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Group Sourcing Manager working at Fortune 100 technology firm in Redmond Washington. Previously team lead for Software and Cloud Service sourcing, contracting and negotiation programs and Technical Engineering Services sourcing.Led Microsoft Software and Sourcing contracting/negotiations through GDPR implementation, improving process, controls and contracting to address increased regulatory and legislative requirements related to Data and Privacy requirements.Organized, led, and drove initiative developing enterprise wide engagement and contracting framework for fixed cost, deliverable based supplier engagements.Led team in achieving unprecedented savings for category group. Created and led China National Plan Procurement Partner program coordinating global procurement strategies with corporate sales and marketing efforts in China. Previously - Sr Procurement Manager for large division - developed and executed strategic sourcing plans across multiple categories of spend, streamlining processes, increasing efficiencies, and managing supplier strategies, resulting in substantial cost savings, vastly improved supplier performance, and significantly decreased FTE bandwidth needed for supplier management.Extensive experience formulating innovative solutions to complex and difficult business challenges.Significant experience leading cross group - collaboration, bringing global teams with widely disparate goals and objectives to a common focus and action plan.Comfortable working with executives and senior executives.Extensive history working with multinational teams and vendors.Excellent presenter, able to provide pertinent, concise information in a professional, informative and interesting way to both US and international audiences.Excellent feedback from directs/peers/leadershipProcurement - Domestic and InternationalStrategic InitiativesTactical OperationsOperations ManagementProject ManagementVendor ManagementEvangelismSalesFortune 100 CorporationSpecialties: Multinational vendor management Fluent speaking Mandarin Chinese Chinese political science, economics and business

Listed skills include Vendor Management, Procurement, Program Management, Strategic Sourcing, and 24 others.