Canda Rozier - Sourcing Star

Canda Rozier
Senior Vice President, Global Procurement & Real Estate, Security Division

• Category: Sourcing Star
• Year: 2019

Canda Rozier - Sourcing Star

The winner of the Sourcing Star Award is Canda Rozier, Senior Vice President, Global Procurement & Real Estate, Security Division at NTT Ltd.

Canda's Biography

Canda Rozier is Senior Vice President, Global Procurement & Real Estate, Security Division at NTT Ltd., responsible for strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, as well as real estate and facilities. Canda has been a Charter Member of the NTTCom Procurement Advisory Board, Vice President/Advisor of NTT Holdings, and Operating Committee member NTT Global Sourcing. 

With 30+ years of industry experience, Canda was CPO/SVP at First Data, with previous senior roles at Unisys and American Express. A graduate of Davidson College, she is on the Advisory Board for SIG, and is a frequent contributor to sourcing industry publications, speaking at industry conferences and events globally. 

Publications

Authored 

• Canda S. Rozier. “Optimizing Sourcing Strategies with a Robust Procurement Function.” Shared Services Outsourcing Network (SSON).  Barbara Hodge, ed.  September 2009. <http://www.ssonetwork.com/>. 

• Canda S. Rozier. “10 Tips for Better Outsourcing Contracts.” Shared Services Outsourcing Network (SSON).  Barbara Hodge, ed.  November 2009. <http://www.ssonetwork.com/>. 

• Canda S. Rozier. “Tips for Outsourcing.”  Global Sourcing Forum.  Philip Peters, ed.  July 2010.  <http://blog.outsource-world.com/>. 

• Canda S. Rozier. “Does Your Purchasing Policy Work?”  HCMWorks – Ask the Expert.  Ted Weyn, ed.  July 2010. <http://www.hcmworks.com/expert/2010/07/policy/>. 

• Canda S. Rozier. “T&E Management – Procurement’s Domain?”  NextLevel Purchasing. Charles Dominick, ed.  November 2010. < http://www.nextlevelpurchasing.com/supply-management-podcast.php> 

• Canda S. Rozier. “Three Steps to an Effective Procurement Strategy.” Sourcing Focus.    July 2018. <http://www.sourcingfocus.com/site/opinionscomments/three_steps_to_an_effective_procurement_strategy/ >. 

• Canda S. Rozier. “Women in Sourcing: Canda S. Rozier Interview.” Future of Sourcing.    January 2019. <https://futureofsourcing.com/women-in-global-sourcing-canda-s-rozier >. 

Expert Contributor 

• Canda S. Rozier.  “Procure-to-pay Helps Buyers Bank Savings. ” Purchasing Magazine. September 17, 2009. 

Cited/Referenced 

• “Three Indicators of a Well-Run Sourcing Function”  Spend Navigator.  James Kelly, pub.  May 2012.  < http://spendnavigator.com/2012/05/page/2/ >  
• “Is Your Spend Under Management”  Procurement Academy.  January 2013.  <http://www.procurement-academy.com/is-your-spend-under-management> 

Speaker 

• Canda S. Rozier and Daryl Hammett.  “Mitigating Risk in the Supply Chain Through Supplier Relationship Management”.  Presentation at Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) Executive Summit, Amelia Island, FL.  April 16, 2019. 
•  “Pillars of Transformation: How Centralization, Innovation & Collaboration Is Increasing Procurement Excellence”.  Panelist at IQPC CPO Exchange, Houston, TX.  October 23, 2017. 
• Canda S. Rozier and Jane Beazley.  “Procurement and Marketing, a Blueprint for Success”.  Presentation at Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) Executive Summit, Amelia Island, FL.  March 16, 2017. 
• Guest Lecturer.  “International Mergers & Acquisitions and the Role of Procurement”.  University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO.  2013, 2014, 2015. 
• Guest Lecturer.  “Procurement & Supply Chain Best Practices”.  Foreign Trade University, HaNoi, Vietnam.  December 2014. 
•  “Procurement Capabilities in M&A: Value Creation”.  Presentation at 17th Annual Shared Services & Outsourcing Conference, Orlando, FL.  March 5, 2013. 

Facilitator 

• Sourcing Industry Group (SIG)  Executive Summit.  October 2016, October 2017, March 2018, October 2018, April 2019, October 2019. 
• Sourcing Industry Group (SIG)  Judge for Future of Sourcing Awards.  2018, 2019. 

Awards 

• First Data Presidents Club – 8 times (1995-2005). 
• NTT High Achievers – 3 times (2013-2016). 
• 2019 Sourcing Star Award winner, Future of Sourcing, Sourcing Industry Group (SIG). 
   

Other finalists included: 

• William Crane – IndustryStar Solutions
• Jerry E. Durant – International Institute for Outsource Management (IIOM)
• Michael Leiken – LendingTree
• Dennis Tupper – Kelly Services
• Paul McArdle – Hilton Supply Management