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Westwood

Responsible for food programs for UCLA’s Housing & Hospitality. Negotiate and manage supplier contracts for annual Food Spend of $15M: issue RFP’s, analyze and award programs, negotiate pricing and distribution. Manage the supply base conducting meetings, reviews and compliance to program parameters. Work with culinary team to monitor quality of products, source new products and suppliers, and develop new programs.

Beverly Hills, Ca

Managed all aspects of Hilton's e-Procurement initiatives, software provider, associated utilities, system users and supplier base. Primary point of contact with internal constituents for product specifications, standards, spend data, and system needs. Provided statistical analysis of critical metrics related to managing user compliance to programs and managing supply chain.

Beverly Hills

Prepared RFI and RFP bid packages for national food manufacturers, conducted cost savings analyses, coordinated product evaluation and selection of best-in-class supplier. Conducted detailed savings analyses of Hilton’s purchasing contracts against Promus Hotels’ contracts during Hilton’s acquisition of Promus. Negotiated national food & beverage program contracts, and managed food & beverage rebate programs.

Beverly Hills

Conducted bids for Seafood, Produce, Bread, Solid and Liquid Dairy category distribution programs. Performed in-person and mail-in program audits. Set up databases for purchase history from Primary Suppliers to track hotels’ program compliance, spend pattern and identify potential future programs. Successfully transitioned regional office suppliers to electronically transmit pricing and usage data that improved accuracy and reduced clerical resources.

Beverly Hills

Performed mail-in program audits of Primary Suppliers nationwide. Performed in-person program audits for suppliers based in L.A. Performed various spend analyses to track national program compliance by hotels. Successfully transitioned 100+ suppliers nationwide to transmit data electronically.

Beverly Hills

Coordinated and prepared bid packages for distribution programs nationwide. Performed vendor comparison analysis and cost savings analysis for new distribution programs. Provided support for the communication of National Purchasing programs to hotels and Regional Purchasing Offices.

M.Div., New Testament

Ba, Psychology