•Act as a sourcing subject matter expert and liaison between Allied Solutions business unit management, executives, legal, user groups and suppliers. Act as an ambassador for department’s value, best practices and standard operating procedures.•Contract Management: Review, evaluate and establish the most advantageous terms for the company. Negotiate business and legal terms to create a framework to monitor supplier compliance and ensure end user satisfaction. Monitor contract expiration and establish a short- and long-term strategy for each category spend. Foresee changes in the business environment that impact company’s negotiating ability.•Project Management: Initiation, follow-through and execution of direct, indirect, and capital expenditure projects. Conduct the RFP process and manage the stakeholder committee to ensure success including contract negotiation, company-wide communication and implementation.•Supplier Management: Develop and maintain supplier relationships in an effort to continually increase the supplier’s value to company. Monitor contractual compliance and ensure end user needs are being met or exceeded.•Risk Management: Review and evaluate potential risk to company and develop mitigation plans to reduce or eliminate exposure.•Compliance Monitoring: Ensure all policies, procedures, and contracts are compliant with all local, state, and federal laws. •Devise and employ sourcing strategies via financial, functional, risk and opportunity assessments. Analyze current trends and spend to identify new cost savings opportunities. Develop and execute approved plans.•Track and report key metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness. Design and prepare periodic reports that highlight results of current initiatives and provide cost savings summary.•Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services.•Promote effective communication with all departments, employees and suppliers.

• Responsible for entering negotiations with suppliers and trade partners by reviewing terms and conditions, establishing pricing, contract formulation, and any supplier management conditions affecting the division.• Provide accurate and timely local supplier negotiations and contracting based on defined category selection criteria (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service).• Manage supplier performance monitoring within the division (i.e., cost, quality, productivity, service).• National: manage compliance to agreements, scopes, etc.• Local: manage and execute contract agreements consistent with sourcing guidelines. • Assist in resolving issues and conflicts related to Trade Partner activities.• Maintain all applicable databases (Purchase Pro, DMTs, etc.) used in developing the cost and quantity estimates.• Verify estimates of costs and quantities of residential products using comparative and differential estimating techniques.• Responsible for Trade Partner Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement and validation.• Performs analysis of Trade Partner data submissions and manages impact of commodity fluctuations.• Communicate completed estimates to the construction personnel, trade subcontractors and vendors.• Complete necessary customer option estimates.• Collaborate with Zone Product, DCOs, CMs, FMs, PIMs, RPMs and Sales.• Control trade category costs by utilizing zone tools and methodologies.• Responsible for assigned Project Tracker categories and rebate capture.• Follow Pulte business processes for supplier management.

• Build interpersonal relationships and networks with organizations/businesses & people. • Consult with buyers, sellers and investors; identify and source properties to meet buyer and seller criteria.• Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements and related matters. • Prepare documents such as listing agreement, purchase agreements, representation contracts and lease agreements.• Work and partner with local builders to aid the buyer(s) in their home search; help walk buyer(s) through the purchase process with builders; help inspect interior and exterior of home and create punch lists of items that need completed before closing.• Develop marketing campaigns to try to advance personal brand and market presence in community.• Conduct comparative market analyses and accurately estimate a full spectrum of medium and high-profile residential property values. Source and leverage MLS listings, Board of Realtors statistics and county tax records to aid in the origination of property values.• Work and communicate with title companies, lenders, inspectors, contractors, and appraisers to ensure that terms and conditions of the purchase agreement are met before closing dates. • Coordinate property closings, oversee the execution of documents and disbursement of funds. • Maintain relationships with clients after closing with follow up marketing and personal phone calls/emails. • Mentor other agents as needed.

• Accountable for (and achieved) specific performance measurements including annual $5M savings goals• Contributed to team’s $50-$60M annual savings goal• Executed standardized strategic sourcing processes for assigned sub-categories• Proven track record in building long-term strategic business alliances• Built and maintained strong working relationships with internal customers and key suppliers for sub-categories• Focused on intense negotiations and drove cost savings initiatives• Participated in cross-enterprise commodity teams for sub-categories and aggressively tracked and improved non-compliance preferred supplier(s)• Executed contracts utilizing approved terms and conditions • Reviewed and redlined contracts for internal stakeholders• Identified possible areas of opportunity for expense management improvement; and assessed leverage opportunities across organization• Software used was PeopleSoft, Ariba & SharePoint

• Accountable for (and achieved) specific performance measurements including annual $2M savings goals • Worked closely with the strategic sourcing teams in Corporate Services including HR, Legal, Finance, Pharmacy, Sales and Corporate Travel and Events to execute strategy around goods and services • Monitored SLA's and completed analytical reports while documenting improvement processes• Responsible for the review and implementation of purchase agreements ensuring corporate commodity leverage, fair market pricing within pre-determined authority limits and proper terms and conditions for supplier contracts• Led sourcing of commodities and services and proactively identified and implemented strategies for cost savings through negotiation and process improvement• Identified market trends pertaining to commodities being managed and sourced• Developed and managed relationships with vendors and international customers• Reviewed and redlined contracts for internal stakeholders• Prepared reports and analyses around commodities managed• Software used – PeopleSoft and Ariba

• Responsible for $500M spend through Purchased Services • Led and developed staff for activities related to implementing and maintaining decisions resulting from value analysis activities at the statewide level • Responsible for one-time high dollar purchases within predetermined guidelines• Provided analytical skills and strategic sourcing expertise in capital equipment procurement and contract negotiations• Supported Clarian/IU Health and its subsidiaries in supply chain initiatives through optimizing statewide contractual agreements• Led pricing negotiations while trying to implement Clarian's/IU Health’s contract terms and conditions • Responsible for maintaining accurate pricing and contracts within the Material Management Information System (MMIS)

• Performed a combination of contract, performance and relationship management duties with strategic vendors providing products, hardware, software and services• Led and assisted in high visibility projects system-wide• Focused on optimizing and aligning the business value received from vendors and product/service agreements, working across the organization to identify and recommend remediation of under performing vendors and making recommendations to expand high performing vendor relationships• Led and supported the contract lifecycle from the initial procurement strategy to negotiation of contractual agreements with service suppliers to ensure consistent short and long-term service contracts • Ensure that cost and compliance objectives were met• Led pricing negotiations while trying to implement Clarian's contract terms and conditions.