Amanda Kettner is a Director of Business Development at Alpha Custom Apparel. She possess expertise in demand forecasting, inventory management, retail, demand planning. Colleagues describe her as "I have been working with Amanda for 2 years. She is always a pleasure work with, being pragmatic, goal-oriented and very collaborative. I am an IT VMO Contract Manager and Amanda and I have strong synergies. Amanda takes a holistic approach in contract reviews and negotiations, and this goes far beyond focusing on just the commercial T’s & C’s and savings. She is genuinely concerned to address the concerns and expectations of her internal stakeholders, as she wants to make sure that all of our SLA requirements and the contract execution aspects are thoroughly reviewed and any gap, risk, pain point, or inconsistency properly addressed or mitigated. Amanda’s approach to negotiations combines strategic-thinking and an impressive concern to be fair and reach win/win agreements to foster sound long-term successful partnerships, which are likely to return further value optimization throughout the contract lifecycle. I am very impressed with Amanda’s ability to collaborate with people from different backgrounds and levels and her subject matter expertise and broad knowledge of Information Technologies, Finance and Legal. Amanda brings outstanding discipline and analytics to the Procurement process. She is incredibly organized and responsive, a real business professional, unbelievably calm and professionally facing Suppliers. If you are willing to make a difference in your IT Services sourcing, Amanda is strongly recommended."