As the Director, Indirect Procurement for Keurig Green Mountain, Amena Smith is a seasoned procurement professional who is passionate about her profession. She joined Keurig Green Mountain, eleven years ago, as a buyer for resellable goods, and now manages a team of sixteen professionals in a best-practice indirect procurement environment. With. almost thirty years of procurement experience, Amena specializes in building procurement teams from scratch, as well as the processes, policies and practices to support them.. Prior to joining Keurig Green Mountain, Amena’s procurement work was primarily in the hospitality industry where responsibilities ran the gamut from all major buying for large, upscale properties to teaching purchasing, inventory management and cost control at New England Culinary Institute.. Outside of work, Amena is heavily involved in local theatre and has participated in more than 20 local productions, both on and offstage. She has extended this passion to local schools where she volunteered as co-director and producer for several productions. She is also a huge coffee lover and has served on the board of directors for the International Women’s Coffee Alliance and enjoyed a brief stint with the Specialty Coffee Association’s Sustainability Council. “Some of the most extraordinary people I have met have been the people I’ve met in coffee.”. Amena was born in southern Wisconsin. She has her undergraduate degree in Organizational and Interpersonal Communication, as well as a Master’s of Business Administration. She is married to Philip Smith, Director of Culinary and Innovation for Papa Gino’s/D’Angelo’s and has two grown children, one a professional actress in Chicago, and one a college freshman.
