SUMMARY:

• Procurement professional with strong problem solving and decision making skills with the ability to create and implement effective action plans.
• Talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems by controlling supplier cost through negotiations and contract management.
• Proven ability to manage all phases of the strategic sourcing process.
• Proficiency in Spanish, Accounting, Financial Analysis, Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, and PeopleSoft

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Oak Brook, IL

Associate Category Manager - IT

Responsibilities:

• Create and lead sourcing strategies for various categories within IT
• Align strategies with Global Information Systems organization to build on best practices, enable competitive bidding (RFx) and contracting
• Build and manage cross-functional teams for all sourcing initiatives
• Achieve operating expense and capital investment cost reduction objective through competitive marketplace analysis, total cost modeling, lifecycle cost analysis, and evaluation of relevant industry benchmark pricing
• Develop and track global procurement metrics including areas of spend analytics, requisition-to-payment process, operational efficiencies, supplier performance, and benefits capture to drive procurement strategy development and implementation
• Manage day-to-day project communications, stakeholder expectations, and ensure business requirements are met in a timely fashion
• Contract negotiations and management expertise with respect to creating and maintaining contract files, Master Agreements, certificates of insurance etc.

Confidential, Lisle, IL

Procurement Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-functional team consisting of contractors and Procurement members to define, design, and implement a Strategic Sourcing Process.
• Took ownership of the Corporate Purchasing Manual and updated Procurement policy and procedures.
• Managed a team to identify risks and areas for improvement in Data Management Strategy.
• Teamed with Business leads to ensure website data was consistent with company standards and up to date.

Indirect Supply Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated a Global Confidential contract for 3 years of voice and data services, resulting in total savings of $1.1M.
• Obtained additional savings of $500K from Confidential in the renewal of cellular contract, by negotiating for a lower pricing plan, more text messaging options, and additional early termination waivers.
• Worked with Proquire (business partner) to maximize discounts for Confidential hardware purchases. Total savings from hardware and service credits totaled $556K.
• Leveraged relationship with Cisco and CDW to finance hardware and maintenance purchases. This relationship benefited the company by securing favorable rates and longer payment terms.
• Teamed with Finance and Accounting Leads to bring all contract workers under the company temporary staffing program which utilized Confidential ’s Managed Service Provider. This will ensure that all workers are qualified and priced competitive market rates.
• Assisted Confidential in their Diversity initiative by attending the Confidential where I interacted with potential Diverse Suppliers.

Indirect Sourcing Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assumed Supply Manager level responsibilities to support the Indirect Purchasing department for 3 months while they identified a new IT Supply Manager and IT Sourcing Manager.
• Negotiated with Confidential, Confidential ’s preferred wireless provider for annual savings of $1.6M.
• Led the Supply Chain Finance sourcing initiative to improve cash flow by $270M.
• Utilized my negotiation skills to move new and existing supplier payment terms toward Net 60 days, positively impacting cash flow by $2M in 2010 and 1.3M in 2011.
• Contracted with QAD for their Software as a Service, saving the UpTime organization $200K.
• Supported the Parts Stabilization Program by negotiating and contracting with Compuware for software and implementation. Realized savings of $192K.
• Worked with the Confidential ’s Telecom organization to contract with Sprint Solution, Inc. Sprint provided a Custom Network Solution to improve cellular signal strength Confidential the new Lisle facility.
• Assisted in coordinating the IT Supplier Diversity Fair.
• Created Reference Guides and assisted with the PeopleSoft P-Card Reconciliation training.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Grower Accounting Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Pay approximately 6,000 grower contracts totaling more than $420M annually.
• Support Treasury in hedging of daily grower pricings.
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly state check-off assessment filings
• Auditor for seed physical inventory.
• Ensure compliance of Sarbanes Oxley procedures.
• Provided detail to internal and external auditors to remain compliant with audit policy.
• Analyze daily elevator prices for accuracy and significant variances.
• Month end closing responsibilities, including booking journal entries, accruals and account reconciliation.

Strategic Account Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led the Inventory Protection program for Agriliance, a marketing program totaling over $61 million.
• Auditor for Project MAGIC, verified 16,000 gallons of inventory from 30 chemical retailers.
• Reconciled 68,000 gallons of inventory leading to a timely and accurate payment for the product revaluation and transition of Confidential ’s program year.
• Compiled FY04 order lead times for use in analysis of optimizing deliveries of bulk chemicals.

Strategic Account Financial Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed financial analysis on strategic accounts influencing business decisions.
• Responsible for customer program payments in excess of $33 million.
• Prepared and analyzed monthly program payment cash flow forecasts and reports.

Credit Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Recipient of the Confidential Rapid Recognition Award for identifying and saving $1,000,000 of misconstrued discounts.
• Presented Latin America North with process and procedures of Confidential Team to help implement SAP.