Sr. Global Procurement Associate Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY;

Twelve progressive years of professional accomplishments in IT. Unique skill set in IT procurement having served roles as a procurement management, IT sales consultant and as a procurement systems consultant.
Combination of hard and soft skills required to successfully develop, lead, navigate, manage, and implement corporate initiatives.
Successfully managed projects for the retail, legal, education, healthcare, and consumer industries focused on transforming spend from a cost center into a strategic asset.
Highly proficient Confidential interfacing with senior level management, understanding business processes, analyzing business requirements, designing and implementing solutions, securing stakeholder buy - in and delivering high quality results on time, on budget in scope in challenging environments.

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Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Global Procurement Associate

Responsibilities:

Lead business and procurement team in developing structured negotiations strategy currently being utilized by the department. Successfully utilized strategy to negotiate complex multiple year agreements with telecom vendors such as Confidential & Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential to drive savings and increase service levels.
Responsible for managing a cross function team including Sr level staff over 6 month span of structured negotiations. Successfully met the goal of combining VPN, OneNet, and MDA commitment over 3 year term, reduced firm commitment by 15%, and realized year over year savings of 18%.
Document existing procurement process and identify gaps, update and/or develop and implement new policy & procedures.
Developing and executing three year strategic road map to manage all of firms IT global contracts and vendors.
Responsible for creating, defining and executing supplier base improvement initiatives that align with firm’s strategic goals and objectives.

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

IT/ Online Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsible for drafting, editing and negotiating contracts agreements with business, vendor, and legal teams.
Lead and manage technology RFx process, including project management, development of online RFx, negotiation and award process.
Served as Ariba SME to Sears’s internal client to document existing workflow/process and formulate strategy to create and/or improve existing workflow/process in the Ariba system.
Lead all aspects of structured contract & price negotiations.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ariba Consultant

Responsibilities:

Responsible for planning, designing and directing cost cutting projects initiative, internal program marketing, building stakeholder buy-in and assisting in change management.
Aligning program management with implementation and customization of the ARIBA software suite, including Spend Visibility, Sourcing, Contracts, Supplier Management, and Procure to Pay solutions.
Led initiative to drive savings, gain better visibility, and secure greater level of service commitment for Confidential business.
Utilized Ariba’s Sourcing tool to successfully identified 5% savings on maintenance, 4% savings on future hardware purchases, and put in place a Confidential Smartnet contract management database.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Commercial Technology Consultant

Responsibilities:

Managed client satisfaction, closing over $3.4 million of new engagement work per year.
Maintained and managed critical client relationships including but not limited to C-level executives.
Created project proposals, statements of work, service and operational level agreements, cost/benefit analysis, TCO analysis, ROI and any other documentation required for projects.
Forecasted and managed project budgets and related financials.

Confidential, Elgin, IL

Purchasing Agent

Responsibilities:

Analyzed monthly inventory reports, sales activity pipeline, sales forecast, and manufactures announcements to make concise purchasing decisions for a $20 million dollar sales organization.
Prepared RFQ/RFI/RFP’s and analyzed bid proposals consistent with purchasing policies and procedures.
Conducted product/price comparisons, negotiated supplier contracts, and coordinated delivery logistics; ensured suppliers adhered to all contract requirements and company standards.
Interfaced with client to determine physical infrastructure and aligned vendor selection and contract management to suite solution.

Open Systems Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Participated in generating technical responses to customer RFP’s and RFI’s for closing sales engagements and shortening sales cycles.
Lead technical presentations and respond to technical issues Confidential client sites.
Created and maintained technical and conceptual documentation to help sales team.