Joseph Pacheco has an impressive track record of creating value for customers through supply chain management, continuous improvement, and supplier diversity initiatives. He has been able to develop and improve strategic sourcing, purchasing, contracts, materials management, and supplier diversity within several multibillion dollar health care, education, and government organizations. Joseph has managed teams with responsibility for over $250 million in annual spend for a variety of spend categories. He provided consulting to diversity suppliers on marketing, technology, service, building capacity and scale, and business development through a business he founded. Joseph has established, managed, and improved strategic alliances with Fortune 500 companies and diversity suppliers. He has provided collaborative team leadership to develop strategic plans, business objectives, performance metrics, and strategic supply chain management.

Joseph has provided leadership within continuous improvement teams utilizing the Malcolm Baldrige methodology to establish exceptional performance practices. He is currently a member of the American Society of Quality and is pursuing a Lean Bronze Certification to further assist clients with improving value and competitive advantage. Joseph is a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) with the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and has received additional training from the following programs: Leadership Institute – Texas A&M University, Building Supplier Diversity – Houston Minority Business Council (HMBC), Lean Six Sigma – Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance (WBEA). Joseph has a BS from the University of Houston and an MBA from LeTourneau University.