Managing over $100MM USD annually in IT spend in categories such as IT software, hardware, & telecom for CareFirst commercial unit. Managing a team of up to four FTEs. Daily work in SAP Ariba in contracting module and in PO/P2P module. Negotiated many multi-year deals with suppliers such as Microsoft, CA/Broadcom, EMC/Dell, Lenovo, IBM, Cisco, and resellers.• Bidding. Statement of work (SOW) | Requirements preparation | RFP/RFQ creation and administration for PCs, Servers, Storage Area Network (SAN), Call Center as a Service software, Cloud Services (AWS and MS Azure), Kubernetes/Container software, Project Management software among others. Delivered savings/avoidance of over $33 million.• Contract review and negotiation. Negotiated and managed 200+ contracts for the six-year period, including Microsoft, EMC/Dell, Amazon (AWS), CA/Broadcom, SHI & CDW. Also introduced three Minority/Women Owned businesses into supplier ecosystem.• Team management. Responsible for hiring, daily management and performance reviews of four employees (one hourly and three exempt).• Process Improvement. Lead team that created Ariba usage guide and delivered training to rest of procurement staff on best practices for creating Contract workspaces in SAP Ariba. Was able to shorten cycle-time on CW creation by an average of 30%.

Managed approximately $60MM USD annually in IT spend in categories such as IT software and hardware for CareFirst’s government subsidiary, SBP. Managed one professional FTE. Daily work in SAP Ariba contracting and PO/P2P module. Negotiated many multi-year deals with suppliers such as IBM, CA/Broadcom, EMC/Dell, BMC, Cloudera, and channel resellers.• Bidding. Statement of work (SOW) | Requirements preparation | RFP/RFQ creation and administration for mainframe hardware and mainframe software, Storage/SAN, backup hardware, and Hadoop Big Data software. Delivered savings/avoidance of over $5 million.• Contract review and negotiation. Negotiated and managed 60+ contracts for the two-year period, including Cloudera, CA/Broadcom, EMC, Cisco and IBM. Also introduced one new Minority/Women Owned business into supplier ecosystem.• Team management. Responsible for hiring, daily management and performance management of one professional employee.• Process Improvement. Lead team that created an RFP evaluation template/process to streamline RFP scoring with business owners. New process reduced calculation errors by 20%.

Managing over 50MM USD in Global IT spend in categories such as IT software, hardware, telecom, and services spend. Responsible for setting procurement strategies in assigned categories and gaining consensus within units to execute against them. Have identified and delivered millions in cost savings and avoidance in these categories, while working with Counsel and Risk Management to mitigate contractual risk to the corporation. Leading Procurement team to implement document management strategies for business process redesign and adherence to corporate document retention standards. Assisting with the selection of an eRFx tool and supplier collaboration strategy.

Direct materials and services procurement for Contract Manufacturing module supporting McCormick Industrial, Food Service, Zatarain's, Seafood Brand, and Club Channel businesses. Contracted for cost-optimized commodities such as dry blends in various packaging formats, wet sauces in 'pillow pack' and bottle formats, spray dried/agglomerated compounds, frozen foods, meal kits and multiple appetizer formats as well as retort configurations. Brought innovative concepts to marketing teams for new product development opportunities.

Procured various commodities in the indirect materials area including: office supplies, lab supplies, information technology related materials, freight, as well as other duties as projects dictated. Responsible for buying and setting strategies in commodities to ensure delivery of projects on-time and within budget. Achieved multi-million dollar, year-over-year cost savings in categories assigned by leveraging combined purchases through aggregation of needs across business units and working with technical experts to align specifications and standardize needs. Assembled and administered RFP/RFQs to create competitive bidding situations among entrenched suppliers and for new needs to derive the best overall value for McCormick.

Statistical analysis of freight lanes and accessorial charges for several large manufacturers. Preparation of data for negotiations with truckload, LTL, and small parcel delivery services, including fuel surcharge schedules. Multi-year Czarlight base-rate analysis for clients to ensure optimal value for their freight dollar. Access database manipulation of freight bills to ensure carrier compliance to contract. Drafted several routing guides in support of vendor charge-back programs.