Crystal Ryu Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Leading a small but mighty deal operations and sourcing team (aka Buy@Airbnb) whose efforts span the P2P process, credit card program, and all spend category negotiations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Culver City, Ca, Us

• Proactively develop sourcing strategies and execute projects across Sony Pictures Entertainment divisions, including Home Entertainment, Television, and Motion Pictures Group.• Negotiate and draft enterprise wide agreements that minimize financial and business risk and provide optimal terms and conditions.• Assess and report cost savings, cost avoidance, time efficiencies, improved product quality, etc.Initiate and manage cross-functional strategic sourcing projects.• Grow Marketing & Advertising subject matter expertise to better serve Marketing clients and their specific needs and preferences.• Marketing commodities and categories covered include: media buying and other media related services, social media management services, media distribution services, advertising, advertisement sales, theatrical, home entertainment, and television advertising print, television and motion picture marketing research services, promotional merchandise, field publicity, special events, loyalty & CRM services, digital creative & production, etc.• Monitor and understand the marketing markets and identify opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts (e.g., exit or entry of suppliers, changes in trends, etc.).Monitor performance of suppliers and serve as a resource to resolve issues.• Continuously identify opportunities for savings, process improvement, supplier and internal customer relationship management.• Research, create new processes, pitch new ideas to improve efficiency of processes procurement is involved in.

El Segundo, California, Us

• Responsible for category management and supporting global sourcing activities for over $800M in Marketing and Advertising services, including creative, public relations, digital, social media, retail/promotional, and production/post-production services. Manage large cross functional teams driving cost, quality, service, technology, and innovation efficiencies.• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP projects for various marketing initiatives, such as brand agencies of record, global corporate affairs, and TV commercial production. Manage the entire process through vendor selection, including working closely with internal and external legal counsels to negotiate scope of work, business terms, and contract. • Built relationships and increased stakeholder engagement with groups that previously had little to no interaction with Global Procurement, including Retail Marketing, Brand PR, Corporate Affairs, and North America Marketing by creating a “GP 101” to introduce business units to GP's services. • Created and launched Mattel's first Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program for a top tier spend supplier, QUAD Graphics. The SRM program spanned all three corporate campuses – Mattel Brands, American Girl, and Fisher-Price – and provided a 360 review process that resulted in further business alignment, service consistency, cost avoidance, and consolidation opportunities. The concept of SRM was presenting and sold into Mattel's senior leadership and is nowsupported as a company-wide initiative to be rolled out for key suppliers in 2013+.• Represent Mattel's Strategic Sourcing organization at conferences, seminars and trade organization events, including presenting best practice case studies at the Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) Conference as well as the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Financial Management Conference. Developed a solid network of procurement professionals to help Mattel benchmark and remain competitive in the marketplace.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Meet with new potential suppliers and develop purchasing programs to offer possible pricing using industry best practices.• Manage and secure contract negotiations with key suppliers and act as the main liaison between both legal counsel teams.• Manage relationships with all subsidiary brands of Hilton Family Hotels, sourcing products that match brand standards, price points, and design schemes.• Responsible for over $8.8 million in property orders, assisting in product choices, PO placement, order tracking, delivery scheduling, and other issues.• Generated over $280,000 in cost savings for 2008 and over $356,000 in 2009 through competitive bidding, reducing lead time, negotiating price increase delays, and contract pricing.• Utilize PeopleSoft, an Oracle system, on a daily basis for order tracking and purchasing, as well as an in-house developed program, SupplyTRACK, for project management.• Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies of FF&E items through research, trend analysts, forecasting demand and consumer taste.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Coordinate APASS's largest program of over 200 participants where alumni and undergraduates are matched in a career mentoring program that emphasizes diversity awareness from the Asian Pacific American perspective.-Plan and oversee a multitude of events, from intimate career development workshops to large scale formal receptions.-Network with professionals and alumni to recruit mentors.-Communicate with mentees individually to facilitate their mentoring relationship and promptly resolve any issues.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Organize a myriad of front desk duties, including handling walk-ins, facsimile and postal correspondence, and phone calls. Also schedule and manage appointments for all directors and judicial officers.-Entrusted with extremely sensitive and confidential information in order to track and log judicial cases.-Frequently interact with lawyers, high-level university administrators, government officials, and the press when handling high-profile cases.

• Maintain client relationships, research and secure potential leads, and respond to service contract proposals.• Conduct extensive research on web marketing trends and publish company memos for Senior Associates on subjects such as search engine optimization, order fulfillment, and eCommerce.• Attend 4–10 networking and Chamber of Commerce events a week in Los Angeles and Orange County to generate business and create relationships in the community on behalf of firm

-Assist constituents experiencing issues with government agencies by researching solutions and guiding them to the proper resources.-Research assistant for the senior field representative. Create memos addressing the history of California issues to assist the senator make an informed decision on to what extent she should become involved in a situation.-Draft letters for legislative corespondents responding to constituent mail.

B.A., Political Science, International Relations, East Asian Languages And Cultures

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