Manager Management

Tanya N. Anderson

Manalapan, New Jersey *****

**********@*******.*** ( 917-***-****

Professional Overview

Professional in travel management, contract negotiations, project and

supplier management. Achieved success in data management initiatives to

support operational and business unit objectives increasing transparency,

creating efficiency meeting cost savings goals. Strong ability to build

internal and supplier relationships creating collaborative thinking and

solution identification to improve operations and productivity.

Professional Experience

Pfizer Inc, - New York, New York

2001 - 2011

Manager, Contracts and Travel Operations

2008 - 2011

Led implementation and technology alignment of $800M global commercial card

contract represented in 57 countries. Facilitated, multi and cross-

divisional/regional roll-outs of commercial card program to secure data

collection, consolidate spend, leverage negotiation power and enforce

compliance. Aligned internal stakeholders and card provider to deliver

global T&E spend reporting, reducing cash audit risk and maximizing

incentive from provider. Served as Subject Matter expert to provide

contractual advice, global spend analysis and created measureable

compliance metrics. Identified opportunities and created efficiencies in

process workflow to spearhead best practices across regions and business

units.

. Effectively negotiated and executed global American Express contract

which delivered, incrementally, $2M in incentives for the company.

. Defined strategic corporate card strategy to drive spend consolidation

to card program, resulting in improved expense report productivity for

colleagues as well as provided increased T&E spend visibility to

senior management.

. Developed and managed the commercial card integration plan,

transitioning Wyeth colleagues into Pfizer's global program.

. Led six sigma initiatives that streamlined expense reimbursement

process and improved cardholder communications resulting in 7%

reduction in delinquencies fee and generated $200K annual savings.

. Engaged senior management quarterly and annually with supplier

enterprise wide meeting, providing YTD progress of global strategy and

progress of contact agreements.

Business Analyst/Hotel Program Manager

2006 - 2008

Analyzed business spend and performance to identify, capture and report

incremental savings and cost avoidance. Managed travel agency and global

online booking tool contractual obligation ensuring compliance to terms and

procedures.

. Managed key business performance indicators for department's $8M

budget and cost saving Initiatives. Established and prepared quarterly

and bi annual category analysis and action plan with key internal

clients to review policy compliance, achieved savings, lost savings

and forecast measures for improvement. Reconciled and approved

monthly agency, travel security and online portal invoice.

Collaborated with internal audit, legal and shared services to

develop, manage and improve operation metric.

Tanya N. Anderson **********@*******.*** ( (917)

650 8549

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. Led global hotel program team, representing 70 markets to negotiate

best in class rates for hotel spend of $160 million, resulted in 5%

reduction in negotiated rates. Implemented and managed online hotel

directory portal, and internal communications to support saving

initiatives. Managed preferred suppliers for optimal performance of

negotiated agreements.

. Integrated cross-functional team collaborating with internal business

partners, information technology, and Senior Management. Identified

user requirements; assesses feasibility; analyzed costs/benefits;

prioritized

projects, integrates activities to ensure successful implementation to

improve business processes and business strategies. Set direction and

provide guidance for technical resources assuring business practical

design, cost effective solutions and successful, on time delivery.

. Improved adoption, compliance and procedure of online portal and

expense system by 8 percentage points. Engaged internal technology

and strategic technology provider to identify process improvements to

spearhead the new design, definition and implementation of identified

improvement. Through effective communications, focus groups and

training sessions there was a 15% increase in online tool adoption,

resulting in an annual cost savings of $2.5M

. Developed and conducted quarterly departmental performance reviews of

travel activity with finance managers highlighting saving

opportunities.

Senior Administrator Fleet

2001 - 2006

Managed annual fleet car ordering process of 12k sales forces colleagues.

Collaborated with key external vendor ensuring detailed audit of vehicle

selection availability and accurate selection of car replacement. Managed,

approved and audited collision repairs. Developed and executed annual

communication plan for ordering cycle to educate colleagues of process and

criteria.

Education

Long Island University

2007

Graduate School of Business - MBA, Accounting

SUNY College at Brockport

1999

BS, Health Science

Certifications & Skills

Six Sigma Certification- Green Belt

2010

Proficient in Microsoft Suite, HTML, E-Computron, Ariba, Cognos, GCE,

Concur, Hyperion

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