Thomas Maddock Email & Phone Number

Greater Omaha Area

Omaha, Ne

Leads the procurement of all services form RFP to contracting. Responsible for risk identification and mitigation, contract negotiations and meeting cost saving targets

Key ResultsAssisted with the rationalization of procurement functions during a nine month temporary assignment with Berkshire Hathaway affiliate NetJets, Inc. Key accomplishments included: review of existing contractual relationships, development and implementation of procurement policies, recommendation of sourcing and negotiation strategies to Executive Management Team. Continued to maintain critical Northern Natural Gas responsibilities throughout the assignment.Led cross functional NetJets' sourcing team to successful execution of a $300m contract with key supplier resulting in $47m savings from initial bid. Responsible for development of scope of work, supplier identification, bid process, evaluation of pricing proposals, benchmarking, development of negotiation strategy, appropriate senior management escalation and final contract negotiations. Management of sourcing team responsible for all service contracting at Northern Natural Gas Company, including savings of $19m (16%) from budgeted amounts. Key responsibilities include review of scopes of work, bid development, proposal analysis, and recommendation of awards.Led cross subsidiary team responsible for implementation of Oracle Procurement Contracts module, including defining project requirements, testing and roll-out.Coordinated the review of existing contract templates and development of new language and processes to mitigate identified risks.Led team responsible for replacement of 380 aged contracts with outdated contract language. Personally conducted contract negotiations on all major service contracts including risk identification, risk mitigation, development of negotiation strategy and required legal reviews.Negotiated settlement of a $1.7m contractor lawsuit for less than $150k. Key contributions included initial contract management and documentation, development of the negotiation strategy and settlement negotiations.

Assisted Berkshire Hathaway affiliate NetJets, Inc. with rationalization of procurement functions during temporary assignment. Responsible for contract reviews, development of procurement processes and staff. Led contract renewal effort with key supplier from scope of work development to final contract negotiations.

Overall responsibility for strategic planning, operations, sourcing, negotiations, accounting, financial analysis and profitability.Key ResultsIdentified, negotiated and led three acquisitions which led to a 100% increase in accounts and sales.Reduced Cost of Goods Sold by 12% through creation and implementation of new sourcing strategies.Analyzed pricing on all sourcing proposals for savings opportunities and volume commitment risk.Increased route efficiency by 38% through account analysis and logistical optimization.Responsible for client facing communications and customer satisfaction.

Held a series of diverse positions through fast track promotions progressing from entry; Key ResultsLed cross-functional business process re-engineering team (including key suppliers) to drive organizational change by implementing supply chain management concepts resulting in over $3 million in annual savings.Created and managed sourcing strategies for a $40 million inventory of tubular goods for Denver Region. Annual expenditures exceeds $500 million in purchases.