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10 UPS procurement leaders
These ten current and former UPS procurement leaders include UPS's chief procurement and real estate officer and vice presidents and directors of indirect, transportation, fleet, facilities, energy and airline procurement. A reader can learn how UPS sources across very different spend categories and how its procurement teams work with suppliers.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ed Moser
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Procurement - Global Spend Management · UPS
Vice President - Procurement - Global Spend Management at UPS since February 2026, with the profile describing project lead work on a procurement strategic spend management transformation. Ed Moser was also Vice President Treasury Management (2023–2026) and Vice President -Corporate Industrial Engineering (2021–2023) at UPS.
Emily Arvin
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · UPS
Director of Procurement at UPS since August 2022, a role the profile describes as Director of Procurement, UPS Airline. As Strategic Sourcing Manager at UPS (2021–2022), the profile says Emily Arvin worked across departments to find vendor options for current and future aircraft maintenance needs.
Harry Bolton, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Director Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management - Outsourcing Category · UPS
Global Procurement Director Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management - Outsourcing Category at UPS since September 2023, with the profile citing outsourcing and GCC strategy, vendor consolidations and data center divestitures. Harry Bolton was Global Director IT Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management at UPS (2016–2023).
Jim McGrath
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement and Real Estate Officer and CFO of Technology. · UPS
Chief Procurement and Real Estate Officer and CFO of Technology at UPS, a role listed as current; the profile says these responsibilities span UPS's Global Procurement function, the Real Estate portfolio and finance for Global IT and Engineering. The profile also says Jim McGrath started at UPS in 1989 in the Metro Philadelphia district.
Joe Fallon
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Procurement (CPO) · UPS
Former Director Of Procurement (CPO) at UPS (2017–2022), where the profile says Joe Fallon led a team of 100+ procurement, technical and legal professionals sourcing material and services for a large international cargo airline and implemented Source to Pay policies. Joe Fallon was also Director of Fleet Development & Air Finance for UPS Airlines (2006–2017).
John DeDea
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Energy Procurement · UPS
Director - Global Energy Procurement at UPS since June 2015, responsible for developing and executing energy solutions for ground transportation, the UPS Airline and facilities. John DeDea was also IT Procurement Contracts Manager at UPS (2004–2015).
Matt Cripps
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Facilities and Energy Procurement · UPS
Vice President of Facilities and Energy Procurement at UPS since September 2023, and former Director of Fleet Procurement (2019–2023) and Director of Ground Fleet Procurement (2018–2023) at UPS. Matt Cripps was also a Complex Commodity Manager at UPS (2018–2019).
Michael Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Indirect Procurement, Sourcing, Supplier Diversity and Procurement COE at UPS · UPS
Vice President Indirect Procurement, Sourcing, Supplier Diversity and Procurement COE at UPS since April 2023. At UPS Michael Murphy was also Vice President Indirect Procurement (2017–2023), Vice President Global Business Services - Procurement (2010–2023) and Director - Procurement (2001–2010).
Thomas Gebhard
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Transportation Procurement · UPS
Former Vice President Global Transportation Procurement at UPS (2014–2023), where the profile says Thomas Gebhard led groups managing $8.0B across trucking, rail, ocean and air for all UPS business units. Thomas Gebhard was also VP Global Business Services at UPS (2009–2012).
William Jackson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President International Transportation Procurement · UPS
Vice President International Transportation Procurement at UPS since January 2021, and former Global Cross Modal Procurement Director at UPS (2019–2020). William Jackson was also Director Capacity and Procurement - Global Air Freight at UPS Supply Chain Solutions (2012–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the spend category behind your question, since indirect and IT outsourcing, transportation capacity, fleet and facilities, energy and airline procurement are run by separate teams at UPS. Check whether each person's UPS role is current or past before relying on it for how UPS buys today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does UPS decide which procurement team owns a new category, and how are sourcing decisions approved?
- 02What does UPS look for when qualifying a new supplier for transportation capacity, fleet or facilities work?
- 03How does UPS measure supplier performance and cost savings over the life of a contract?
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