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Santa Monica, California, US

El Segundo, California, US

Dallas, Texas, US

• Responsible for all IT and Telecom procurement globally, managing internal and external relationships, and all related contracts, to deliver cost reduction, process and service level improvement. Annual spend approx..
• Conducted a global Request For Proposal (RFP) for desktop, laptop, and tablet technology and services to support 88k employees. Results; $2.2M annualized savings or 11.5% based on a 19% hardware refresh rate. Key.
• Delivered $476k annualized savings or 21% through negotiation and licensing optimization for AECOM’s Microsoft server support renewal.
• Developed a 5-step procurement process adaptable to different entry points for requirements, contracts, in the process. The process is coordinated with AECOM IT’s checkpoint-based Project Management process. This.
• Serving as a lead under mergers and acquisitions for indirect procurement, IT procurement, and Procurement Tools workstreams to identify and implement integration projects, to meet synergy savings targets.
• Expanded the team to bring on a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to further influence IT spend, implement projects, and ensure contract and process compliance.

• Providing strategic direction and guidance to stakeholders across the business for spend categories such as language services and translation, printing and print fulfillment, claims recovery services, marketing and.
• Led a claims recovery oversight team through restructuring of existing claims recovery service contracts supporting claims recovery efforts for Northern and Southern California regions. Achieved a cost savings of $500k.
• Led a strategic negotiation of Kaiser Permanente’s top incumbent language services suppliers, including interpretation and translation services across 177 languages. Results include $600k in annual cost savings.
• As the Sourcing representative, developing a project working closely with marketing finance, Sarbanes Oxley compliance team and legal counsel to conduct a thorough review of existing contracting approval processes to.

New York City, NY, US

• Strengthened and created relationships with NBCU internal business partners and suppliers as the West Coast leader for NBCU IT Sourcing to deliver cost savings of $3.41M, and cost avoidance of $103k, exceeding targets.
• Structured and implemented a rigorous evaluation and negotiation to drive consolidation and cost reduction of support and enhancement contracts supporting NBCU's entire SAP R/3 financial system. Achieved $1.79M cost.
• Led a cross-functional team of IT leaders to drive technology refresh and cost reduction of EMC IT data storage hardware under lease. Conducted a thorough analysis of lease refresh scenarios and negotiation, which.
• Sourcing representative on cross-functional teams, which identify, develop and deliver improvement programs and processes for outsourced resource governance, procure-to-pay process streamlining, to IT leaders and the.
• As the West Coast Sourcing leader, worked closely with IT Executives and Management through a process improvement workout focused on the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for consulting services, forming an RFP Task.

Burbank, CA, US

Negotiate pricing and contract terms and manage the complete procurement cycle for IT products and services.

• Negotiating and managing the procurement cycle and related contracts for the company’s computer desktop and distributed software, software maintenance, and telecommunications products and services for a 9,000 employee.
• Cost reduction averages 15%-22% against an annual purchase volume of $15 million.
• Responsibilities include seeking and exploiting opportunities to aggregate demand across the Time Warner enterprise (HBO, AOL, NewLine, Time Inc.) to maximize enterprise-spending power, and add value to the company’s.
• Led a cross-functional team in the development of processes and tools improve documentation and monitoring of the procurement cycle for IT equipment and services. Recognized Warner Bros. Executive Management, receiving.
• Liaison to diverse vendors for negotiation of consulting agreements, service contracts, and value-added programs for effective cost control and procedural streamlining.
• Direct involvement with company officers in the management of multiple projects.

Beverly Hills, CA., US

• Managing the procurement cycle and related contracts for all computer hardware, software licensing and maintenance for a 1,200-employee base worldwide.
• Responsibilities include he complete procurement and maintenance cycle for the company’s office equipment, audio-visual equipment, paging services, and telecommunications equipment.
• Liaison to diverse vendors for negotiation of company-wide leases, service contracts, and value-added programs for effective cost control and procedural streamlining.
• Direct involvement with company officers in the management of multiple projects.
• Team member and “Super User” for the company’s SAP financial software implementation and training during phases 1 through 3 of the implementation cycle (7/1998 – 5/2002).
• Total annual purchasing volume for all commodities of $10 million.

Bm, Business Management

Certificate, Certified Purchasing Manager