associate, New Castle, DE 7/92 – 10/93

  • Responsible for packaging sales of $4 million in Upper Midwest territory, including prospecting, customer retention, and problem resolution.
  • Selected for the CORE training program to develop leadership skills.

Education

Masters in Business Administration (MBA), FranklinUniversity, 2005

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), The Ohio State University, 1992

Other

Pelotonia, Fundraiser and cyclist–2015, 2016, 2017 (raised over $8500 for cancer research)

Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) - 1997 to 2013

Limited Brands Leadership Excellence Institute – 2004

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