Olivia Williams

Buyer @ ALDI USA

About

Strategic sourcing and procurement professional with category management experience overseeing high-margin commodities, vendor relationships, and contract execution. Skilled in data analytics, negotiation, and lifecycle management from RFP through discontinuation. Recognized for meaningful cross-functional collaboration, supplier performance alignment, and driving efficiency, cost, and process improvements across a global corporation. Strong communicator with the ability to influence, resolve issues with grace, and execute sourcing strategies to support operational goals.

Country

United States

City

Palatine

Industry

Management Consulting

Skill

Business Process Improvement, Forecasting, Market Analysis, Team Leadership, SAP ERP, Procurement, Problem Solving, Account Management, Project Management, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Merchandising, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Emotional Intelligence, Organization Skills

Experience

Buyer

ALDI USA

2022-8 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Batavia, Illinois, United States

· Manage national product category including 90+ domestic/international supplier contracts, ensuring data integrity, cost competitiveness, and supplier alignment. · Lead sourcing and item lifecycle management from RFP through onboarding and discontinuation, including risk assessment and cross-functional coordination for continuity of supply. · Serve as the primary supplier liaison to communicate expectations, resolve critical issues, and evaluate supplier responsiveness as well as operational performance. · Supported execution of the largest global SAP transformation, recognized as SME for troubleshooting, data quality, and master data governance for team as well as category-assigned SKUs. · Manage category achieving $50M GP, and 37% GP margin, regularly recommending optimization strategies that include analyzing market conditions, trends, or identifying cost saving opportunities and risks that may lead to strategic sourcing shifts. · Collaborate with leadership, QA, logistics, and global teams to meet procurement goals, enhance process efficiency, and support long-term cost, quality, and delivery performance.