Stacy Kennedy Email & Phone Number

Menomonee Falls, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Established the Technology Vendor Management Office (TVMO) focused on creating demand management processes, implementing performance measures, and maturing supplier relationships. Engage with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels to create and socialize the TVMO strategy and roadmap for external workforce processes. Operationalize complex multi-year contractual models including monthly financials and performance reporting. Continue to refine and define new processes related to demand intake, operational monthly governance, and strategic business reviews.

Partner closely with Stakeholders to create and socialize the product strategy and roadmap related to back-office functions, including Finance and Accounting. Develop strategic business cases to summarize key business problems, identify potential solutions, and calculate the overall value to the organization. Work with Architecture and User Experience teams to shape solutions by understanding the current state and problem(s) that we are solving for. Lead a team of Product Owners to write User Stories that meet or exceed stakeholder requirements and support them through the Agile development process.

Menomonee Falls, Wi

Managed the Strategy and Operations team in the Technology Vendor Management Office (VMO). Aligned key strategic initiatives and roadmap with company goals to drive operational efficiencies and cost savings. Drove key projects that focused on system implementations and integrations to automate processes, mitigate risk, and enhance user experience. Provided end-user support to both internal and external customers on VMO processes and technology solutions. - Built a best-in-class contingent labor program focused on sophisticated vendor management practices- Developed a vendor segmentation program that manages strategic vendor relationships through scorecards, competitive analysis, and vendor relationship management- Identification of strategic opportunities to drive vendor rationalization across groups; enhancing and optimizing the value derived from Vendor partnerships through contract negotiation, consolidation and services- Served as the Product & Project Manager for all VMO key initiatives ensuring they aligned to the company strategy and delivered operational efficiencies- Drove RFP, definition, selection, and implementation of new Vendor Management System, Fieldglass, for contingent labor - Negotiated strategic Statements of Work focused on quality, cost savings, and performance metrics

Menomonee Falls, Wi

Led vendor management activities including the implementation of a vendor management system, Beeline, to provide systematic visibility into contingent labor spend, counts, and vendor metrics. Focused on automation to reduce and streamline existing processes including the invoice process, onboarding, and training. Built a centralized and automated contract workflow in ServiceNow that provides visibility into team workload, key dates, and vendor spend.

Menomonee Falls, Wi

Spearheaded project to implement a Preferred Vendor Program reducing the overall number of commodity labor vendors used by Technology enhancing and optimizing the value derived from vendor partnerships. Negotiated preferred commodity labor rate caps across multiple companies to deliver savings. Built and delivered formalized vendor scorecards that showcased key performance indicators across the competitive set.

Financial oversight of the accounting functions for the Technology portfolio including annual capital and expense budgets, forecasts, and month-end close processes. Partnered with executives to build and review business cases, including ROI analyses, financial budgets, and targets. Compiled financial reporting packages for Executive Leadership Team. Developed and delivered Finance training sessions focused on increasing awareness and adherence to budget policies.