Manager Management

KEVIN T. PREWITT

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

Business Acumen

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Market Analysis

Business Process Management

Vendor/Supplier Management

Vendor/Supplier Scorecard

Merger and Acquisitions (M&A)

Contract Negotiation

Contract Management

Budgeting and Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Financial Risk Management

Global Procurement/Sourcing

Six Sigma Certified

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, including complex Excel spreadsheets and Access databases, PowerPoint Word, Project, Visio, SQL (Teradata SQL Assistant), Hyperion (Essbase), Oracle-PeopleSoft, Syniverse, eCDW, and myProcurement

EXPERIENCE

AT&T Mobility, Atlanta, GA November 2014 Present

Chief, Contract Management and Administration (Global Connection Management)

Serve as a lead contracts negotiator, including conducting fact-finding sessions, pre-proposal conferences, debriefings to unsuccessful offerors, and negotiating of various terms and conditions for a wide variety of contracts resulting in the ability to effectively draft and negotiate contract language without assistance

Collaborate with cross functional team in reviewing global Master Service Agreements (MSA) to establish optimal terms and conditions, pricing, key performance indicators, negotiation schedules, approval process and compliance process resulting in the ability to articulate positions, issues, and strategies with Legal and Compliance representatives to ensure company’s business interests are protected by contractual language

Partner directly with assigned Country Managers regarding International Carrier pricing, technical information and market analysis for Global Management opportunities, to provide in-depth carrier responses and analysis to Senior Management, International Partners and Global Enterprise Customers in order to successfully secure business or determine feasibility

Develop and maintain an active dashboard tool that covers the full scope of data analysis usage and financial metrics for Global Internet of Things in order for executives to visualize data to make an informed decision on operations and performance

AT&T Mobility, Atlanta, GA May 2013 November 2014

Sr. Manager, Analytics and Reporting (Marketing)

Performed competitive assessment and market analysis to develop an understanding of the business needs and translate them into analytical requirements that were utilized to develop recommendations for stakeholders, resulting in their ability to make an informed decision on how to proactively market and price the Wireless Home Phone product

Utilized an executive dashboard to track, analyze, and report wireless home phone sales and usage data to spot trends and patterns immediately, and drill into details for the full picture subsequently providing daily and weekly readouts as a means for measuring success

Applied the statistical method of Exponential Smoothing, from a similar product, to forecast sales for multiple years in the business case for the wireless home phone product in order to manage production, stock levels and cash flow

Established, measured and analyzed key performance metrics by implement a tracking and analytics process to ensure all initiatives are set against measurable resulting in providing a method and process for course of correction to meet expectations

AT&T Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA November 2009 May 2013

Sr. Manager, Global Supply Chain Management

Drafted, reviewed and negotiated various client service agreements related to vendor’s products and services, including master service agreements, license agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, amendments, statements of work and work orders to meet legal, technical, regulatory and business requirements

Improved and strengthen sourcing power by identifying, selecting, evaluating and developing suppliers based on spend analysis, market conditions, contract expirations and technology direction for an average savings on individual commodity items of 4%- 60%

Utilized metrics, tools and processes to optimize sourcing efforts to perform end to end category management by analyzing third party spend, generating financial models of various sourcing alternatives, and performing market analysis to drive bottom-line cost optimization for an average incremental savings of 12%

Executed on M&A transactions and lead all areas of the Acquisition Integration Process for Interconnection Agreements including; identification, analysis, development, valuation, due diligence, project meetings, legal documentation, negotiations, communications and presentations through the execution of the purchase agreement to identify risk and to avoid expensive surprises

Developed and maintained an active, accurate, and searchable knowledge database for use in analyzing and completing RFI/RFP’s that increased our turn-around by 40%

UCB, Inc., Smyrna, GA November 2008 November 2009

Lead Manager, Strategic Sourcing Consulting – (Baxter Services, Inc.)

Developed and implemented strategic sourcing and vendor relationship strategies by managing the selection, acquisition and monitoring of contractual agreements for hardware, software and IT services to strategically position clients for competiveness, cash flow improvements and bottom line profitability

Developed internal and external performance management dashboards enabling KPI monitoring including benchmarking, metric identification, performance measurement, and target setting to ensure clients reach their goals, have accountability for personnel and programs for the success of the organization

Conducted spend analysis, analyzed supply markets, identified sourcing value levers, executed competitive RFx and led vendor negotiations to develop sourcing initiative across spend categories resulting in identification of hard-dollar savings opportunities of 23%

Prepared and presented revenue and expense projections for the annual financial plan, monthly forecasts, and performance reporting by participating in budget planning meetings, preparing cash flow projections using quarterly reconciliation and ad hoc reports to maximize the coefficient of being within 10-15% relativity to actual results

COXnet, Atlanta, GA January 2006 October 2008

Sr. Vendor Analysis/Business Development Manager

Responsible for executing technology category sourcing strategies and contract negotiations while ensuring operational execution of company’s IT category (e.g.: Telecom, Enterprise Licensing, Hardware/Infrastructure, Software, Professional Services) resulting in a way of constructing solutions that support both category and business objectives

