Michelle Hawkins is Vice President of Strategic Procurement at Charter Communications. She joined Charter in June 2012 to develop and transform their Procurement organization responsible for expenditures of $3.6B. Michelle and her team provide Strategic Sourcing expertise aimed at bringing business value to functional areas across the enterprise while aligning to support their organization objectives.
Michelle’s career began in the telecommunications industry. She spent 22 years at Motorola in various leadership positions in both Direct and Indirect Strategic Procurement. While at Motorola, she had global responsibility with team members in 16 different countries. Michelle also spent one year at Nokia Siemens Networks while she led the procurement integration of the former Motorola Networks business.
Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials and Logistics Management from Michigan State University and a MBA from the University of Phoenix. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI and holds a Global Leadership Certificate from Thunderbird School of Global Management. In 2010, she was a Board Member of Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Michelle also was an instructor for "Leadership in Supply Management" at DePaul University as part of their continuing education program in effort to prepare participants for ISM’s CPSM certification.
