IT and Procurement Senior Leader

Gregory S. Matkovich

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BUSINESS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Successfully consolidate and centralize procurement functions, establish category strategies, develop and

negotiate contracts.

Accomplished senior level executive with a history of transforming organizations by driving company savings and

process improvements, implementing world class sourcing strategies and practices, reducing costs, and improving efficiencies.

Sourcing and procurement subject matter expert skilled at developing and executing well defined strategic plans, redefining

supplier relationships to enhance competitive standing, and hiring and developing key supply chain talent. Comprehensive

knowledge of procurement and contracting practices as well as leading edge strategic sourcing technologies. Experience with

Fortune 500 companies in transportation and home improvement industries. Core competencies:

Procurement Best Practices Supply Chain Management Sourcing & Category Management

Human Resources Management Contract Development & Negotiation P&L Management

Cost Containment Transformation Management Program Management

E-Sourcing & Procurement Process Re-engineering Business Strategic Planning

Information Technology IT Operations Leadership Risk Reduction

Best Practices Implementation Training & Mentoring Software Licensing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 2011 – 2013

Nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer by

fighting cancer on all fronts: research, education, advocacy and patient services with a presence in all 50

states and over 3,000,000 staff and volunteers.

Senior Director: Technology Sourcing and Contract Management Recruited as one of the initial members

of the team to develop and implement a Sourcing function. Lead 12 Divisions with $450 million

overall spend. Direct 13 sourcing and contract managers and 20 indirect reports. Develop and

execute sourcing strategies across diverse geographies and lines of business.

• Delivered an average of 57% savings on spend under management by creating sourcing

opportunities and driving sourcing initiatives that freed cash flow to be allocated to constituent

focused mission based activities.

• Increased year-over-year savings 400% through competitive bidding, supplier contract

(re-)negotiation, reduced demand, and process reengineering.

• Eliminated $5 million in FTE costs annually through centralization of procurement and

contracting activities resulting in the reduction of 90+ redundant positions.

• Decreased maverick technology spending 90% through procurement policies, processes,

and controls;

partnered with IT on identification and maximization of sourcing opportunities.

• Successfully negotiated software licensing deals with large vendors (eg: Oracle, Microsoft, HP,

Cisco, Dell) as well as smaller vendors (eg: MobileIron, CommVault, Tangoe) resulting in

savings of between 30% - 95%.

• Created IT category team; recruited, hired and trained strategic sourcing professionals with

cross-functional

expertise in sourcing strategy, IT and business operations.

• Converted supply chain team into a highly integrated business unit that gained buy-in

of key stakeholders and cross-functional teams to lead seven step sourcing process resulting in

improved project definition, requirements development, RFx’s, vendor selection criteria and

scorecards, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis of solution alternatives, contracting, and

implementation while delivering the best overall value balancing quality, costs, risks, revenue and

efficiency.

• Previous positions at American Cancer Society: Director, Strategic Sourcing (09/2012 –

09/2013), Strategic Sourcing Manager (05/2011 – 09/2012)

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA 2005 – 2011

The world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer with $75 billion in revenue, 2,260 stores in the

U.S., Canada and Mexico and 340,000 employees; a Fortune 50 company.

Manager: IT Strategic Sourcing Executed strategic planning, development, and implementation of

standard programs, policies, and systems that reduced costs, increased efficiencies, and drove

bottom-line performance. Led technology sourcing groups, created and deployed sourcing strategies,

and partnered with executive leadership to implement sourcing programs.

• Delivered $50 million in savings against $225 million in annual spend through

effectively leading sourcing initiatives and identifying the solutions providing the best value to

the business.

• Delivered $30 million in savings against a $100 million Managed Print Services project

that also resulted in operational efficiencies for over 300,000 store associates.

• Gained competitive advantage, drove bottom-line results, and significantly cut costs

by initiating and leading process improvements that standardized IT sourcing activities and

reduced cycle time for sourcing events.

• Improved supplier management, contained spend, and mitigated risk by leading

development and execution of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal IT teams and lines of business to drive

requirements gathering and ensure the implemented solution(s) meet or exceed requirements.

• Pursued and developed strong supplier alliances; successfully negotiated multimillion-

dollar vendor contracts.

• Recipient of 7 Homer Awards presented by executive team for performance and customer

service excellence.

• Previous position at the Home Depot: Senior Systems Engineer

Delta Air Lines (Delta Technology), Atlanta, GA

1997 –

2005

Worldwide airline serving 160 million customers in 330 destinations in 65 countries with nearly

80,000 employees and nearly 15,000 daily flights; a Fortune 100 company.

Senior Systems Engineer: Led 12 person team responsible for field operations support of

networking and IT equipment at headquarters campus. Lead engineer responsible for platform and

software configuration, troubleshooting and support for multiple technologies. Responsible for

platform and software configuration, root cause analysis and support for multiple systems.

• Network administrator for 2,000 user domain, responsible for installing and supporting

all infrastructure/application components, servers, building & network switches, PC’s, printers

and peripherals.

• Installed and maintained multiple server based applications (eg MS Live Communications

Server, MS Project server) and consolidated software licensing.

• Mercury Tool Suite Test Engineer, responsible for providing on-site training and support

for SAP GUI 4.6c and

4.6d transactions testing by recording and building test scenarios/scripts for use in Unit

Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Stress Testing, and Go-Live Cutover into Production

utilizing the Mercury Tool Suite (QuickTest for SAP & TestDirector).

• Realized $1 million in annual cost savings by successfully deploying Microsoft based

client/server systems for enterprise-wide use.

• Reduced downtime of employees by managing team of 12 engineers responsible for

break/fix activities for developers responsible for supporting mission critical systems.

• Managed all phases of project plans and all scheduling and reporting associated with assigned

projects.

• Managed SDLC framework on all associated projects (Feasibility, Requirements, Analysis,

Design, Construction, Testing, and Implementation).

• Developed and managed virtual cross-functional teams of engineers, project coordinators,

purchasing agents, network administrators, and developers to ensure successful implementations

of new projects and/or system upgrades.

United States Air Force, Robins Air Force Base, GA

1988 – 1997

Branch of the United States military responsible for air, space, and cyberspace superiority. Top secret

clearance.

Chief of Deployment Support (E5): Ensured the war fighting readiness of squadron personnel by

managing the logistics of acquiring and deploying network equipment, computer systems,

communications devices, and associated personnel to support worldwide operations.

Communication & Computer Systems Supervisor (E5): Developed, trained and led rapid response mobile

communications teams in support of U.S. national security interests in friendly and/or hostile

environments.

Communication & Computer Systems Specialist (E1 - E4): Responsible for system administration and

cryptographic security of the largest U.S. Air force message processing system outside the

continental United States.

EDUCATION

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS)

Community College of the Air Force

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

INSTITUTE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (Member)

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