• Responsible for all facets of vendor management for a project spanning 14 Suppliers with an annual spend of $13M/year; Ensured Suppliers submitted all Deliverables in accordance with contractual SLAs Ensured Samsung deployment team submitted all materials and documentation in order enable Suppliers to invoice in a timely fashion; and Resolved all disputes between Samsung and Supplier base.• Provided weekly executive updates on project status.

• Lead a Digitization Initiative, including Supplier selection, process development, and project management of platform rollout, to enable real time procurement of Field Services, advanced metrics and analytics to identify positive and negative behavior and market trends and save over $8M in the first 6 months.• Lead several additional organizational transformation initiatives: Designed and implemented the model to determine which personnel to retain and which personnel were to subject to force reductions; Interviewed and approved all internal and external hires for the transformed organization; Primary point of contact with Human Resources for the transformation process;• Commodity Manager for all Sprint Site Deployment Services (e.g. Site Acquisition, Construction, Logistics, etc.);• Led a mixed team of 6 Sourcing and Contracting professionals who: Conducted over 40 RFQs, and associated Reverse Auctions, netting over $70M in savings; Managed all Network OEM Services negotiations, valued at over a billion dollars annually; Created new, Network specific, MSA and SOW templates, with support and input from Sprint Legal.• Led a team of 7 (mixed Sprint employees, contractors and consultants) who: Developed SOW and Pricing templates for all Sprint "self-perform" (i.e. not turnkey) construction work; Negotiated all SOWs for “self-perform” site acquisition and construction Services; Launched the Avetta platform, to ensure all Construction Suppliers performing work for Sprint meet minimum Sprint & Federal Safety standards and all contractual insurance requirements are met. Led selection process to add 400 new Suppliers to Regional Site Development to transition to a “self-perform” deployment model; Managed the change management process with all OEM Suppliers.

• Lead a Digitization Initiative, including Supplier selection, process development, and project management of platform rollout, to enable real time procurement of Field Services, advanced metrics and analytics to identify positive and negative behavior and market trends and save over $8M in the first 6 months.• Lead several additional organizational transformation initiatives: Designed and implemented the model to determine which personnel to retain and which personnel were to subject to force reductions; Interviewed and approved all internal and external hires for the transformed organization; Primary point of contact with Human Resources for the transformation process;• Commodity Manager for all Sprint Site Deployment Services (e.g. Site Acquisition, Construction, Logistics, etc.);• Led a mixed team of 6 Sourcing and Contracting professionals who: Conducted over 40 RFQs, and associated Reverse Auctions, netting over $70M in savings; Managed all Network OEM Services negotiations, valued at over a billion dollars annually; Created new, Network specific, MSA and SOW templates, with support and input from Sprint Legal.• Led a team of 7 (mixed Sprint employees, contractors and consultants) who: Developed SOW and Pricing templates for all Sprint "self-perform" (i.e. not turnkey) construction work; Negotiated all SOWs for “self-perform” site acquisition and construction Services; Launched the Avetta platform, to ensure all Construction Suppliers performing work for Sprint meet minimum Sprint & Federal Safety standards and all contractual insurance requirements are met. Led selection process to add 400 new Suppliers to Regional Site Development to transition to a “self-perform” deployment model; Managed the change management process with all OEM Suppliers.

• Increased spend with offshore Suppliers by 77%;• Developed and implemented a global engagement model for utilizing offshore labor suppliers;• Developed and implemented a $2M cost savings plan, built on the elimination of Contingent Workers and Supplier cost reductions; • Managed the integration of Services from Offshore Suppliers into TS Consulting Portfolio offerings; and• Developed a partnership plan to drive $60M in spend to an offshore labor supplier.

Negotiated numerous contracts and conducted RFPs resulting in significant cost savings or avoidance:• Conducted 10 RFPs, from requirements development through contract signature ($66.5M cumulative cost savings and cost avoidance);• Negotiated 10 Master Agreements;• Negotiated 45 Amendments or Scope Change Orders ($301.8M cumulative cost savings and cost avoidance);• Negotiated 68 Statements of Work ($96.3M cumulative cost savings and cost avoidance); and• Resolved 11 disputes ($11.4M cumulative cost savings);Conducted audits and developed and implemented strategies to enhance compliance with company policy:• Audited 30 supplier contracts for compliance with current Sprint contractual guidelines and developed a negotiating strategy to bring outliers into compliance;• Identified specific Sprint departments and suppliers that were operating outside of Sprint Financial Policy, then developed and implemented a plan to bring all parties into compliance; and• Lead a team that developed and implemented a plan to drive $60M of Sprint spending through Diverse Suppliers;Developed a departmental and company training program detailing the processes and procedures for editing contractual documents; andReceived multiple Sprint Excellence Awards for efficiency, team work, and savings.

Participated in the Sprint Sourcing process, to drive Sprint vendors to engage in reciprocal spending practices with Sprint North Supply. Also functioned as the Wireless Industry Subject Matter Expert for the the Sprint North Supply Sales Team by conducting training, participating in sales calls and presenting roadshow presentations at seminars and trade shows.

Engaged in Vendor Management and Dispute Resolution. Job responsibilities also included chairing regular executive level conference calls and developing and implementing quality control initiatives.

• Responsible for the management of, and meeting the budgetary requirements for, a Pizza Hut with annual revenue of $850,000;• Managed inventory controls and maintained inventory levels that maximized inventory turnover while maintain sufficient inventory for day-to-day operations;• Consistently maintain a crew turnover rate ranging from 70% to 80%. The company’s national average for churn was in excess of 125%;• Was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995, as well the Top Customer Service Award for the Kansas City market;• Managed to, and consistently exceeded, Pizza Hut’s restaurant budgetary requirements;• Organized and supervised the training of a diverse staff of over 40, including the restaurant’s entire management team;• Direct the staffing of the restaurant, through managing the hiring process and writing the weekly schedule;