LEVELFIELD ENTERPRISES - Key Persons
Since earning his MBA in Finance from Columbia University, Howard has spent 40 years in finance, supply chain, and procurement roles for major multinational corporations, including Air Products & Chemicals Inc., United Technologies Corp. (now part of Raytheon), M&M/Mars (now Mars Wrigley), SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline), GSK, Merck & Co., and Citrix Systems, Inc. (now private and part of Cloud Software Group).
Howard's responsibilities have included:
Capital Expenditure and Risk Analysis
Production Control
Plant Purchasing
Supply Chain Business Development
Raw Material Commodities Hedging and Trading
Leading Global IT/Technology Procurement Functions
Leading All Global Indirect Procurement Spend Management, including Procurement Operations and Systems
Howard has led the execution of a number of global procurement transformations for multinational companies, including as a consultant, and integrated or separated procurement functions in several major corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Howard first launched his procurement consultancy, Levelfield Enterprises, LLC, (LFE) after serving as head of Marketing and Commercial Services Procurement for Merck & Co., Inc., with responsibility for $5 billion in global indirect spending. He also served as Chief of Staff to the CPO and head of Procurement Change Management, where he helped lead the transformation of Merck's Global Procurement function into a highly integrated, best-in-class organization.