Scott Leventhal

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE:

Morgan Stanley New York, NY 02/2015-09/2015

Contract Work

Responsible for managing all agreements within Corporate Information Management.

Accomplishments

Negotiated Software as a Service for agreements for several major vendor

Contract negotiations resulted in $1,000,000 savings

Conducted an RFP for Legal Support Services

Analyzed spend for office supplies and identified an additional 7% savings

BlackRock New York, NY 11/14 – 02/2015

Contract Work

Provided support to technology, marketing, and construction service sourcing and vendor management department

Accomplishments

Assisted in developing a Technology Professional Services RFP

Presented a cost saving methodology to Sourcing senior management

Wrote a white paper outlining a proven Vendor Management/Risk assessment process

Issued a procedure designed to reduce common sourcing errors (currently over 70%) that delayed contract completion

Bank of America Corp. Jersey City, NJ 2008-8/2014

Vice President – Sourcing/Vendor Management

Developed and implemented Scorecard/Vendor dashboard process

Assisted in development of Vendor Management best practices

oMonthly Stakeholder and Quarterly Vendor Reviews

Responsible for conducting on-site risk assessments

oEnsured all issues were resolved on schedule

Mentored new vendor managers on the process, procedures, and policies of vendor management

Accomplishments:

Promoted to Enterprise Critical Vendor Manager as a result of performance

Spearheaded effort to reduce risk of using single source supplier for mortgage indexing services

oTransitioned 40 million mortgages from vendor firewall to bank firewall

oIntroduced second vendor to eliminate risk single point of failure

oInsourced imaging to reduce risk of losing non-public information

oManaged and resolved all risk issues (i.e., security, technology) discovered during multiple assessments

oImproved original vendor performance to a high level resulting in senior management’s approval of vendor’s providing new services

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Jersey City, NJ 1999-2008

Vice President – Sourcing/Vendor Management

Structure/negotiate software licenses, hardware/appliance purchase agreements, professional services, market data agreements/equipment leases. Develop licensing models for virtual storage/use. Manage valuation of intellectual property portfolios/account receivable streams and inventories in sale/lease-back transactions. Led merger initiatives for above. Perform valuation analysis, due diligence and adhere to regulatory requirements.

Accomplishments:

Expert Imaging/Indexing software applications. Identified risk in using sole source vendor; negotiated agreement with second vendor to remediate risk; collaborated with senior management/internal clients to successfully migrate millions of documents to software repository

Conducted technology/resiliency assessments. Led on-site audit; ensured reviews completed within required time lines.

Led data center storage project. Team Manager in $50M purchase of Data Center Storage that saved $10M at time of purchase, and realizes substantial savings on electrical costs through heat reduction/energy conservation.

Server improvement. Developed configurations that increased efficiency by reducing errors in Ariba e-Sourcing.

Server maintenance tracking. Developed/implemented same date expiration of service contracts that resulted in fewer resources to track service contracts and timelier introduction of new technology.

Check 21 Initiative. Implemented digital version of original document substitute check-- which eliminated need for handling paper document. Selected vendor by reverse auction; negotiated agreements to acquire image-creation/fraud-detection software, and support services.

Campus and Global Wealth Management Initiatives,

Implemented firm-wide Sustainability Initiative. Saved $1M annually in maintenance costs by purchasing Multifunctional Devices (MFDs) to replace 1,000 personal printers. Ensured default settings to black and white/two-sided printing for further savings; MFD strategy resulted in savings of $7M in 4 years.

Campus and Global Wealth Management Print Initiatives,

Developed/implemented plan to replace 2000 analog copiers & 3600 aging color printers with 2000 leased MFDs & 1200 color printers in Branch and Campus Locations

Selected vendor by bid-reverse auction. Collaborated with vendor to develop customized scanning template that reduced print costs by $10M over 4 years. Implemented workflow procedures for scanning new client account forms and electronic faxing. Merrill Lynch Special Achievement Award recipient

Merrill Lynch Recognition Award for Outstanding Service, October 2001 for ensuring continued business activity post September 11, 2001. Expertise in e-Sourcing tools Frictionless and Ariba

Pitney Bowes Management Services, Purchasing Manager, Stamford, CT 1986-1999

Structured/negotiated hardware agreements. Achieved savings by developing models with credits and previously owned equipment. Conducted Request for Proposals (RFPs) for paper, toner and copiers.

EDUCATION:

Baruch College, New York, NY Masters in Business Administration

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