• Collaborate closely with IT teams, legal, and finance departments to align category strategies with business needs, ensuring procurement processes and compliance. • Implement and refine global sourcing strategies for IT Infrastructure for Hardware, Telecom, Data Center and IT services. Managing $75 million USD in annual spend.• Developed and implemented a global telecommunications strategy for Red Hat's $7 million dollar annual global telecommunications network resulting in $800k in cost reductions in FY23. • Evaluated Red Hat’s current hardware and maintenance spending to develop a global hardware strategy that achieved $4.1 million in cost savings, and streamlined procurement processes by redefining the Red Hat hardware acquisition process.• Developing and implementing an ITAD strategy for Red Hat’s global locations.• Negotiated and implemented a hardware as a service strategy to save on upfront and long term hardware and data center costs. • Negotiate global IT Hardware and Telecommunications MSAs, Amendments, Cost Plus agreements, Data Center Lease agreements, Third Party Maintenance agreements, and Statements of Work

• Guided procurement-led initiatives, including supplier consolidation and rationalization activities, to support stakeholders' spend requirements and priorities• Developed a consolidated data center strategy with stakeholders that resulted in $2.6 million dollars in cost reductions• Manage cost reduction and avoidance activities for IT infrastructure services through negotiations, rate cards, and establishing global discount pricing• Establish a supplier base with strategic and preferred suppliers• Led competitive sourcing activities to select supplier sources• Define supplier performance indicators, build and communicate related dashboards, and manage supplier performance for key suppliers via stakeholder feedback and performance-based metrics• Negotiated global IT Hardware and Telecommunications MSAs, Amendments, Cost Plus agreements, Data Center Lease agreements, Third Party Maintenance agreements, and Statements of Work

Assumes responsibility for the entire program which includes:a. Coaching the varsity squad and supervising JV & assistant coaches within the soccerprogram.b. Giving guidance to the high school junior varsity programs.c. Implements district athletic department policies.

• Develop and implement a global sourcing strategy for Network Capacity as a member of a international sourcing team responsible for the countries in the Americas Region.• Preparation and implementation of global tenders and managing the negotiations, closing the required contract agreements in alignment with network production, technical specifications, technical provider management, external legal regulations and internal policies• Develop regional benchmarking to ensure supply base is competitive and that the correct suppliers are in place. Responsible for supplier performance assessment through regular supplier review calls, supplier score cards, share of wallet reports, and KPIs to develop strong supplier relationships leading to suppliers providing the best possible pricing. • Negotiate global network capacity contracts, Service Agreements, IT reselling contracts, and contracting terms and conditions on sales order forms. •Collaborates with other international product teams to introduce products into DT service portfolio triggered by market analysis or as a process improvement. Also responsible for product and supplier on-boarding for the internal product.

- Responsible for negotiating and purchasing goods and services from vendors.- Prepare and issue all purchase orders in alignment with the procurement processes.Manage competitive bid processes as necessary - develop specifications, bid terms and contractual language for the bid.- Responsible for the evaluation of bid, the selection of vendors, and the negotiation of terms and pricing.- Responsible for the supplier selection, supplier evaluation as well as negotiations of supplier contracts in line with the Global Procurement Guidelines and Global Commodity Strategies.- Support internal clients within complex projects to achieve the best value for T-Systems.- Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine the most desirable suppliers.- Participate in RFPs.- Negotiate Master Service Agreements.

- Lead a team of eight United States Public Sector sourcing specialists- Provide input to plans and strategies for the business unit, department or project to satisfy government accounts.- Review and approve a comprehensive list of suppliers for bid processes developed by analyzing the industry to understand trends and competitive positioning in order to build a reliable supply base. - Manages the sourcing deals and contracts to ensure cost savings benefits are realized at the P&L level.- Solves complex, high impact government sourcing process issues by implementing a new unified procurement structure. - Implementation of procurement sourcing plans that provide maximum value to the business while effectively repurposing account spend to maximize savings to the business unit.- Review contract compliance, identify problem situations and recommend corrective measures

• Lead a team of six people who sourced for the Navy account as well as 85+ federal, state and local government accounts sourcing approximately $50 million monthly in IT equipment and services

• Supported 85+ federal, state, and local government accounts as a sourcing specialist and buyer• Competitively bid bills of material to suppliers in order to secure best pricing for accounts; negotiated with suppliers to gain specialized pricing through target discounts

• Evaluated financial approvals and put together government required documentation• Created and send out the purchase order