Jennifer Downs Email & Phone Number

Westlake, Texas, Us

As a Director I lead a team of talent acquisition professionals in delivering innovative recruiting solutions for Schwab and TD Ameritrade Client Service & Support.Talent Consulting Specialties: • Partnering with senior leaders to identify how changes in business strategy impact talent needs• Guide talent acquisition team to provide strategic recruiting plans for their assigned business groups, based on strategic priorities, business needs and workforce plans• Lead talent acquisition team in generating innovative ideas, leveraging resources, and sharing information to develop effective sourcing strategies and candidate profilesTD Ameritrade is part of Charles Schwab. While Schwab and TD Ameritrade act as separate broker dealers to clients, behind the scenes our employees are working as one team to support our two brands.Interested in opportunities with Schwab or TD Ameritrade? Please visit our LinkedIn company pages or jobs.schwabjobs.com

Westlake, Texas, Us

Westlake, Texas, Us

Southfield, Michigan, Us

Providing strategic management of Services Procurement SOWs for our diverse set of clients.

Southfield, Michigan, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed Human Resources sub-category with upwards of $900M spend globally. Responsible for corporate global staffing program; including in-country strategies, cost savings initiatives, Vendor Management Systems and Managed Service Provider selection, implementation and management. Developed Category plans in line with global Corporate objectives for indirect categories utilizing data analytics. Project Manager for the implementation of an enterprise wide Supply Chain Finance program, which required close collaboration with IT, Finance and Supply Chain

Houston, Texas, Us

Supervised a team of five supplier managers across IT, Facilities, Environmental Remediation, Travel and Human Resources, total spend $1.2B annually. Regularly reviewed spend analytics to highlight opportunities to increase service quality and/or reduce cost for internal business units. Perform regular market analysis and supplier risk assessments in order to identify any potential changes which may impact the organization in the short or long term and provide recommendations to internal stakeholders. Set and managed performance objectives for suppliers which included cost reduction initiatives, quality improvement and service consistency as well as supplier audits every two year.

Houston, Texas, Us

Developed and executed various RFP's in order to leverage spend across many suppliers and drive cost savings as well as comprehensive contracts, and KPI's consistent across all providers. Oversaw the implementation of suppliers once the bid process was closed and award provided. Led quarterly management reviews against supplier scorecards which included key performance indicators, strategic supplier positioning evaluation, as well as process and program improvement initiatives. Supplier negotiations in accordance with sourcing strategy which included a 25% reduction in total supplier count year on year. Expanded the North American staffing program to include Canada as well as all skill sets, talent under management growth exceeded 200% from 2011 to 2014. Received the Schlumberger Supply Chain Procurement & Sourcing award for Collaboration (2011)

Houston, Texas, Us

Various duties as an import coordinator and eventual promotion to Import Manager in March of 2009.

Bacherlor Of Arts, General Studies

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