Roger L. Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Boston, MA

• Lead contract negotiations on all Business Applications technology supplier contracts (MSA, Saas Agreements, SOWs, Amendments, Order Forms, NDAs) with focus on commercial terms, value extraction, and risk reduction in.
• Responsible for stakeholder engagement, supplier management, and value creation.
• Draft, review, negotiate and execute technology contracts.
• Manage ~60 Technology renewals
• Negotiate contracts in preparation of confidential Mergers and Acquisitions as technology stakeholder for Procurement.
• Provide mentorship and subject matter expertise to other Contract Managers.

Brea, CA

• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals and reduced Technology Category spend by 10% in 2021 totaling ~$4M.
• Developed and executed IT category strategy resulting in year over year budget reductions.
• Led all corporate Technology/IT RFx's. Notable examples include Digital Experience Platform and Customer Data Platform for Digital Marketing, Merchant Services Credit Card Processing for Finance, Workday AMS and.
• Managed ~90 IT and Technology renewals including Microsoft EA, Oracle EBS and Cloud, SAP, Amazon Web Services, Workday, Master Control, Autodesk, PTC, VMware, Cisco Smartnet, Data Center services, Adobe ETLA, LinkedIn.
• Led contract negotiations on all Corporate Technology supplier contracts (MSA, Saas Agreements SOW, Amendment, Order Forms, NDA) with focus on commercial terms, value extraction, and risk reduction in general terms and.
• Negotiated contracts in preparation of confidential Mergers and Acquisitions as sole Technology stakeholder for Procurement.

• (Promoted into role through global organizational restructure, ended when structure was reverted)
• Lead, mentor, manage the North American Indirect Procurement team.
• Conducted savings project pipeline review with direct reports
• Served as escalation point for customer service issues, provided clear and actionable solutions with timelines resulting in de-escalation.
• Provide creative solutions and guidance to direct reports with respect to stakeholder management, bandwidth concerns, alignment to management requirements and corporate vision.

Pasadena, CA

• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals for 2017 with a 16% increase over the prior year.
• Lead on over 20 Request For Proposals (RFP), for all business units, resulting in either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Notable examples include a $600,000,000 strategic.
• Delegated department lead in support of corporate divestitures. Utilized project management and team collaboration skills to solicit weekly updates on contract work assignments among our department. Created and.
• As delegated owner of the Corporate Contract Database and Repository, passed OCC regulatory review during Vendor Management examination.
• Reinforced and educated CIT, the acquiring company, on the value and necessity of conforming to a request-to-pay process. Facilitated and assisted business units with the process from negotiations, contract and SOW.
• Negotiated and drafted 55+ vendor agreements or related documents (MSA's, SOW's, termination, non‐renewal notices, etc.) in support of initiatives across all business units.

Pasadena, CA

• (Promoted to Associate)
• Upon the acquisition of OneWest Bank by CIT Group, became specialized to conduct all RFP’s for entire CIT organization.
• Lead on over 20 corporate RFP’s, for all business units, resulting in either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Significant examples include; Consolidation of Lights On IT Managed.
• In 2016, exceeded assigned cost savings goals and contributed 17% of departmental goal.
• Reduced or consolidated over 20 vendor contracts across all business units as a result of integration. Examples include Sourcefire, Symantec, WebSphere and Tripwire and the requests ranged from termination of redundant.
• Delegated owner of the Corporate Contract Database and Repository which houses 1400 contracts from all departments. Added 500 CIT contracts as there was no previous process for tracking and storing third party.

Pasadena, CA

• (Acquired by CIT)
• Exceeded assigned cost savings goals by over 50%.
• Shared resource for all Business Units to perform product research, assessments and configurations as well as to assist with quoting and coordination of delivery. Primary contact with SVP’s, EVP’s and Department Heads.
• Lead on over 10 RFP’s, for all business units, with results being either significant cost reductions or significant service level improvements. Examples include; Janitorial Services for Facilities, ATM Maintenance for.
• Ownership of Enterprise Security and Information Technology software licensing and support renewals calendar that required proactive and timely engagement with the business units and vendor negotiations.
• With no prior experience, recovered $288,964 in Unclaimed Assets and created a repeatable process for claiming as sole resource in the organization performing this task. Included on-boarding and managing third party.

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Business Administration And Management, General