Sarah Dankanich Email & Phone Number

Maryland, United States

• Responsible for the Direct Sourcing procurement strategy for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Services and Parts organizations
• Manages $21M spend
• Represents GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy in all Master Service Agreement contract negotiations, achieving business goals of supplier acceptance of standard terms to increase cash position
• Develops and executed process maps for new supplier projects, ensuring seamless transition and positive impact to the business
• Supplier liaison for RFP’s, SOW and order fulfillment, attaining lowest negotiated pricing for maximized cost savings
• Champion for cash and deflation, responsible for streamlining purchasing processes and supplier selection to reach annual organization targets

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Responsible for contract review, execution and maintenance management for 250+ indirect contracts
• Managed indirect IT software and hardware purchasing, including generating scopes of work to obtain competitive proposals
• Targeted current supplier base to improve payment terms, recent negotiation yielding $600K cash impact
• Spearheaded strategic commercial projects such as integrator selection and implementation for a $4.3M scope of work, resulting in a highly simplified procurement process and $1.2M savings
• Supported integrated logistics efforts, managing international shipment scheduling and carrier contracts
• Championed for indirect E-auctions, most recently transitioning a Logistics carrier yielding $132K deflation on a $500K spend and 120 days to pay improvement

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Created and maintained trusting, long-term relationships at all levels of customer organizations, providing exemplary customer service resulting in increased customer spend
• Single point of contact, available 24/7 for customer support, issues and requests
• Improved process for reporting monthly Commitment/Orders progress to PARTS organization, giving stakeholders high visibility to YTD actuals
• Followed up on quotes and promote PARTS products and services, contributing ~$13M in annual Commitments/Orders
• Generated bi-annual eNewsletter to send to 400+ internal employees and customer contacts to increase GEH PARTS awareness and promote new products/services
• Maintained NPS survey process with assigned customer base, initiating 40+ surveys per year, with highly satisfied promoter results

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Compiled monthly data and analytics to support customer interactions, such as ITO/OTR cycle time and OTD, driving process improvement identification and suggestions
• Collaborated with Product Lines and Marketing to develop and maintain communication tools, such as fact sheets and eNewsletters to be distributed to customer base
• Planned logistics and coordinated marketing materials for 7+ annual trade shows/conferences
• Identified customer pain points and work with internal teams to create resolutions through process improvements
• Reported key commercial metrics to Leadership and Customer Account Leaders
• Implemented internal projects to improve day to day processes

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Process Request for Quotes (RFQs) and Purchase Requests (PRs)
• Identify suppliers and manage setup and registration process
• Responsible for a $6.5M spend and $800K annual deflation
• Act as a liaison between GEH and suppliers, providing direct support for all issues
• Responsible for submitting Purchase Orders and achieving on time delivery for all orders
• Manage supplier payment reconciliation process

Wilmington, NC

• Responsible for reaching monthly sales and revenue targets, as well as billable hour goals for technicians
• Develop and refine key metrics used to determine real-time health of a store from a remote location as new stores are opened
• Responsible for defining and continually refining all store policies, processes and standards to ensure the most efficient utilization of resources and a repeatable and profitable excellent customer experience
• Develop standardized marketing programs to be executed in each store

• Maintain master schedule for the candidate and campaign operations.
• Coordinate media and public relations to include television, radio and press releases
• Manage campaign finances consisting of donations, expenses and campaign payroll

Public relations with local hotels and businesses to increase sales and new menu awareness.

- Coordinate all local advertising and branding efforts - Media relations with local businesses and television stations

-Media relations with local businesses, newspapers and television stations-Communicate new marketing campaigns and tactics to a staff of over 300 sales representatives-Coordinate brand advertising mailers to customers while working closely with company’s mail house and programmers-Implement sales strategies and assist with budget preparation-Event.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bs In Business Administration, Marketing/Pr/Communications

Activities and Societies: - American Marketing Association (Albany and UB Chapter), 2003- 2008 - Participate annually in raising funds for.