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Michele Wagner Burke

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Senior Director, Procurement Business Partner at BD
📍 Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States

Michele Wagner Burke is a Global Senior Director and procurement leader at BD, with deep expertise in strategic sourcing across the healthcare and automotive industries. An alumna of the University of Michigan and Temple University, she excels at improving supplier relationships and reducing costs. Colleagues describe her as strategic with a tremendous work ethic.

Originally from Novi, Michigan, Michele is an accomplished leader who has built her career through strategic business focus. She maintains strong relationships with partners and is focused on associate development and building cohesive teams.

She developed an innovative pricing mechanism to control risk on a raw material capacity expansion while at Ford Motor Company.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Procurement Business Partner
Job Level
Senior
Location
Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States
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Strategic Sourcing
Her career focuses on leading global sourcing, category management, and negotiating complex agreements to drive value and reduce costs.
Supplier Risk Management
A key specialty, she has experience championing and implementing innovative processes to improve supplier risk management.
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Career

Work history

5-2019
Senior Director, Procurement Business Partner
BD
10-2016 - 5-2019
Director, Procurement Business Partner and Category Strategy Development
BD
5-2015 - 10-2016
Director, Global Category Strategy Development
BD
10-2011 - 9-2012
Global Senior Purchasing Manager
Ford Motor Company
8-2009 - 10-2011
Purchasing Manager - Raw Materials - Metallics
Ford Motor Company
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Education
BA
University of Michigan
MBA
Fox School of Business at Temple University
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