Sue Nelson Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing Responsibilities:• Manage end to end strategic sourcing and procurement process for global categories including but not limited to: Facilities Real Estate and Furniture, Global Security, Global Travel Management/Services, Global Corporate Card, Managed Print Services – hardware and program management, Marketing/Print.• Lead cross-functional teams made up of business owners, contract management, legal, compliance and finance in RFP/RFI issuance and program implementation. • Draft and develop complex statements of work and commercial contracts.• Drive change management winning the buy in of employees and senior leaders globally.• Oversee a global supplier base of 90+ vendors to manage risk and strategically manage spend. Direct ownership of key global suppliers.• Utilize data driven analyst to focus on total cost of ownership returning cost savings/cost avoidance to the organization.Recent Achievements:• Recognized leader in the development and execution of global category strategy/market analysis.• RFP development and execution in the selection of a new global managed travel agency. Airline, hotel, rental car expert. Savings of $856,000 annually.• Expanded global corporate card program with MoneyGram’s international banks to issue cards in Asia Pacific, Australia, South Africa, China and India. • Implemented Direct Signature program with FedEx to mitigate risk; resulting in annual cost savings of $300,000.• Global rollout and training of Oracle iProcurement system. Partner with IT and suppliers to implement punch out catalogs for global commodities.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Working with outside legal counsel, MoneyGram’s Facilities Director, and IT representatives contracted with major data center specialist to provide redundant power to Enterprise Data Center ensuring 100% uptime. Contract value in excess of $1 million.• Led RFP and implementation of MoneyGram’s global corporate card programs (Travel & Entertainment, Purchasing Card, and Ghost Card) for 1,100 employees in 35 countries.• Managed transition of small package freight program from UPS to FedEx resulting in 19% annual cost savings.• Led cross functional global teams through RFP efforts in the selection of a global real estate management company and a physical security company. Contract and pricing negotiation.• Responsible for regional RFP effort contracting with major armored car vendor to service corporate owned retail stores and high performing agent locations. Achieved 14% cost savings.• Partner with Global Contracts Manager to ensure expedient and compliant implementation of new contracts throughout the organization.

St Louis Park, Mn

• Through comprehensive spend analysis negotiated new small package freight contract returning an annual cost savings of $720,000.• Reduced offsite storage/document retention cost by 17%. Moved document shredding services to a new vendor resulting in a savings of 60% annually.• Managed corporate world wide teams to analyze demand, establish specifications, process, policies and procedures to manage demand for indirect categories.• Monitor vendor and internal performance against contracts, industry benchmarks, and previous baselines on a quarterly basis. Developed insights for senior management.

Minneapolis, Mn

• Partnered with IT Analysts to develop standards for hardware and software purchases.• Issued RFP/RPQ’s for special projects including Stock Ticket install/Lobby.• Responsible for vendor management, contract management, service level agreements.

Twin Cities

Retail Buying. Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer and Buyer for television, catalog, e-commerce and retail stores.

Bs, Marketing

Certificate Of Completion, Project Management