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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

Lead and build a new program to establish process, technology and resources to effectively and efficiently manage suppliers.

Cumberland, Maine, United States

Own and manage the global portfolio of software, market data, and consulting vendor relationships within Mellon Investments. Lease with Senior Leadership, Third Party Governance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Risk Groups. Lead strategic vendor negotiations for ongoing and future engagements by providing direct contact review and approach support. Lead Intra-Affiliate Service Level Agreement creation and revisions.❖Identify, map and improve current processes to ensure greater adoption within LOB, streamlining of vendor management, as well as compliance with Third Party Governance guidance.❖Forecast and track LOB’s operating budget.❖Improve vendor relationships by identifying and remedying issues in contract negotiations, finalization, purchase order creation and invoice processing.❖Support new Third Party Governance technology development by contributing to functionality, feature, workflow think-tank effort and participating in Q&A from procurement and LOB prospectives.

Italian Instructor for class and private students, beginner through advanced. Consultant for travel plans to Italy.

Owned and managed the global pool of contractors, employees and consulting resources as well as the varied portfolio of software and market data vendor relationships within Market Risk Technology. Liaised with Recruiting, Hiring Managers, Senior Leadership, Third Party Governance and Risk Groups. Supported strategic vendor negotiations for ongoing and future engagements by providing direct contract review and approach support.❖ Identified, mapped and improved processes to ensure greater adoption within LOB as well as compliance with Third Party Governance guidance. ❖ Forecasted and tracked LOB’s operating budget.❖ Improved vendor relationships by identifying and remedying issues in contract negotiation, contract finalization, purchase order creation and invoice processing.

Cumberland, Maine

I negotiated Business Technology Solutions and outsourcing with software providers while managing complex contracts, pricing, and supplier performance. I cultivated solid relationships with internal business lines to counsel in negotiating. Identified and validated suppliers, gathered customer requirements, and conducted pricing analysis, and liaised with Risk, IT, suppliers, and attorneys. I ensured cost containment and reduction. My successes include:❖Oversaw negotiation for projects with spend between $75M-$7B and lasting as long as ten years. ❖Attained $48M in overall cost savings.❖Fortified and enhanced difficult vendor relationships after creating stakeholder forum to review enterprise experience and develop strategy.❖Facilitated building of project pipeline after spearheading communication of commodity scope and strategy during initial years of inception.❖Increased cost savings requirements by supporting enterprise initiatives to drive savings in negotiations and creating vested relationships with vendor base to facilitate partnership approach to technology solutions to enhance cost and relationship benefits.

Cumberland, Maine

I managed four major vendors in Market Data space and negotiated contracts. I led sourcing and procurement projects, and liaised between internal teams, legal experts, vendors, and contracts managers. I am proud to have:❖Managed global contract negotiations for projects with overall spend as high as $100M. ❖Maintained on-time contract finalization and achieved vendor cost avoidance and savings.❖Strengthened partnership after significantly improving relationship with difficult vendor.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

I managed complex contract, pricing, and outsourcing negotiations with software providers. I also identified and validated suppliers, gathered customer requirements, and performed pricing analysis. Among my accomplishments:❖Solidified relationship with internal Wealth Management client to offer negotiation expertise.❖Enabled improvements by recommending standardization, consolidation, and outsourcing.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Built solid relationships with customers and suppliers for provider of Cloud-based applications.• Drove $1B in revenue and expansion into new commodities by completing projects.• Improved impact of LEAN methodologies after election as delegate to LEAN Council.• Selected as technology Power User and trained customers and employees on technology.• Provided multi-lingual (Italian, Spanish, and French) support throughout North America.

Florence, Alabama Area