Sales Management

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PURCHASING/PROCUREMENT MANAGER/DIRECTOR

Process Improvements Quality Assurance Financial Management Contract Negotiations Workflow Management

Inventory Administration Vendor Sourcing Strategic Planning and Implementation Time Management and Prioritization

Q U A L I F I C AT I O N S P R O F I L E

Dynamic and detail oriented professional, with broad based experience in procurement, purchasing administration, sales, and

management operations; combined with solid IT experience.

Highly effective leader who thrives under pressure and possesses outstanding communication, analytical, organizational, and problem

resolution skills. Successful at reducing procurement costs by standardizing processes and optimizing supplier channels. Equipped with

expertise in establishing professional relationships with customers, vendors, and colleagues while maximizing sales opportunities.

Capable of adapting quickly to changing work and client needs. Technically proficient with Microsoft Office applications, ERP systems,

Microsoft Dynamics AX, Adobe PhotoShop, and Adobe Lightroom.

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

DATAPIPE, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS LAYERED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) PLANO, TX

Procurement Director Jul 2008–Mar 2015

Held full accountability for procurement and negotiation, vendor management, contract administration, and software license

management for the company’s commercial and government division

Took charge of purchasing all datacenter supplies, consisting of cable, fiber, and miscellaneous equipment and tools

Administered the reconciliation of the monthly software license reporting, which included $200K Microsoft Service Provider

Licensing Agreements (SPLA)

Took charge of procuring all IT related equipment and software under the general services administration (GSA) contract

Handled the preparation of all financial reports for the Executive Team, and submitted monthly service provider reports to

Microsoft, Tripwire, CommVault, RedHat, VMware, and Citrix

Provided effective solutions to all conflicts between purchase orders and invoices for the Accounts Payable Team

Managed general ledger coding on all capital and operational expenses

Offered direct guidance to the senior accountant in dealing with all prepaid expenses

Leveraged industry expertise in assessing and approving all purchase requisitions

Displayed expertise in overseeing a $50M annual capital asset budget

Career Highlights:

Spearheaded the negotiation of all service contracts, thereby achieving an annualized cost savings of $50K; as well as the

commodity based pricing with manufacturers for memory and hard drives, attaining $75K annualized savings

Played an integral role in optimizing the inventory control processes and generated new procedures to guarantee verification of

inventory stock before the execution of all procurement activities

Led the establishment and institution of a purchasing policy while complying with the best practice procedures to guarantee

alignment of expenditures with the budgets and contracts

Maintained direct collaboration with the Development Team in redesigning the inventory and purchasing modules through the

use of Microsoft Dynamics AX to develop a system that tracked IT assets

Directed the implementation of a corporate travel program as well as executed an on line travel booking and expense reporting

site

Developed a team of highly functional staff, which consisted of cross trained inventory control and procurement team members

Displayed proficiency in designing a corporate record depository, allowing an easy access to all executed contracts, stock

records, as well as mergers and acquisitions

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BROADWING, COMMUNICATIONS) AUSTIN, TX

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402 Dogwood Drive, Wylie, Texas 75098 512-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Procurement Buyer Apr 2004–Jul 2008

Supervised the maintenance of the HRIS data for approximately 1,900 onshore and offshore resources

Guaranteed accurate processing of on boarding for all new resources

Assumed full responsibility in conducting monthly analysis of the vendor’s expenses for all outside resources

Generated quarterly trend reports for outside contractors and vendors as well as oversaw all corporate credit card and accounts

Administered departmental travel program and activities

Provided exceptional support to the vice president of supply chain management, vice president of access finance, vice president

carrier sales, and the former Broadwing chief finance officer

Engineering and Operations Business Administrator Inclusive Years

Rendered expert support to all administrative activities for the Engineering and Operations departments, which consisted of

more than 850 employees across the United States, as well as to the Austin based sales executives

Provided direct oversight to the purchasing and requisition process for the Engineering and Operations departments

Took charge of overseeing the hiring; compensation; as well as promotion and termination processes of the Engineering and

Operations departments, which included preparation of all departmental human resources paperwork

Ensured accuracy in generating monthly finance headcount reports and maintaining departmental organizational charts

Displayed proficiency in facilitating presentation and providing correspondence support to all engineering and operations

executives

Monitored the maintenance of all sales hierarchy reporting to guarantee the accurate payment of sales commissions

Utilized the Salesforce.com in providing weekly sales funnel reports as well as oversaw the travel and entertainment approval

and reimbursement process

Completed the preparation of all materials for customer presentations and meetings

Organized and maintained meeting calendar for all corporate tradeshows while preparing briefing guides for conference

participants

Administered logistics operations for monthly new hire sales training

CREDENTIALS

Microsoft Certified License Specialist

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