PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development & implementation of regional sourcing strategies for FM services.
• Worked with Senior management to rationalize the company Supply Base
• Created & trained others on new ways to Increase operational efficiency and improve supplier quality.
• Managed the supplier /contractor facilities process.
• Prepared & maintained critical contracts with national/regional service providers in accordance with company standards.
• Developed & coordinated global sourcing process and practices with internal stakeholders.
• Maintained critical relationships with preferred vendors through co-beneficiary contract negotiations and vendor management.
• Assisted in establishing requirements for the integrity of the centralized facilities procurement database system.
• Built Analytical excel based procurement tools to compare price, location, and percentage.
• Participates in approved or sponsored procurement organizations or related initiatives.
• Participated in interviews of key internal stakeholders/business owners to define contractional facilities specifications and requirements.
• Developed programs and assists in employees in company-wide procurement procedures.
• Built regional playbooks and other organizational materials with respect to regional procurement strategies and processes.
• Assisted in building a Supplier Performance Management template for Chicago.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Senior Procurement Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in cross divisional strategic sourcing actives for the acquisition of goods and services.
• Prepare reports, performs spend analysis and benchmarks category spend.
• Participate in the sourcing, negotiation, contracting and vendormanagement processes by analyzing key data from various sources,
• Collect and analyze data from disparate internal and external sources
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) meetings w/suppliers and Internal Stakeholders/Business owners
• Generate supplier performance reports for established metrics & overall program monitoring
• Developed risk assessments, competitive intelligence, and best practice with project management to drive efficiencies and guide project to completion.
• Assisted in testing, documenting, and of the Ariba to Oracle system Conversion.
• Maintain Corporate Strategic Sourcing databases
• Participate in interviews of key internal stakeholders/business owners to define specifications and requirements including.
• Assist in the development of financial models to support the sourcing process.
• Development of business process strategies & workflow documentation associated with total cost
• Assist in the development of financial and/or analytical models to
• Comply w/ HIPAA, Diversity Principles, Corporate Integrity & Compliance Programs
• Created workplace manual of system issues, and Supply chain efficiencies
• Maintained effective communication with management regarding.

Confidential - Hoffman Estates, IL

Senior Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Drive and/or execute sourcing strategy and initiatives, cost reduction, and procurement process improvement opportunities for assigned categories or responsibilities
• Assisted Senior Management on Auditing 700-million-dollar category spend.
• CDK Supply Chain Liaison to Internal and External Customers
• Support internal customers and build good working relationship internally & externally
• Assisted Senior Management to identify and review supply strategy and processes.
• Led a companywide Category Management Cost saving initiative with project managemet to a 16m drop in cross category spend in 4 months to help senior executive management align the current state of operation with the new company strategies.
• Evaluates vendor cost and Services via Previous year Spend
• Strategic sourcing Review on CDK Transportation and logistics category vendors
• Worked with senior executive management on contract redundancies
• Assisted on Companywide RFX initiatives and creation
• Led a Project management team build new Global Logistics apparatus
• Created workplace manual of system issues, and Supply chain efficiencies
• Develop and implement efficiency tools for supply chain Department
• Assisted in Issue Escalation for internal customers
• Provides financial analysis of transactions, reports, and misc. tasks as required
• Project manager teamed with others to execute multiple Program implementations
• Assisted in testing of the Current and new ERP systems onboarded.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Senior Contract Admin - IT

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Government and local Contract renewals
• Conducted contract audits for Spend & Augmentation
• Regularly checking the contract management system for renewals & re-bids
• Built customized procurement spend system for EPIC ERP system
• Project manager in implementing & Testing ERP system “EPIC” company wide
• Created workplace manual of system issues, and Supply chain efficiencies
• Secondary Contact for IT related procurement contracts and projects
• Assisted on Item/Price/Service negations with external vendors for contract creation
• Built Excel based ERP system for finance & procurement use during system outages
• Wrote & submitted custom crafted Participation Agreements with the NPO
• Assisted on RFP’s & RFQ’s Per Dept.’s Sourcing needs
• SOW,MSA renewal, augmentation, and processing
• Created a contract tracker database for new contracts, renewals, and amendments
• of insurance checks for Federal Compliance
• Partnered with FRB diversity dept for creation of diversity SharePoint site.
• Identified & submitted efficiencies to drive process improvement
• Constructed Procurement Tutorial for spend Tracking, contracts and buying
• Audited COI records for expirations & accuracy of coverage

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Category Manager - IT indirect

Responsibilities:

• SOW Review & Processing
• Create and Sent RFQ’s to preferred vendors
• Responsible for procuring various Technical (software, computers, & licenses)
• Procurement Liaison between HQ and nationwide stations
• Negotiated Indirect Vendor Contracts
• Recording Opex Savings per station on weekly Station by Station report
• Manager of 1 Individual In Procurement
• Bought & Managed Licenses for all Software in the Company
• Setup & Audited Vendor Information within PeopleSoft
• Created & sent RFP’s to potential new vendors based on benefit & capability
• Managed Procurement Buyer Group of 3
• PeopleSoft Trainer to new employees
• Assisted on direct report for senior management

Confidential - Lincolnshire, IL

Senior Buyer - IT

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for procuring various Technical (software, computers, & licenses) resources for R&D dept.
• Managing R&D Inventory worth 3 million Monthly
• Product Research for proper Software Development Progression
• Created & Maintained Capital expense Vendor sourcing savings log
• Bought & Managed Licenses for all Software in the Company
• Setup & Audited Vendor Information within Oracle
• Architected a Capital Expense Strategic Sourcing Process to Reduce Cost.
• Assisted A/P with Contract enforcement through vendor communications
• Promoted to part time Trainer due to High Performance s
• Oracle Procurement Trainer for MSI to Zebra Employees

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

Category Resource Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Sarbanes-Oxley report Auditing
• Earned Rating 2 (scale 1 - 5), “Exceeds Requirements” in Performance review
• Responsible for buying a variety of food (dry, frozen, and cooler) inventory worth 1 Million weekly for 9 Confidential Divisions
• Assisted Category Management Negotiate vendor contracts
• Assisted Category Management with RFI Creation and Submission.
• Managed product supply purchasing for Hospitals
• Worked with Project management to develop targets for appropriate inventory levels
• Contract Auditing for compliance recognition
• Acted as Point of contact for 3 Confidential Northern Divisions
• Forecasted demand inventories, including independent inventories for distribution
• Execute monthly market analysis buy-in opportunities while balancing the offset of additional expense from increased inventories.