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Team Lead and Category Manager - Mortgage, Auto, & Consumer Loan Services, Benefits and HR Services

• Acted as trusted counsel and ‘hand’ to the Head of Creative Projects; aided in achieving alignment across a matrix of senior level stakeholders by offering insights and potential paths to consensus where appropriate• Proactively identified challenges that could impact the successful execution of Head of Creative Projects’ commitments; used sound judgment to bring relevant concerns to the Head of Creative Projects’ attention together with frames of ideas for resolution• Strategically leveraged the Head of Creative Projects’ time and attention; enabled efficiency and better results• Created and managed the multi-million dollar resource plan for standing-up a new IT department to provide dedicated development and tech support to automating the global recruiting and hiring process• Prepared job descriptions, role specifications, and assessment plans for hiring IT professionals• Negotiated statement of work (SOW) for multi-million dollar bespoke software development and support engagement; achieved significant savings through the transparency of ‘cost-plus’ pricing • Managed post-execution relationships to ensure strong supplier compliance with contractual obligations; quickly identified, investigated, and resolved problems• Implemented a strategic consultant wind down plan; incrementally managed high cost consultants out of the department org and significantly reduced the monthly run rate

• Created professional services category strategies that leveraged spend, incentivized suppliers, reduced costs, and improved budget forecasting for current and future management consultant engagements• Used a matrix project management model to develop and execute the sourcing strategy for a multi-million dollar corporate travel services RFP; adhered to mandate to provide concierge level travel support and reduce costs• Delivered strategic sourcing leadership on RFQ for physical security and roving guard services; achieved new multi-year contract with hard dollar savings on a multi-million dollar annual spend• Negotiated and drafted complex master agreements (MSA) for professional and IT development services, executive searches (ESA), software licenses (MLA), and technical support; coordinated closely with Office of General Counsel to ensure legal and regulatory compliance issues were appropriately resolved• Hired, managed, and developed cross-funcitional teams including sourcing analysts, jr. sourcing managers, business stakeholders, and specialized contingent staff• In a matrix organizational structure, proactively built strategic relationships with department heads and senior business leaders; fostered their commitment to consistent early engagement with the strategic sourcing team• Functioned as team’s single point of contact (SPOC) for incoming internal queries from project managers, departmental buyers, and budget analysts; provided real-time guidance on compliance with sourcing policies and procurement processes

• Conducted monthly reviews of offshore vendor performance metrics and staffing levels to validate that SLA’s were met and ensure accurate billing• Managed the ongoing forecasting of staffing requirements across multiple staffing pools

• Managed all aspects of vendor relationships including vetting and selection, contract negotiation, oversight of contingent staff engagements, and general contract administration• Designed firm’s initial procurement process and drafted standardized contract documents, significantly decreasing the cycle time for finalizing vendor engagements

UBS Americas launched the Business & Diversity Partnerships Group in Q1 of 2006. The team was responsible for initiating, building and cultivating relationships with diverse-owned vendors, corporations, money managers, and our clients. The department’s cross-firm approach focused on partnering with business units to facilitate vendor and banking introductions to deliver increased participation in addition to identifying and developing relationships with industry and professional organizations. The dynamic strategy helped achieve corporate, inclusion and awareness goals.• Developed vendor evaluation and opportunity assessment strategy to meet Chief Procurement Officer’s goal of improving engagement with diverse-owned vendors• Analyzed sub-categories of approximately $500MM in external spend to discover areas where diverse-owned vendors were potentially underrepresented• Improved the quality of firm’s cross-departmental vendor spend data, facilitating more holistic analysis of how diverse-owned vendors could be effectively represented in the global vendor pool• Identified and communicated to internal stakeholders aspects of the firm’s organization and culture that were potentially hampering engagement with diverse-owned vendors

UBS Global Strategic Cost Containment and Management Group (2006 - 2008)Director – Professional Services Procurement for Fixed Income Rates and Currencies Group • Oversaw the sourcing and management of the group’s professional services; achieved incremental savings above contractual rate cards by aggressively seeking prompt payment discounts • Negotiated $6MM in professional services and software licenses to support the implementation of software solutions that facilitated fast track regulatory approval of a new Mexican banking license; time sensitive project was completed ahead of schedule and within budget• Achieved $9MM in cost savings by renegotiating pricing terms on renewals of legacy IT contracts for professional services and software that supported group’s operationsUBS Global Offshoring and Outsourcing Group (2002 - 2006) Associate Director – Strategic Sourcing, Sr. Project Manager • Managed the post-merger consolidation of multiple near-shore technical support centers into a single near-shore support location; reduced overall costs while stabilizing and improving vendor service levels for three newly acquired business unitsUBS Americas Corporate Sourcing Group (2000 - 2002)Associate Director – Corporate Sourcing, Project Manager• Negotiated professional service contracts, software licenses, and market data agreements for a newly acquired energy trading business; achieved significant overall savings on operating costs

• Achieved $700K in negotiated savings and cost avoidance on projects that were terminated for convenience