Drafted and redlined contracts in accordance with Corporate Legal guidelines consulting with Legal regarding deviations from standards for such agreement types to include master agreements, purchasing agreements, software licensing agreements, cloud services agreements, professional services agreements subsequently reducing the turnaround time of the agreements by 20%

Discovered and investigated emerging technologies and services for fit and value creation within the online newspaper portfolio through evaluation and blogs of online strategies driven by industry which subsequently assisted in the company’s growth, production of better product/service offerings and increase the ability to serve customers more effectively

Managed a cross-functional team which included the individual newspapers, finance, legal, engineering, product development, marketing, operations, and IT to develop a consensus around and support for synergized strategic sourcing effort of all online newspapers’ IT spend resulting in 33% reduction in total IT spend across the board

Developed processes and tools (e.g. scorecard and dashboard) to monitor vendor compliance and report findings to Sr. Management as a function of identifying performance standards and to take action directly with the vendors to address deficiencies as incurred in order to reduce the inefficiencies of operation

Callaway Partners, LLC, Atlanta, GA November 2004 December 2005

Consultant/Manager (Finance/Accounting Consulting)

Managed a group of 16 consultants to work closely with clients to identify sources of financial data and establish the best method to collect, analyze and process financial data in order to help clients develop, implement and maintain financial control procedures resulting in enforced financial compliance consistent with GAAP and SOX

Managed a team that utilized analytical techniques to develop cost justifications, return on investment, lease v. buy and other such financial analyses by identifying potential financial risk and analyzing the effects of alternative courses of actions to support procurement decisions resulting in mitigated risk, cost management and operation improvement

Developed and maintained financial models to trend and predict revenues and expenses based on historical data, anticipated volumes or other relevant metrics in order to produce materially accurate financial forecasts, which was used as a basis of which healthcare facilities were to be closed and an explanation of why the decisions were made

Created and managed various types of reporting for claims cost management activity, including but not limited to cost-benefit analyses, administrative expense budget analysis and savings projections in order to producing and updating forecasts in preparation for senior management reporting decks that were used to proactively determine the direction the outsourcing of internal groups

Proactive Consultants, Atlanta, GA February 2002 October 2004

Consultant/Manager

Designed and built a reliable and competitive supplier base, determined the strategy for procurement, defined pricing strategies and supply chain requirements in order to develop, lead and implement strategic sourcing strategy that provided value, drove cost savings while maintaining or improving service levels as well as managing ongoing supplier relationships, which resulted in reducing supplier base by 25%, increased revenue of 12% and cost savings of 8%

Performed contract administration, monitored customer, vendor and company contractual compliance through contract closeout, including vendor selection, contract negotiations, and transactional technology purchasing, chargeback, and invoice reconciliation to meet business objectives in compliance with company policies, laws and regulations resulting the claiming of $2.5 million in discounts and penalties

Created and utilized performance based reporting tools (scorecard and matrix reports) to assists in vendor selection activities, including the development of RFx, development of proposal evaluation criteria, and selection of vendor award winners resulting in an overall improvement in the performance of vendors and a 21% reduction in vendors

Conducted on-going analysis of the Internal Business Groups, operating practices, and process flows and its various customers in order to identify improvement opportunities that were aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and presented this information to Senior Management, allowing them to realign and reset there goes to a manageable level

US Airways, Arlington, VA February 2001 February 2002 Manager of Business Systems Administration

Led a 4 person team to optimize the supply base and improve the overall value proposition of reducing cost while improving quality of service by developing and implementing multi-year contracts with standard terms and conditions, managing vendor service levels, spend analysis and fostering a strategic relationship for improve customer service, resulting in a $15,000,000 cost saving initiative

Managed the Business Processes Reengineering and redesign of sales reporting systems by developing an MS access database systems for tracking and reporting and leading a cross functional team to ensure accuracy and accountability which resulted in a 54% increase in revenue for Inflight Services

Applied analytical rigor to financial data, generated financial models, prepared financial analysis to make recommendations for revenue growth and/or cost saving opportunities and present information in a concise, relevant format for senior management to make an informed decision which resulted in the go ahead by the board of directors to merge with another major carrier

US Airways, Arlington, VA August 1999 February 2001

Finance Director (Management Program)

Created financial models and scenarios as a key input for business planning decisions in areas such as capital deployment, sourcing, product development, marketing strategies, and acquisitions resulting in identification of potential deal killers, asset valuation, negotiation of pricing concessions and verification that transactions comply with investment or acquisition criteria

Responsible for the annual budgeting/planning process, as well as the quarterly forecasting process, which included reporting revenue, margins, EBITDA, capital expenditures, and workforce planning therefore identifying opportunities and risks to achievement of budget and allowing the company to prepare for market volatility, pricing pressure, variations in market performance and stakeholder readouts

Managed a 8 person team that produced the executive dashboards to align metrics with the strategic goals of the company and to allowed sharing of key information between different departments in the company to ensure that all are aligned with the recommendations provided to executive leadership for planning and decision making

BellSouth Mobility Inc, Atlanta, GA January 1991 August 1997

IT Technical Support Manager

Education and Training

MBA (Finance), Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

JD Degree (Contracts), Atlanta Law School, Atlanta, GA

BA (Business/Economics), Clark College, Atlanta, GA

Six Sigma (Green Belt Certification)

Agile Project Management Certification

Business Process Management Training

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