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Supplier Diversity| Global Sourcing| Vendor Management | Strategic Negotiations | E-ProcurementMinimizing operational costs while ensuring optimal value in service from vendor purchases Senior Sourcing and Procurement Manager, securing ideal buying conditions from vendors in alignment with company goals while maximizing savings. Career history of success in leading vendor relationship programs, developing RFPs / RFQs, improving payment process tools and monitoring contractual agreements for hardware, software and raw materials. Strategic thinker who achieves financial savings by creating high performance groups who collaborate with the business units to create and improve existing sourcing policies, reducing cost, improving quality of service and leading large time-sensitive/customer-facing projects.Excellent multilingual communicator who strives in building top line business teams to cultivate internal/external relationships while understanding the resolution of complicated concepts into efficient solutions.Core competencies include:Vendor Management, Budgeting, Business Process Excellence, Process Improvement, Process Reengineering, Change Management, Technical and Process Training, Compliance, Cross-Functional Teams, e-Procurement Tools and Processes, IT Project Implementation, Policy and & Procedure Development, Oracle Financial Expertise, Procure to Pay Systems, Telecommunications, Contract Negotiations, Personnel Management, International Procurement, Cost & Value Analysis, Supplier Relationship Management, RFP / RFQ Development, Team Training and Mentoring, Cost Containment.Strenghts:- Oracle Financials implementation experience with expertise at both the business and technical levels.- Consistently building powerful and effective business teams, policies and procedures and aligning departmental goals with corporate goals and objectives.- Selected, to lead major procurement projects and accustomed to interacting and communicating with global management and high level executives.