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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Chevy Chase, Md, Us

Leeꞌs Summit, Missouri, Us

Sr. Manager of Strategic SourcingBuilt a new procurement team of 5 while driving functional transformation and operational improvements, covering contracts and negotiations from HR, IT, legal, marketing, and executive functions. This included managing a $100M annual budget.• Planned end-to-end operations from supplier engagement, onboarding, vendor risk analysis, maintenance and support, and invoicing settlements.• Focused on creating category vision and strategy while leveraging processes and tools to drive innovation and sustainable value.• Regularly negotiated contracts and pricing for all indirect divisions (non-clinical), reviewing and approving RFP packages to go to approved Vendors.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Led a team in the planning, coordination, and distribution of quarterly RFP’s that center around the Android Portfolio for Sprint and its affiliates. This includes negotiations of promotional funding, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) reductions, Vendor Selection/Management and Contracting. Worked closely with Product Development and Marketing teams to choose new devices to fit in the Sprint portfolio.● Review performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.● Regularly negotiate contracts and pricing for Android handsets and IoT products.● Review and approve RFP packages to go to approved Vendors.● Compile responses and meet with various stake holders on all ranging decisions.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Led a team of 17 responsible for providing a stable and reliable retail network for 4,400+ locations nationwide. While in this role I was able to increase availability, decrease latency, create one system of record for all monitoring and databases and improve all KPI’s across the board. • Developed roles, responsibilities, and processes as I stood up the team.• Provided feedback on continuous improvement as we implemented new Networking HW and circuits across all retail stores.• Managed all RadioShack retail store networks and installed new MOPS after the acquisition.• Successfully managed an annual cost reduction goal of 10% ($4.5M) within my team and negotiated cost reductions on existing items to increased availability.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Led a team of 17 responsible for providing a stable and reliable retail network for 4,400+ locations nationwide. This included managing a $100M annual budget.• Increased availability, decreased latency, created one system of record for all monitoring and databases, and improve all KPI’s across the board. • Provided feedback on continuous improvement as we implemented new Networking hardware and circuits across all retail stores.• Managed all RadioShack retail store networks and installed new MOPS after the acquisition.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Led a team of 3 that was responsible for IT integration and implementation of the acquisition of Clearwire into the company. This included managing a $100M annual budget.• Worked with upper-level management to identify people, processes, and applications to drive down annual costs. • Created a strategy to maximize cost savings over two years after the acquisition.• Managed the reductions in applications, datacenter footprints, telecom budgets, hardware and software contracts, people, and facilities for Clearwire.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Provided project management and analytical support for the IT Vendor, Contract & Asset Management department, primarily in the areas of strategy for hardware/software acquisition and maintenance. • Managed the IT Capital budget forecast (>$100M) and variance reporting for the CIO.• Managed billing audit/payments for Capital purchases and maintenance agreements.• Managed Offshore/Outsourcing contracts and payment reconciliation.• Received the Sprint Circle of Excellence award (Highest honor for salaried employees).

Mba, Management

B.A., Finance

International Business