Anna Young

Director of Procurement

Photo of anna-young

Professional Experience

Associated Office

Location

800 Shades Creek Parkway
Suite 625
Birmingham, AL 35209

Get Directions

Anna directs the day-to-day sourcing and procurement operations for the Regions Bank account. She oversees all sourcing activities throughout the entire Regions portfolio across 16 states in the southeastern US.  She also works closely with the GCS Sourcing team in Atlanta to deliver solutions from CBRE’s extensive sourcing platform, including participation in the multi-account sourcing events that deliver maximized value to the client.

As Director of Procurement, Anna leads a team of professionals responsible for sourcing, contract negotiations and management, spend optimization, diversity and sustainability, compliance, vendor relationship management and risk mitigation, as well as the purchasing functions on the Regions Bank account.

Anna has over 13 years of supply management experience in the real estate, engineering/heavy equipment, and government sectors. Before joining CBRE, she spent 4 years with The University of Alabama at Birmingham as the Sourcing, Contract Management and Risk Management Liaison for the university’s facilities construction and maintenance division. Prior to that role, she spent four years on the procurement and logistical team delivering industrial projects (oil and gas, mining, and power generation) of the Caterpillar authorized dealer in the Russian Far-East.

Anna has an M.B.A. from University of Alabama at Birmingham and a B.S. from Russian State University of Trade and Economics. She also holds a professional certification in supply management (C.P.S.M.) by the Institute for Supply Management.