Procurement Team Lead -Ibm San Network Product Line
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Successfully managed product line procurement, new vendor onboarding, resolved procurement and systems integration issues and negotiated costs during vendor consolidation and product lines down from three to one successful, award-winning product segment. Proactively managed vendor developed, manufactured, tested, and shipped as IBM-logo products. During major global product transition, collaboratively managed supplier setups, CAPEX, tooling, IBM internal and vendor processes, procurement changes, and supply lines. Developed, implemented, and reported vendor performance ratings to internal and external stakeholders. Collaborated with third party logistics, service, and parts vendors to ensure customers had no end-of-life parts issues. ♦ ♦ Reduced costs by over $1M per quarter through the creation of global ‘per deal’ supplier/ customer discount program due to comprehensive negotiations between procurement, sales team, and vendors♦ Saved $4M annually by creating and managing negotiating a successful vendor discount sales program Created a 35% increase in revenue of software sales by changing the complex software sales process from existing part number purchase model to new royalty payment model♦ As a key member of team, successfully launched and managed over 40 products and supply chain life cycles