Nicole Bonds is a Strategic Sourcing Manager at H&R Block. They is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe them as "I worked directly with Nicole both as a Business Owner for engagements and as we worked to mature our Third-Party Risk Program. Nicole was an absolute pleasure to work with, repeatedly helping us navigate several difficult challenges with an intimate understanding of the organizational sourcing strategy and broader industry trends. She is highly effective at building relationships with her internal stakeholders and cementing herself as a partner throughout the sourcing process. Nicole is incredibly detailed, and understands contract exposure as well as anyone I've ever met. Nicole is also a masterful negotiator, easily getting us multiple deals with vendors that even I didn't think were possible. She takes the time to understand the business need, as well as the current relationship, then leverages it to save the organization money. Any organization is better off having Nicole on your side of the sourcing table." and "Nicole is a true leader who is able to grasp the most difficult of challenges and bring them to a level understandable and actionable by every subordinate. She brings that rare combination of patient teacher when sharing her vast wealth of knowledge, but she is decisive and agile when times and situations require it. Her management style is participative and positive. She seeks out the opinions of her subordinates on things that affect them, but is comfortable making “the call”. I appreciated working with and for Nicole, because she is approachable, always available (even after hours when needed), believes in her people and always had their backs. She believes in professionally developing her team; encouraging reasonable risk taking and challenging them to learn and grow. On the technical (process) side, Nicole is very metrics-oriented. She tracks projects and tasks well and has a great memory for affected customers, processes and issues. She quickly grasps new ideas and always proved to be quite willing and responsive to adjust to the changing “landscape”. Nicole is intelligent, loyal, organized, team-oriented, energetic, and personable. Her people want to do their best for her and it always reflected in the outstanding results her team achieved under her leadership. "