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Kirkland, WA, US

Mountain View, CA, US

- Develop practical & innovative ways to address the most complex business challenges to keep Google thriving.- Anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore & uncover the business needs of clients, and understand how our product and service offerings can enable their business success. - Use influence and relationship-building skills to provide.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Actively engage & influence at multiple organizational levels within both Intel & the supplier environment by partnering with Senior Technology and Business Executives.
• Owns negotiating contract terms & conditions including but not limited to conflicts, changes, definitions, use of services, license grants, security & data privacy, pricing, termination, indemnification, limitation of.
• Ensures that the end-to-end sourcing/procurement process is executed in a timely manner for internal stakeholders & vendors/suppliers.
• Develop commodity strategies that stay abreast of market trends.
• Drives new value & cost savings opportunities through benchmarking, industry analysis, white papers, and relationships with subject matter experts.
• Develops & manages effective and synergistic vendor/supplier relationships throughout the supply chain.

San Diego, California, US

• Developed and managed relationships with ServiceNow customers.
• Defined and implemented the measurements necessary to manage the entire ecosystem to include customer reviews and dashboards to track, trend and evaluate performance. Oversee Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance.
• Identified appropriate relationships to drive proper alignment on strategic business and operational topics.
• Developed framework for interactions between the customer and the business.
• Ensured that requirements are well-communicated, well-understood, and clearly defines expectations from the business.
• Managed escalation and arbitration of relationship and operational issues if other avenues fail.

Irvine, CA, US

• Vendor/Contract Managemento Developed and implemented a Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, Contracts, and Vendor/Supplier Management Programo Led strategic sourcing/procurement projects for IT Professional Services.
• Relationship Management o Led significant outsourcing efforts currently valued at over $10M annually as well as key to the evolvement of Arbonne’s broader vendor management strategy.o Developed and maintained an.
• Strategic Directiono Planned and executed strategic initiatives and direction. o Gained an in depth knowledge of current practices and policies and assessing their maturity while identifying gaps that will help form.

Nashville, TN, US

• Led the Vendor Management area by developing, implementing, and managing the Performance Management program for IT&S strategic vendors who deliver products (hardware, software, technology, solutions) and/or services.
• Developed and managed the end-to-end strategic sourcing/procurement process for IT.
• Drafted and negotiated IT contracts, including Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements.
• Developed and managed process for strategic sourcing projects for IT Professional Services, contingent labor, hardware, and software.
• Promoted quality operational improvement at HCA through the benefits provided by vendor’s solutions.
• Responsible for implementation of executive level balanced scorecards and operationally focused performance scorecards for IT&S vendors.

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Primary point of contact for contract /vendor management and support for IT outsourcing services contracts and manages issue/dispute resolution process with the suppliers.
• Manage the Strategic Sourcing/Procurement end-to-end process for new outsourcing services.
• Negotiate, draft, redline, and follow-up on all contracts for all Supplier agreements.
• Monitor supplier performance of contractual obligations and deliverables while ensuring services are of high quality.
• Develop and maintains a sound working knowledge of corporate level contract deliverables and obligations from suppliers.
• Develop and implements management processes and metrics necessary to support ongoing contract change control administration and management.

Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, DE

• Monitored and oversaw a $7.5 million dollar hardware/software budget based on agreed contractual obligations, while implementing any cost savings opportunities that are available.
• Drafted and negotiated IT contracts, including Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements.
• Tracked progress of contractual obligations, prepared contract amendments, interpreted the contract, and resolved contract issues/disputes.
• Developed Contract Management processes and templates, including developing the future strategy for Contract Management.
• Managed a repository of IT related contracts for the analysis of trends and costs, administrative commitments, renewals and obligations.
• Served as the primary interface for vendors/suppliers related to obligations associated with hardware and software licensing, maintenance, and support.

Reston, Virginia, US

• Monitored and oversaw a $7.5 million dollar hardware/software budget based on agreed contractual obligations, while implementing any cost savings opportunities that are available.
• Drafted and negotiated IT contracts, including Statements of Work and service level agreements.
• Tracked progress of contractual obligations, prepared contract amendments, interpreted the contract, and resolved contract issues/disputes.
• Developed Contract Management processes and templates, including developing the future strategy for Contract Management.
• Managed a repository of IT related contracts for the analysis of trends and costs, administrative commitments, renewals and obligations.
• Served as the primary interface for vendors/suppliers related to obligations associated with hardware and software licensing, maintenance, and support.

Van Buren Township, MI, US

• Globally responsible for managing the performance of all IT supplier contracts for contract adherence, service level agreements (SLA's), and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure service delivery is consistent.
• Defined and implemented quality assurance processes.
• Tracked and managed SLA's and critical deliverables.
• Provided problem resolution oversight and management for contract issues that have been escalated to continuously improve IT operational performance and customer service while mitigating any potential risks.
• Managed and communicated global IT Supplier reporting strategy for service level metrics and manage issues to continuously improve performance and overall satisfaction.
• Regularly audited the supplier managed database of all IT assets, software & hardware, problem tickets, and change related tickets to ensure accuracy.

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Managed all aspects of vendor/supplier relations as it pertains to compliancy issues (Michigan Gaming Control Board and City of Detroit), technical recordkeeping, vendor communications, procurement, and overall vendor.
• Routinely queried, organized, and reported financial data to executive-level management and government agencies (regulatory reporting).
• Consolidated and analyzed financial data to make operational recommendations while generating weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, and analyzing trends.
• Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data to support negotiating strategies, assess financial implications of contract business terms, and make recommendations.
• Periodic review of vendor/supplier invoices to ensure vendor billings complied with the contracts.

Master Of Science - Ms, Management And Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Information Systems