Manager Management
Resume:
Kenneth K. Mullen
Franciscan Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
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SUMMARY: I am a Senior Sourcing Specialist focusing in the management of
strategic relationships with top corporate IT vendors and negotiating
technology contracts that have ranged from global master software
agreements, to an ASP agreement for the website for a major medical center,
to multiple agreements when building a data center. I have worked in four
Fortune 500 companies (financial services, retail apparel, hospitality, and
energy) and a major medical center. My experience across multiple
industries and contract types give me a unique set of skills that will be a
benefit my new company.
. Negotiated and Managed Domestic and Global IT Software Agreements.
IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Adobe, Mercury, Symantec
. Created Strategic Sourcing process at UCSF Medical Center; delivered
savings on high profile C-level officer generated projects
. Created Sourcing Legal Documents; RFP/RFI. SOWs, Hardware, Software &
Professional Services Agreements
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 2009 -
Present
BRIVEA LLC, Albuquerque, NM
Sourcing Manager
. Creating Strategic Sourcing Department
. Create templates for RFP/RFI and SOW plus HW/SW & Services
Agreements
. Submit RFP for Domestic Print Services company
. Negotiating Contracts with New Customers: Reference Laboratory &
Pharmaceutical Company
REINER ASSOCIATES INC, San Francisco, CA
Executive Consultant at State Compensation Insurance Fund
. Negotiating Enterprise-Wide technology based agreements
. Created All Legal Sourcing Templates; RFP/RFI, SOW, SW, HW &
Professional Services contracts
. Creating Vendor Management Office for IT
UCSF MEDICAL CENTER, San Francisco, CA
2007- 2009
Strategic Sourcing Officer for IT:
. Lead Strategic Sourcing MC IT initiatives; i.e., Enterprise
Architecture IT team created
. Diagnosed RFID requirements and delivered cost savings & regulatory
approved solution
. Negotiated Bed-Patient Tracking software agreement that delivered 20-
25 new beds daily
. Certified HIPAA contract language on all IT contracts
CHEVRON USA San Ramon, CA
2005- 2007
Category Manager: Manage Global Vendor Relationship with SAP, Oracle,
Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Mercury, Ariba, etc.
. Negotiated Global Enterprise Microsoft $30M Contract saving 10%
. Develop long-term Strategic Alliance programs with HP, IBM and SAP
with co-development
. Co-developed Legal Sourcing Templates for all of Chevron
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
2004- 2005
CARNIVAL CORPORTION Miami, FL
Director of IT Global Sourcing (Contractor)
o Initiated the consolidation of all IT Sourcing within the 7
global operating companies 3ea in US, 3ea in Europe, 1ea in
Australia) that report to the corporate headquarters in Miami.
. Initiated the movement to Oracle Financials for 7 ea global
operating companies
. Facilitated Global delivery system for CISCO products for all
Carnival operating companies
. Initiated the cell phone infrastructure installation on ships
from Carnival, Princess and P&O Lines
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FIREMAN'S FUND CORPORATION Novato, CA
Contract Specialist (Contractor)
. Negotiating Software, Hardware, and Professional Services
Contracts for Fireman s Fund Supply
. Management Department delivering 10-15% additional savings
JONES LANG LASALLE San Francisco, CA
VP of Strategic Sourcing
. Delivered the reorganization of Strategic Sourcing activities for a
total over $550m in annual spend for the Bank of America in their
Real Estate Property and Project Management groups programs west of
Chicago and Manhattan. Develop and implement formal Sourcing
programs including specification development, assessment of
supplier performance and benchmarking, identification and
collaboration with the supplier community, collection and analysis
of market data, issuance of RFI/RFQ/RFPs, facilitation of open
competitive bidding and negotiation/execution of national and
global supplier agreements.
THE GAP INC San Bruno, CA
2002- 2004
Vendor Manager, IT Asset Management
. Single Point of Contact in managing technology vendors: IBM,
Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, etc.
. Negotiate product and service contracts with strategic software,
hardware and professional services IT vendors
. Individual responsible for Annual spend 2003 is $55m, ITAM department
spend for 2003 is in excess of $350m
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CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. San Francisco, CA
1995 - 2002
Director, of Procurement, (2000-2002)
. Negotiated agreements that reduce risk and increase value to the
firm. In year 2001, increased savings to firm by $50m once the team
became involved.
. Restructured Procurement Team in Birmingham, England for 3 months
(Oct.-Dec. 2000)
. Participated on Management team and chose eProcurement provider,
Ariba, in 2000 and had it put on 17,000 workstations
. Procurement Department spend in 2000 was $1.3b, 2002 spend was $645m
Sr. Manager Asset Management (1998-2000)
. Created Asset Management department within Schwab s $500m a year
Technology Enterprise on technology solutions from Personal Palm
Pilots to IBM Mainframes in the Phoenix Data Center. Schwab was IBM s
fasting growing customer in this period.
. Personally responsible for $150M in budgeting, for software, hardware
maintenance and services in the NT, UNIX & Mainframe areas.
Purchasing Technology Manager (1995-1998)
. Created this new position for Technology acquisitions from within
Procurement Services.
. Governed Standards Committee (IT & Purchasing) for all Wintel based
products at Schwab.
. Integrated Purchasing and IT Management to acquire $350-400m per year
. Participated on Management team that chose PeopleSoft as a Financial
Tools standard
EDUCATION
. City College of S.F., AA Program Cinematography, San Francisco, CA,
. City College of San Diego, AA Program Business Administration, San
Diego CA,
PROFESSIONAL/CERTIFICATIONS
. Certified ITIL Service Management 2006
. HIPAA Professional Certified 2008
. CPM Certification "Tested" 2009
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AFFILIATIONS
. Director of Board of ISM, Institute of Supply Management, Northern
California
. ICACCM, International Association for Contract and Commercial
Management
. Caucus, National Association of High Tech Procurement Specialists
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office SAP PeopleSoft Ariba McKesson ERP Contract
Mgmt System
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