Provide IT category and contract management services focused primarily on “IT as a Service,” software licensing and information technology related products and professional services to North America's leading business-to-business, broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products with operations in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Asia, Europe and Latin America

• Provided IT contract and supplier management consulting to operationalize and manage the outsourcing contracts and relationships with the global service providers of IT infrastructure services for a global biopharmaceutical company• Provided supplier management consulting on an interim basis to manage key strategic suppliers to the technology organization of a large insurance and financial services company• Provided management consulting expertise to various start-ups regarding development of business plans, research and opinion, and risk analysis

• Performed a combination of strategic sourcing, vendor management, contract management and procurement roles for the Kohl’s IS organization• Managed all aspects of IS vendor relationships from the initial RFx process to contract execution and ongoing administration including: deal negotiations; negotiation and drafting of software license agreements, hardware acquisition agreements, and services agreements for information technology related services; consolidating and leveraging total IS demand; issue management and resolution; and ensuring vendor performance through development and implementation of performance metrics and service level agreements• Served as principal contract negotiator and vendor management resource on all Oracle licensing and services agreements• Developed and managed vendor relationships with key IT global service providers such as Accenture, Cognizant, Wipro and TEKsystems for the provision of offshore and near-shore IT services

• Provided contract management legal support including: risk analysis; research and opinion; and negotiation and drafting of software license agreements, hardware acquisition agreements, and services agreements for information technology related services• Trusted advisor to senior management in the Corporate IS organization concerning software licensing and information technology related products and services and provided overall contract and vendor management expertise regarding the relationships with Oracle, Microsoft and IBM

With a team of 6 direct reports, managed the worldwide administrative operations of the department consisting of 120 professional and 80 support staff members across 9 U.S. and 5 overseas locations including personnel management, financial analysis and oversight, budgeting, information technology, space planning, CAD operations, docketing and records management.