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Kansas City Metropolitan Area

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Waukegan, IL

• Manage new and existing supplier relationships to align with sourcing strategies and initiatives within the technology vertical as well as the overall IT environment.
• Oversee and evaluate VAR (Value Added Reseller) and software renewal strategies on a continual basis.
• Source and negotiate contracts for software licenses and professional services (perpetual, term, SaaS, implementation services, etc.)
• Administer souring projects including RFI, RFP, RFQ requests to fully leverage an opportunity and obtain the best terms and pricing for IT and Business Stakeholders.
• Developed customized reporting dashboard to produce and analyze workload and KPI within the Technology vertical.

Chicago, Illinois

• Purchase all IT hardware and software for 8+ domestic and international offices while maintaining compatibility to internal systems and departmental standards and ensuring proper approval process has been followed and.
• Administrator for IT accounts including mobility (2,000+ lines), WebEx, eFax, software distribution sites, and other portals including cloud services. Includes user setup, removal, and other day-to-day operations.
• Led procurement initiative to identify and remove unused accounts and features to save the company over $20,000 a year.
• Prepare ad-hoc, weekly, and monthly reports to analyze vendor performance, missing equipment, user access reports, and more.

Glenview, IL

• Manage direct ship purchase orders for strategic and industrial accounts from creation through invoicing, ensuring all steps in PO management process are complete within determined timeframes.
• Drive vendor compliance by closely monitoring all purchase orders and developing metric based reporting.
• Hold reviews with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify core strengths and weaknesses in supplier performance.
• Identify and engage new suppliers in the integration of electronic data transfers to pass purchase order information while working closely with IT to troubleshoot issues. Increased EDI purchase orders from 25% to 60%.
• Implement new solutions to the Vendor Portal by working side by side with users and developers.

Glenview, IL

• Place and manage purchase orders for national accounts maintaining principal purchasing metrics.
• Procurement Team Lead for vendor management and compliance within proprietary vendor portal to communicate up-to-date order information to the Purchasing, Sales, and Customer Service teams.
• Support Sales and Category Management teams to provide accurate cost structures while maintaining approved sales margins on customer orders.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with vendors in order to obtain contract and order support.
• Create, run, and analyze reports on both a consistent and ad hoc basis.

Glenview, IL

• Place and manage purchase orders for national accounts, to meet and exceed their expectations, while maintaining important purchasing metrics.
• Procurement Team Lead for vendor management and compliance on a proprietary vendor portal to communicate up-to-date order information to the Purchasing, Sales, and Customer Service teams.
• Support Sales and Category Management teams in order to provide accurate cost structures as well as maintain approved sales margins on customer orders.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers in order to obtain contract and order support.
• Create, run, and analyze reports on both a consistent and ad hoc basis.

Bachelor Of Science, Recreation And Leisure Studies

Associates Of Science