Mike Bockbrader Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

Columbus, Ohio

Commercial Real Estate Advisor for SVN, Wilson Commercial Group, LLC.

Columbus, Ohio

Responsible for IT Sourcing initiatives.

• Promoted to Sr. Consultant, role expanded to include mentoring, large contracts/projects, process improvement initiatives, and business unit/supplier relationship management.
• Manage Network Equipment contracts for the enterprise.
• Wrote and executed Sourcing Strategies and Negotiation Strategies for the Network Category.
• Managed team that wrote the revised Corporate Wireless Policy and Broadband Policy.
• Managed multiple RFP’s in the network space including: Outbound Firewall, Cisco Smartnet, and SSL-VPN.
• Successful Negotiations with Cisco to procure Cisco SmartNet, achieved a 9% increase in discount which equates to approximately a $2M reductions in spend.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Contract management responsibilities at Nationwide include: Wireless, Landline, and Call Center Technologies.
• Managed Landline RFP for the enterprise network team. The result was an $8.2M annual reduction in Landline costs and a consolidation of suppliers.
• Managed Call Recording, After Call Survey and Speech Analytics RFP for the Contact Center management team. The result of the RFP was a shift in preferred suppliers as well as a savings of $1M.

Columbus, Ohio

• Manage team responsible for Vendor Management activities in the Enterprise Network space. Duties included vendor management, project management, negotiations, RFP support and financial analysis.
• Created, evaluated and managed the enterprise network RFP 2003-2004.
• Successfully completed contract refresh for long distance and toll free services. In 2003, reduced costs by $2.4M annually.
• Team lead responsible for developing and managing metrics reporting for the enterprise network voice team.

Columbus, Ohio

• Implemented Vendor Management program for large telecommunications providers. This program facilitates open discussions, proactive remediation and improves vendor performance. Redesigned and implemented Vendor.
• Successfully completed RFP process for long distance and toll free services. In 2001 reduced costs by $15M annually.
• Managed and negotiated the contracts Wireless and Local Exchange Carriers. Reduced costs by $10M annually.
• Successfully completed major waste reduction projects that save the corporation $4M per year in cost avoidance. The projects include Cellular, paging and voicemail reduction and consolidation.

Columbus, Ohio

• Newly created position. Responsible for developing and implementing IT sourcing procedures for purchases over $250K.
• Successfully completed RFP’s for PC’s, PC maintenance and Software Resellers. Savings in excess of $3M per year
• Developed new standards and procedures for RFP’s, RFI’s and RFQ’s in the Information Technology Sourcing Group.

Geneva, New York

• Selected as member of the start up team for a new production facility in Geneva, NY.
• Duties included but not limited to: participated in the selection and implementation of the logistics supply chain. Designed the warehouse and shipping layouts and operations plans. Daily activities included managing.

Bangkok, Thailand

• Managed procurement operations for four manufacturing facilities in Thailand, Saudi Arabia and India. Directed 12 on-site staff in purchasing raw materials and capital expenditure equipment.
• Lead ongoing efforts to identify potential new products/markets and improve both purchasing and production efficiencies. Coordinate extensively with Marketing, Engineering, I.T. and Accounting.
• Reduced raw material costs by $500k, through implementing joint venture agreements and acting as business reengineering consultant to suppliers.
• Implemented annual conference for all plant management in Asia Group, with seminars by senior U.S. and European management on such issues as procurement efficiency, quality initiatives and business reengineering methods.

Kingsburg, California

• Managed procurement for three separate production facilities.
• Achieved $1M in annual savings through negotiating better terms, eliminating unnecessary packaging, and improving transportation costs.
• Developed monthly newsletter to communicate savings opportunities
• Restructured purchasing operations, by cutting department labor costs by 30%.
• Prepared and implemented ISO 9000 in three production facilities for the purchasing departments.

Auburn Hills, Michigan

• Procurement responsibility for safety equipment, limestone, dolomite and sand with a total annual contract value of $30M.
• Researched purchasing system; recommended and implemented consolidation of safety suppliers from 70 to 5. Results were a 20% reduction in safety equipment costs and related purchasing overhead.

Detroit, Michigan

• Successive promotions for a retail and wholesale provider of replacement vehicles for primarily the insurance industry.