Amy Leslie

Amy Leslie

Vice President, Corporate Strategy Management

Allentown, PA
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Summary

Solutions-focused and accomplished professional with 15+ years of progressive expertise in all facets of Corporate Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Financial Performance Analysis, and Project Management within fast paced global medical firms and financial institutions. Instrumental in streamlining and improving processes, enhancing productivity, and implementing robust solutions. Consistently exceed performance and profitability goals through insightful forecasting, positive cultural changes and innovative process improvement. Exhibit exceptional communication, interpersonal & analytical skills.

Highlights of Expertise

  • Enterprise Project Management
  • Program & Policy Development
  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Revenue Growth & Profit Optimization
  • Financial Management
  • Risk Assessment & Mitigation
  • Continuous Process Improvement
  • Contractual Drafting & Negotiations
  • Vendor Management
  • Operations Management

Experience

2007 Nov - Present
Vice President, Corporate Strategy Management
Olympus Corporation of the Americas / Center Valley

Analyze and define strategic direction, while establishing associate metrics for project management function with accountability for execution of complex and high-priority enterprise business projects.

Vice President, Corporate Strategy Management (2017 to Present)

Global Workstream Leader, Indirect Strategic Procurement

Administer numerous areas of management comprising corporate strategy/planning (PMI), global/regional project, real estate portfolio, risk, and internal controls/rules management for effective decision making. Steer process of continuous improvement (LSS & PMBO), lead global strategic purchasing, and manage travel/fleet, enterprise security, and environmental health and safety for more than 5,000 employees to mitigate potential risk and seamless operations. Utilize standard corporate project management methodology to ensure compliance with organization`s standards.¨

  • Played a vital role as critical link between CEO/CFOO and
    executive committee to track and evaluate overall progress as well as ensured
    global/regional critical strategic priorities are aligned with business unit
    and functional heads.
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    Mentored large team for delivering strategic direction to
    senior leadership for optimizing best practice governance structure, operating
    models, and business intelligence solutions.
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    Established and implemented key strategic priorities as well
    as translated them into comprehensive strategic plan to ensure departmental/unit
    strategic planning projects reflect organizational strategic priorities.
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    Devised and implemented new global strategic purchasing
    structure inclusive of building team and creating global processes/policies.
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    Led global workstream with a keen focus on savings in
    indirect expense for multiple areas, including professional services, real
    estate, facility management, insurance, travel/fleet, and IT.

Education

Rider University
Communications, Journalism / Public Relations
West Chester University
Communication Studies / Leadership

Skills