Manager, Strategic Sourcing Resume Shelton, CTÂ - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Strategic Sourcing Creative, Adaptable, Passionate Professional with Strong Focus on Data
Proven track record of delivering maximum benefit to organizations using creative thinking and strategic negotiation in stakeholder / supplier relationships. Possess strong interpersonal, analytical, communication, and problem solving skills with extensive experience in project management.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Shelton, CT

Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Responsibilities:

Exceeded benefit targets (cost savings / cost avoidance) and worked strategically with suppliers and partnered with stakeholders to identify opportunities.
Gained visibility into spend and addressed tail spend in assigned categories by implementing AmazonBusiness.

Confidential

Global Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

Conducted sourcing projects and negotiated contracts in support of multiple categories, including but not limited to Global Office Supplies, Operating Supplies and Services, Packaging Supplies, Real Estate / Facilities, and Environmental Health and Safety.
Managed $52.4M spend in indirect procurement for 23 distinct categories, engaging stakeholders across enterprise and selling value of procurement where resistance existed.
Delivered benefit in excess of $9M to date by changing stakeholder’s position using eSourcing to maximum potential and implementing innovative strategies for tail spend.

Confidential

Senior Procurement Analyst

Responsibilities:

Performed data analysis and prepared monthly dashboards for Process Excellence team. Tracked key metrics in Enterprise Procurement department.
Identified root causes and recommended procedural / process changes, improving aged payables >60 days, decreasing from $2.5M to $209K in 4 - month period.
Reviewed vendor add requests by field staff, determining areas where preferred vendors might be used or purchasing cards could be utilized, reducing vendor adds from 613 to 332 in 1 year.
Managed enterprise-wide purchasing card program, overseeing implementation and testing.

Confidential, Danbury, CT

Manager, Customer Accounting

Responsibilities:

Administered Project Accounting system, including user / engagement setup, rate file maintenance, utilization, and project reporting; performed all duties related to Accounts Receivable, including billings, aging analysis / reporting, and collections.
Managed implementation of new accounting and 2 time recording systems, extracting data from legacy systems, tying out general ledger accounts, and training all consultants and subcontractors on time and expense entry and associated policies and procedures.
Decreased time to prepare monthly billings 50% by creating automated database.
Identified over $100K in annual revenue that was not being billed through audit of all customer contracts against system.