Dan Hardesty Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

Maintain and continuously refine the comprehensive supplier governance program that emcompasses supplier risk management, performance management and relationship mangement practices.

Responsible for the development, implementation and management of the bank's overall Vendor Management function with a strong focus on contract management and supplier risk.

The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development provides mortgage loans to low and moderate income applicants located in rural geographic areas to assist them in obtaining single/guaranteed/multi-family housing through various programs.Hired for my mortgage servicing expertise with a focus on developing and implementing several centralized processes including Supplier/Contract Management, Regulatory Compliance and Policy and Procedures. Also tasked with streamlining and improving efficiencies within numerous Servicing functions.

Greater St. Louis Area

Director, Senior Vice President of Supplier Management (2000 – 2013)Charged by the firm to support the needs of multiple business entities under the Citi umbrella and their contractual relationships with third party outsourcing suppliers. Led team which successfully managed suppliers and directed a consistent approach to contract approvals, Legal, Regulatory and Corporate compliance, leveraging best pricing and practices. In response to increased demand across the firm, Supplier Management expanded to support all North America Consumer businesses, involving 4000+ contracts. This centralized effort leveraged expertise and allowed business operations to focus on key business drivers. • Conceptualized and developed an in-house Supplier Management Process, a globally recognized shared services best practice. Enabled the company to:o Effectively address compliance/audit issues and assure compliance for internal, external and governmental audits. Successfully passed multiple annual audits once system was operationalo Provided consistent practices including supplier due diligence requirements and contract drafting. This system ensured consistent employee processing in multiple geographic locations.o Provided detailed management, supplier, audit, pricing and inventory reports that allowed for more informed business decisions.• Reduced millions of dollars in costs due to increasing abilities of: o Negotiation of better pricing due to an increased understanding and ability to leverage the combined cost of ownership; supplier related costs and time-to-market turn timeso Improved process efficiencies allowing continual monitoring, trouble-shooting and upgrades to the system.• Created extensive training programs for business partners to achieve a company-wide culture shift from decentralized decision making to adopting an integrated consolidated system, resulting in improved understanding of business priorities.