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10 3M procurement leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher procurement and strategic sourcing roles at 3M. A reader can learn how a large diversified manufacturer organizes its category teams, makes sourcing decisions and works with its supply base.
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01—10Cameron Davis
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Director, Outsourced Manufacturing & Hard Goods · 3M
Global Procurement Director, Outsourced Manufacturing & Hard Goods at 3M since 2024, and Global Director, Indirect Procurement at 3M since 2022. Other 3M roles listed are Indirect Procurement Director, EMEA (2019–2022) and Head of Procurement, UK & Ireland (2017–2019). The profile describes experience managing indirect and direct categories.
Christie Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Procurement (Papers, Liners, Cloth, Fiber and Packaging) & Packaging Engineering · 3M
Director - Global Procurement (Papers, Liners, Cloth, Fiber and Packaging) & Packaging Engineering at 3M since 2023. Her other 3M roles include Safety and Industrial Business Group - Sourcing Team Manager (2020–2023), Health Care Business Group - Sourcing Team Manager (2018–2020) and Sourcing Specialist (2009–2012).
Deb Fronczak
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Strategic Sourcing · 3M
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Strategic Sourcing at 3M (2018–2021). Her profile says she led and transformed global sourcing, manufacturing operations and engineering. She currently sits on the boards of directors of 44 Maple Group, Stephen Gould and Hydrite, and is an advisory board member at Knowde.
Eugene Galdi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Outsourced Manufacturing & Logistics Procurement · 3M
Former Vice President Global Outsourced Manufacturing & Logistics Procurement at 3M (2022–2023), where his profile says he directed enterprise logistics, global trade and outsourced manufacturing procurement strategy representing more than $4.4B in managed spend. He was later Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer at Arxada (2024–2026).
Jim Leske
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing · 3M
Director Strategic Sourcing at 3M, a title the profile lists from 2017 to the present, where he says he leads the Adhesion Materials global category teams and strategies and works with business leadership on strategic alignment. He was also Business Sourcing Team Manager at 3M (2009–2018).
Juergen Strasser
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Procurement · 3M EMEA GMBH
Vice President Global Procurement at 3M EMEA GMBH since December 2023, and Director Strategic Procurement at 3M from 2013 to 2023. He was also Head Procurement Germany at 3M Germany (2011–2013) and Procurement Direct Materials Leader at 3M Germany (2005–2011). His profile cites experience leading multinational procurement teams.
Kristin Remer
LinkedInExperience: Director - Procurement, Strategic Operations · 3M
Director - Procurement, Strategic Operations at 3M since April 2017. Her other 3M roles listed are Sourcing Team Manager (2008–2017), Business Sourcing Manager (2005–2008) and Sourcing - commodity management (1997–2005). She was a Sales Representative at Chemcentral from 1993 to 1997.
Renée U.
LinkedInExperience: Director - Procurement Strategy and Operations · 3M
Director - Procurement Strategy and Operations at 3M since May 2023, and Director - Procurement Strategy and Execution at 3M from 2022 to 2023. Other 3M roles listed are Global End-to-End Process Optimization Manager (2021–2022), Sourcing Manager (2018–2021) and Sourcing Legal Specialist (2016–2021).
Russ Clayton, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Capital Procurement · 3M
Director, Capital Procurement at 3M since August 2024, leading a global team in strategic sourcing for capital equipment procurement with a focus on cost reduction, per the profile. He was a Director at Carrier (2023–2024) and Program Leader, Spend Optimization at Johnson & Johnson (2016–2020).
Sam Devaprasad
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Procurement · 3M
Director, Global Procurement at 3M since August 2024. He was Sr. Director, Global Procurement at Mattel, Inc. (2016–2024) and Director, Commodity Management at BlackBerry (2012–2016). His profile lists commodity management, contract management and bid preparation among his skills.
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Match the person's category and region to your question, since raw materials, capital equipment, indirect spend and outsourced manufacturing are sourced by different teams. Check whether the person's 3M role is current or past before relying on it for how the company buys today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does 3M qualify and onboard a new supplier for a direct material category?
- 02How are global category teams organized, and how do they work with 3M's business groups on sourcing decisions?
- 03What does 3M weigh most when renegotiating supplier contracts: price, supply security, quality or sustainability?
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