Lynn Lowery, Jd Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Nashville, Tn, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Strategic sourcing professional dedicated to member with a healthcare system of 52 hospitals and several hundred clinics, surgery centers and non-acute sites. Portfolio includes 33 categories across purchased services, lab and IT products, services and distribution with over $900M in aggregate spend.Work with member and stakeholders to identify opportunities, define business requirements, develop sourcing strategy, prepare and negotiate contract, define and document KPIs and SLAs, implement contract and manage ongoing supplier performance.Develop excellent supplier relationships to create strong commercial partnerships that improve business operations.Work with analytics team to perform analyses to achieve strategic insight to solve complex business problems.

Irving, Texas, Us

Manage $1.8B annual spend portfolio of pharmaceutical products for a 140,000-member group purchasing organization.Analyze industry trends and data to determine cost savings and member benefit opportunities.Conduct monthly reverse bidding events for generic injectable and tablet drugs, resulting in member savings of $9,908,805 in the first 7 months on the job. Streamlined and automated bidding process and analytics reporting, which provide better insights.Lead team of sourcing specialists and agents and manage individual performance and growth. Increased capabilities and productivity of sourcing department members by developing playbooks and conducting weekly training on contract basics, master agreement terms and conditions, negotiation strategies, confidentiality requirements, and special contract conditions.Streamlined and standardized the sourcing process by working with team to develop SOP for the department’s sourcing methodology and by creating a more efficient process for contractual price changes, which decreased department workload. Member of team that is currently training AI software to capture pertinent contract provisions for the automated upload of contract details to internal Intermountain database.Received Leadership Award in October 2020 for “Going Above and Beyond” by managing completion of backlog of sourcing contracts while taking over responsibilities of colleague on maternity leave and volunteering time to work on AI project.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Member of team that consolidated and transitioned legal contract management services to the company’s global shared services program for sales and procurement contracts. Developed legal playbooks, policies and procedures and training materials. Traveled to various locations to meet with business unit leaders and legal teams to coordinate and facilitate the transfer of services to the shared services environment. Trained legal team members on all aspects of the program. Partnered with business and financial teams to draft, review and negotiate global sales and procurement contracts and licenses related to technology, web and cloud services, software licenses, SaaS platforms and services, marketing campaigns and research, loyalty and rewards, data privacy, public and private partnerships, products and solutions, consultants, and training solutions. Mentored new and less-experienced staff in navigating company policies and procedures and resolving difficult contractual issues. ► Negotiated a highly complex series of contracts and helped to onboard 6 new global media providers within a 2-month period for the rollout of a global marketing project, resulting in a savings of $2M. Received company award and compensation related to my performance on this project. ► Minimized risk and liability by working with teams on contract compliance with the EU GDPR privacy laws for the company's Europe and North and South America locations.► Member of team that worked with developers to transition simple and repeatable department tasks to an AI system, which was projected to greatly improve overall department efficiencies. ► Created contract templates, processes and tools for the new department and provided on-going team training for 30 team members which improved performance, quality and established best practices.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Lu

Designed and created a global shared services center for the management of sales and procurement contracts for six global sites. Led the center's day-to-day operations and strategic direction. Ensured contract compliance with corporate policies, laws and regulations. Developed strategies for negotiation in alignment with company objectives and acted as lead negotiator for complex contracts. Managed global contract administration team, comprised of legal professionals and administrative staff. Drafted and edited Master Service Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Licenses and other contracts. Identified contract and business risks and issues and provided senior management with guidance on risk minimization and resolutions. Trained business development and client services teams in contract negotiations. ► Reduced internal resources by 58% and eliminated the need for temporary resources with the implementation of the global contracts shared services center. ► Designed and developed the contracts database, work flow and approval system in Microsoft SharePoint.► Development and implemented department policies and procedures and training materials, and developed contract forms and terms and conditions for all sites.

Managed business and tax law firm with 4 attorneys, paralegals and staff. Represented small business owners with entity formation (corporations, LLCs, partnerships), tax and business planning, capitalization, sales, acquisitions, mergers and dissolutions. Prepared federal and state individual and corporate income tax, sales and use tax, employment and fiduciary returns. Ensured tax compliance, and performed complex tax and legal research and analysis using CCH, RIA and Westlaw. Represented clients in federal, state and local tax controversies. Provided wealth management planning and drafted and implemented wills and various trusts. Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts and leases. ► Negotiated a license with the Michael Jackson Estate to use his likeness in the manufacture of products.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Negotiated and closed several complex multi-million dollar commercial finance, real estate and business transactions. Analyzed the tax treatment and structure of the transactions. Performed due diligence and handled closing and post-closing matters. Prepared income, estate, gift, fiduciary, and real property tax returns. Managed tax and corporate compliance for over 1,000 business entities. Performed complex tax and legal research and analysis. Drafted and negotiated general business contracts and commercial leases. Prepared complex, multi-layered wealth management plans. Developed business succession plans, utilizing buy-sell agreements, recapitalization of stock, §6166 installment payments and §303 redemptions. Utilized Prosystems Tax Software, Access and Excel. ► Negotiated for the removal of a 10.5M personal guaranty from a corporate business loan

Ll.M., Taxation, Tax Law/Taxation

J.D., Law

B.S.\B.A., Business Administration