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Smithfield, Virginia, Us

Smithfield, Virginia, Us

Kilkenny, Ireland, Us

Springdale, Ar, Us

Responsible for the strategic sourcing of Marketing Technology and E-Commerce solutions and services. Managed Marketing Technology Stack RFP for Tyson’s Food Service group. Managed Digital Print Services RFP for the Tyson operations group.Developed category strategy management for E-Commerce solutions and services.

Carmel, Indiana, Us

- Responsible for the sourcing of products and services for multiple business units and product categories across the enterprise (e.g. Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Product Management, Banking, Meetings and Events).- Responsible for the development and management of RFP’s (e.g. Human Capital Management Systems, Sales Performance Management, Corporate Travel, Data Governance, Internal Audit, and Marketing Resource Management). - Responsible for the review of contracts and vendor negotiations with annual spend of $250 million.- Assisted with the development of Master Consultant, Master Purchase and Master Service Agreements with legal staff. - Responsible for the development and management of dashboards and KPI’s for various spend categories (Marketing, Legal, Lead Generation, Corporate and Group Travel, etc.)

Chicago, Il, Us

- Responsible for the Procurement, Asset and Lifecycle management of all technology related products and services across entire organization.- Managed annual budget in excess of $10M dollars. Majority of spend dedicated to Remote Data services, Desktops, Laptops, Infrastructure related hardware, software and Telecommunications related services and equipment. - Developed, Negotiated and Implemented Complex Multi-Year Contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Statements of Work, Service Level Agreements and Master Service Agreements with major suppliers of Financial Data Services, Software, Infrastructure Related Hardware & Telecommunications products & services.- Implemented Annual Savings programs that have resulted in $500k with key suppliers such as Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg Financial and multiple providers of Telecommunication services.- Developed, Implemented and Managed Procurement Workflow and Approval Process for all products and services procured across entire PEAK6 organization.- Developed Standard Operating Procedures and Key Performance Indicators for reporting cost savings, tracking internal and vendor compliance in an effort to increase overall operational efficiencies.- Developed RFP's, RFI's, and Vendor Scorecard & Internal Customer Evaluation Modeling.- Developed and Process Improvement Surveys. Implemented process improvements, based upon responses from internal customers and senior management. Continually measuring progress. - Worked closely with Senior Level Management to ensure that the strategic goals of procurement are in alignment with overall goals and objections of the organization.

- Key Member of Transportation Study focused on delivering high impact cost savings and improved operational efficiencies.- Project Manager for Freight Audit & Payment Program within the Container Division. Total Transportation Spend for Program is $500M.- Project Manager for Implementation of Freight Audit & Payment Program.- Assisted with the Implementation Process of Transportation and Warehousing Service RFP's. - Developed and Presented Critical Project Updates to Executives and Key Business Stakeholders.

- Responsible for the provisioning and vendor management of IT products and Managed Services for the North American Operations business region. - Designed and implemented a centralized workflow process utilizing supplier e-Procurement tools. Designed and delivered training programs to the strategic sourcing organization.- Assisted with the program design and development of RFP/RFI supplier bidding & scoring process for various strategic sourcing efforts. - Assisted with the program design, business process and daily management of service programs with key IT suppliers.

-Responsible for the procurement of Information Technology products with an annual budget of $2.5 Million. - Implemented Procurement Plan/Process for Enterprise. Managed competitive bidding processes utilizing e-Procurement.-Project Manager for quarterly inventory of over 5,500 (+$5 Million) IT Assets.- Purchase PC Hardware (Desktops, Printers, Servers), Software (Shrink Wrap & Enterprise Solutions) Telecom (Data Services), Disaster Recovery (Off-Site Storage, Remote Data Center).