Manager Software

BRENT LAMMERS * John Court• Highland, New York ***28

845-***-**** *******@*********.***

SUMMARY

Accomplished procurement professional with international experience in the sourcing of

computer hardware, licensing of commercial and developed software, and professional services.

Experience at a Fortune 50 finance firm as well as with IBM.

HIGHLIGHTS OF DELIVERABLES

• Implemented procurement best-practices by sourcing and introducing an on-line contract

management system and establishing a global procurement web-site.

Negotiated multi-million dollar contracts with major software publishers such as IBM, Microsoft and

Oracle resulting in major cost savings as well as advantageous terms and conditions.

• Served as the U.S. representative on two IBM global procurement councils (Active, optic

and passive components, and cables & connectors.

STRENGTHS

Adept at building alliances between divergent groups: internal organizations, external suppliers

and customers. Confident and effective negotiatior with the ability to obtain the best value for the

firm while maintaining the good will of the supplier. In-depth understanding of complex financial

and legal contractual issues. Ability to maintain a global perspective while paying attention to

detail.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Bloomberg LP, New York, NY 2005 to Present

IT Purchasing Team Leader

Senior member of IT Procurement department for software and technical consulting services working

closely with various stakeholder groups such as Research and Development and Broadcast on key

technical projects. Manage a group of senior purchasing contract negotiators.

AXA FINANCIAL, New York, NY 2000 to 2004

Senior Manager

Global Manager for IT procurement of software and consulting services for group consisting of

130,000 employees across all subsidiaries.

• Represented procurement as a voting member of the global IT architecture group to source and

implement standards for software and consulting services.

Led and successfully concluded international negotiations for IT projects with major vendors.

• Consulting projects were focused on outsourcing IT projects to both offshore and onshore

vendors.

IBM CORPORATION, Poughkeepsie, New York 1977 - 2000

Procurement Professional

1997 - 2000

• Contracts administrator for commercially available software.

• Negotiated volume purchase software license, maintenance and service agreements on a global basis as well as assist in

negotiating strategic outsourcing engagements for IBM Global Services.

Global Commodity Manager

1995 -1997

• Served as Global Commodity Manager for two Commodity Councils.

• Negotiated long-term contracts with international suppliers for several commodities in the United

States, France, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Buyer/Contracts Administrator

1993 - 1995

• Streamlined the cable ordering process and reduced premium shipping costs by 85%.

• Processed field cable orders and arranging for cable vendors to direct ship the order on or before the required date at the

customer location.

• Assisted production buyers in completing negotiations on hardware development, hardware

purchase, and confidentiality agreements.

• Implemented on-line contracts tracking system.

Scheduling Department Team Leader

1977 - 1993

• Managed a team of 12 schedulers who were responsible to accept field orders for upgrades to installed mainframe

computers, and ensure the timely and accurate shipment of the upgrades.

EDUCATION

MARIST COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, NY

Bachelor of Science 1998

Integrative major in Business Administration and Paralegal Studies.

GPA: 3.54.

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