Doug Weeks Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

Bellevue, WA, US

Responsible for setting vision, strategy and development of road-map for a travel, expense, and procurement analytics reporting solution. Prioritize and develop product enhancements and release schedule, and align road-map with company objectives.

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• Created network-wide strategy to procure global hardware and software solutions totaling to meet requirements of the global IT strategy and technology standards.
• Lead team of contract negotiators in developing category strategies that result in verifiable savings, increased control of spend, improved supplier diversity, and other supply chain improvements
• Build supplier relationship management (SRM) program to create and faciliate long-term supplier relationships with top enterprise network suppliers and emerging technology suppliers
• Collaborate and build relationships with internal business parterns including Legal, Finance, and the Independence Office to increase awareness of procurement policies and practices
• Create effective procurement operations for IT to develop solutions in support of the strategy of becoming the leading technology enabled professional services organization
• Develop improved asset management programs to enable improved tracking of IT desktop and data center software assets

New York, NY, US

• Develop strategy and execute performance of strategic sourcing program for $300M per year in indirect spend globally in 33 countries worldwide including travel, HR services, office supplies and facilities services.
• Achieve savings of over $20M per year across indirect spend categories and budgets through improved sourcing, driving improvements in supply, demand, and purchasing processes
• Provide consulting support and leadership as a category subject matter expert for client engagements
• Led transformation of procurement function from local and regional ad-hoc processes to a global, pro-active sourcing unit focused on delivering value
• Developed and implemented category spend taxonomy to measure spend and to develop strategy for vendor rationalization by category
• Created and implemented a supplier diversity program increasing spend with certified diverse enterprises over 50%

Mclean, VA, US

• Led strategic planning of firm-wide travel sourcing and management programs totaling over $200M annually, including negotiation and administration of airline, hotel, ground, corporate card, travel agency, and other.
• Responsible for global commercial card program and T&E payment processing including expense reports and vendor payables solutions
• Developed travel policies to align with business objectives
• Sourcing and managed global airline agreements, improving contract performance and compliance to increase savings
• Negotiated worldwide preferred hotel program including sourcing of rates and amenities, working with global account managers to drive cost savings and program compliance
• Manage sourcing lifecycle including RFP solicitation, proposal analysis, vendor negotiation and selection, and program implementation

• Assisted large multi-national clients in developing and implementing procurement and travel policies. Developed RFPs and managed supplier sourcing and selection processes of key categories including:
• Airlines
• Global Hotel Programs
• Payment Systems
• Ground Transporation Services
• Travel Management Companies (TMCs)