Jennifer Ludwig, Cmp, Cis Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

As Senior Procurement Manager, I am responsible for:- Overseeing day-to-day Meetings & Incentives (M&I) purchasing operations while managing a buying team focused on exceptional service delivery to secure the best deals while mitigating risks. - Curating diverse and bespoke gift experiences for our client's discerning programs.- Facilitating merchandise procurement/fulfillment operations for our clients varied needs (awards, give aways, company merchandise, etc.).- Leveraging my industry knowledge to further develop and maintain supplier relationships to best fulfill our client's needs.

-Sr Travel Buyer (Remote): October 2008 - Present-Director, Travel Buying/Proposal Development Team(Detroit): June 2002 - October 2007-Director, Meeting Event Team (Detroit): October 1999 - June 2002-Sr Meeting Event Manager (Detroit): June 1997 - October 1999Working with numerous Fortune 500 companies on domestic and international meetings, incentives conferences and conventions from 20-5,000 attendees, I have successfully planned programs, sourced destinations/hotels, negotiated hotel, convention center, and various supplier contracts, managed budgets, sourced suppliers, developed client proposals, developed program print material/registration website content, and managed teams of 5-22 people - all in various client facing roles. I also played a critical role in developing internal process improvement strategies to meet our client's supplier quality certification requirements.