Lakecia Griffin

I’m a Strategic Procurement and Category Management Executive with 25+ years leading sourcing strategies, supplier relationship management, contract negotiations, and enterprise transformation across government, nonprofit, and commercial environments. I’m known for negotiating multimillion-dollar agreements that reduce costs and strengthen supplier performance while aligning procurement outcomes with business objectives.

In my most recent roles, I built and scaled enterprise procurement capabilities, including leading end-to-end sourcing, supplier governance, and affiliate partnerships that reduced cycle times and increased contract accuracy by 85%+. I negotiated and executed 900+ complex, high-value contracts, delivering 17% cost savings across $50M annual spend, generated $1.2M+ in cost avoidance through spend analytics and performance-based contracting, and negotiated €52M in supplier agreements with a 25% rebate.

I also drive procurement transformation—centralizing procurement resources (including policy and sourcing tools), enabling structured supplier evaluations, and contributing to enterprise-wide 360 Procurement Strategy workstreams. Before procurement leadership, I held senior logistics/procurement and operations roles, directing large-scale logistics and procurement operations that improved delivery performance, visibility, and compliance—bringing a disciplined, risk-aware operational mindset to every category I lead.