1. Leon R. Spencer III
713-336-3769
Leontespring09@gmail.com
Career Focus
To obtain a position while pursuing a MBA specializing in Supply Chain Management.
Education
University of Houston Downtown, August 28th,2014 – Fall 2016
Major: Business (MBA) Concentration: Supply Chain Management GPA: 4.0
Texas Southern University, May 10th, 2014
Major: Biology/ Chemistry Minor GPA: 3.17
Experience
Southwest Airlines - Spring 2015
Dallas, TX SupplierDiversity Intern/ Associate Buyer Intern
- Captured and increased small/diverse business spend by $3 Million
- Responsible for spot checking and auditing contracts using Markview, Ariba, and SAP
- Assisted with the US Small Business Administration Audit
- Created a pre-screening business requirement checklist for Buyers in each commodity to improve efficiency
- Attended sourcing events to identify qualified suppliers to do business with
- Identified small and diverse businesses to help meet governmental contracting spending goals
- Sourced for potentialsuppliers to initiate RFI’s, RFQ’s, and RFP’s per Buyer commodity needs
- Assisted current suppliers and buyers with Self-Certification and 150K forms.
- Assisted current suppliers in the identification of their North American Industry Classification System code
- Shadowed, attended, and gave feedback in meetings with Senior Buyers bidding on potentialsuppliers, and negotiating with
current suppliers
- Utilized knowledge bases, prior trends, internal, and external customers to laser sight range of negotiation with contracts
- Created a balanced scorecard with grading metrics for theSupplier Diversity Team
Texas Southern University 2011 - 2014
Houston,TX Student Government Association Official
- Reduced parking fee by 63% resulting in an increase of sales generating profit of 1.1 Million
- Integrated cafeteria sustainability project to reduce wasteand increased efficiency resulting in $48,000 in savings
- Managed a budget of $155,000 per year
- Led marketing initiative with Student Services to coordinate student enhancement events, projects, and community service
on behalf of the 9,500 students at Texas Southern University
- Improved first time college freshmen’s GPA from a 2.7 to 3.0
T.U.R.N. U.P. Foundation 2012 - 2014
Houston,TX T.U.R.N. U.P. Project Sponsor/ President
- Sponsored an organization to enrich the qualities of professionaldevelopment, academic development, health, and wellness
through interactive trainings and fitness groups for students, faculty, staff, and the community
- Executed projects of 10 professionaland academic development seminars bringing together an average of 50 to 75 people
per session
- Hosted three boot camps a week to help improve stakeholder’s lifestyles
- Deliverables consisted of the average participant cutting 3.7% body fat within the first month of a group of 50 participants
Core Competencies
- Marketing & Sales - Contracts - Negotiation
- Process Improvement - Auditing - Innovation
- Sourcing - Supplier Diversity - Procurement
Leadership and Achievements
- Dean’s List at the University of Houston Downtown 4.0 GPA Graduate Student – 2015
- 1st
Place in theSouthwest Airlines “Amazing Race” Intern Challenge – 2015
- Southwest Airlines Supply Chain Management Charity Committee Member – 2015
- Gulf Coast Blood Drive Center Organizer – 2015
- Student Government Association President 2013 – 2014
- National Undergraduate Rep to the Supreme Council of theOmega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. 2012 – 2014
- Comptroller of Texas Southern University's Student Government Association 2012 – 2013
- VP of Development of The Texas Southern University 100 Black Men of America 2011 – 2013