SUMMARY:

• Procurement experience in requisitioning to purchase order, contract review, leasing, CAPEX and OPEX analysis, tracking of orders, installation, to asset management analysis
• Cross functional customer support experience assisting a wide range of customers at all levels: CEO office to union manufacturing journey personnel, dealership personnel
• IT Asset Management experience controlling acquisition of equipment, software, contracts, leased assets through asset replacement, eventual environmental disposal
• Project Management experience supporting customers with new IT Infrastructure and Operations projects, supporting customers and IT project teams with management reporting, project documentation, status communications, reports, budget tracking

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Support: MS Project 2010, HP Project and Portfolio Management System, Excel, Visio, SharePoint, Clarity

Call and Change Request Tracking: ServiceNow, Remedy Incident, Change and Task Management; HP Service Center, HP Quality Center, HP Defect Tracking, Vantive

Asset Management: SAP, LeaseNet, Segis, Contract Management Financials, ITAM, Excel, Access and other custom databases

Common Office Environment: Office, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SnagIT, Visio, Adobe Acrobat Professional, MS Accessories

Communications: Cisco Video Conferencing, Cisco WebEx Services, Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, Cisco IP Communicator, ABTV, Busch Satellite Network, Symon Digital Signage, FRED System, Polycom Conference systems, Tandberg Video Conferencing, Skype of Business

Data Reporting: Business Objects, Excel, SharePoint, Access, Crystal Reports

Financial Systems: Oracle Financials Procurement, Oracle Financials Accounts Payable, DataServ Accounts Payable, PeopleSoft Procurement, SAP Plant Maintenance, SAP Document Linking, SAP Procurement, SAP Warehouse Management System, SAP Inventory Management, Vantive, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS), various gift shop Point of Sale systems, work scheduling software packages

Print and Data Management: Xerox CenterWare, Canon, GeniFax, OCE, Xerox, HP, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Zebra and Lexmark printer systems, plotters, bar code scanners and printers, and multifunctional devices. Various laboratory print interface programs

Technical Support Systems: Various PC s and laptops, routers, switches, cabling, and small servers, IT Asset Management, STAR, BlackBerry, Citrix Interface, PCAnywhere, Windows NT Server, Novell, Intuit Quickbase; Mainframe CICS, VM, Putty, Point of Sale, WinShuttle/SAP, Anti - Virus systems Symantec, McAfee and Norton Anti-virus

Meeting Facilitation: Cisco WebEx Services, Cisco Video Conferencing, Polycom Conference systems, Tandberg Video Conferencing, Skype for Business

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Saint Louis, MO

Senior Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Management of requisition to purchase process of IT commodities: software, hardware, servers, maintenance packages, telecom, printer supplies and equipment, cabling, office equipment, statement of work (SOW) contracts
• Prioritized, evaluated, facilitated requisition routing to IT and Corporate Procurement teams for approvals prior to purchase, resolve issues, update, maintain and track purchase orders
• Lead focal point/liaison for inquiries from business community regarding Procurement policies and procedures
• Customer support for vendor web catalogs, Oracle Financials Procurement and DataServ databases
• Problem solving of Accounts Payable issues with purchase orders, invoice tracking, payment match, Fed ID’s, firm name changes, for a wide variety of vendors, IT project managers, business teams and plant personnel

Senior Analyst IT Procurement

Responsibilities:

• Procurement responsibilities from initial quote requests, negotiation and purchasing of IT Infrastructure equipment including servers, network hardware, software, maintenance and license packages
• Purchased and routed desktop equipment and software for hospital and medical offices
• Procured telecommunications equipment including IP phones, lines, cables, wireless, headsets, dictaphones and related licenses
• Processed internal billing purchases for virtual servers including CPUs, memory, and disk space, obtaining IT technical and finical approvals
• Fostered positive business relationships with internal IT Project Management and technical groups, vendors, and customer support teams
• Tracked orders from purchase to delivery including expediting, dock receiving, installation, to billing, and payables
• Processed return stock (RMA’s) as needed
• Break - out analysis of capital expenditures, (CAPEX) and operating expense (OPEX), and designation of appropriate cost classification for all assigned purchases

Inventory Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Material Control processes for cost reductions and shorter delivery cycles
• Maintain accuracy of IT inventory assets for financial integrity in SAP Inventory Control
• Maintain Asset Disposal Records through scrap, selling, consignment and/or loss
• Research network and server equipment for capital depreciation and inventory control
• Administer weekly and monthly asset reports for Supply Chain and Inventory Management

IT Contract Analyst/Engineer, Legal

Responsibilities:

• Researched dark fibers asset acquisitions for consolidation of multiple long-haul telecom firms
• Interpreted contract communications from various groups: Dark Fiber, Legal and Engineering
• Built dark fiber lease asset database from multiple historical legal and billing systems
• Mapped dark fiber capital leases for U.S. long distance fiber route mapping

Project Coordinator PMO

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Project Management Office documentation in SharePoint and HP Project and Portfolio Management systems
• Developed PM documentation, Change Proposal Requests, (CPR), status reports and budgets
• Produced weekly and monthly reports tracking expenses for personnel and equipment
• Procured network and server equipment and software for multiple projects
• Planned and facilitated weekly PM and other project meetings
• Project portfolio participation: Cisco Call Manager Upgrade, Data Center migration, Network Expansion, Drug eSerialization, new packaging warehouse, Email Usage Policy Deployment, Secure Email and Calendar, Storage Migration

Specialist I, IT

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT package budgets: $1.4M print/copy/paper, $1.2M software purchases
• Procured IT hardware and software including vendor analysis, creation of RFQ/RFP’s, scope of work, price negotiations, cost and life cycle analysis, IT infrastructure compatibility evaluation
• Walked purchases through corporate procurement process from customer requests, RFQ’s, automated bidding, vendor meeting and selections, cost analysis, requisition to purchase order approval
• Managed vendor contract SLA’s reporting of warranty, maintenance, service and life cycle reviews for hardware
• Facilitated strong customer relationships with Procurement, Legal, Finance, Tax, Asset Management, Facilities, Breweries and Marketing teams for analysis of business requirements for IT integration of projects
• Project Management for custom in-house print programs and SAP print conversions
• Second-level support for SAP Plant Maintenance, Document Linking, procurement, financial reporting, and accounts payable
• Provided management, customers and peers reports on project status, communications, monthly, quarterly and yearly budget analysis
• Coordinated business resumption plans for database backup process, working with DBA’s and customers
• Responsible for project plans, budget, general ledger accruals, executive status reports to business stakeholders
• Progressed through various departments including IT Help Desk, IT Asset Management, Print Management, SAP Support, IT Procurement