JESSICA

BARTHOLOMEW

Dublin, CA

510-***-****

ad1do4@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Procurement Manager with 11 years of experience in Procurement Services with a focus in Vendor Management, Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Management. Excels in spearheading process improvements as well as promoting industry best practices. Highly skilled in contract negotiation strategies to achieve optimal cost savings and outcomes. Committed to ensuring compliance and effectively mitigating risk. Strong background in contingent workforce management. Experienced in establishing, streamlining and documenting policies, processes, procedures/SOPs and training materials. EDUCATION

BA Communication University of California, Davis JUNE 2004

EXPERIENCE

Procurement Manager LendingClub Bank, N.A.

AUGUST 2021 – OCTOBER 2023

• Vendor Management: Managed end-to-end vendor management lifecycle, including planning, sourcing, pricing negotiations, contracting, vendor onboarding, procure-to-pay and execution. Cultivated relationships with stakeholders at all levels while managing high volume of new contracts and renewals.

• Negotiation and Cost Savings: Worked quickly but effectively to negotiate best available pricing and terms to reach savings goals while also ensuring business needs were met. Achieved significant contractual cost savings and cost avoidance by explicit reduction of purchase costs through negotiation, volume reduction, and consolidation. Obtained $1.23MM in savings in 2023.

• Contract Strategy and Management: Led contract discussions with business partners and vendors, reviewed and redlined commercial and operational contract terms. Managed new contracts and renewals, including project-based SOWs, MSAs, SaaS, Amendments, Consulting Agreements, Staffing and Managed Services Agreements, Security Exhibits, Proof of Concepts, NDAs and Contractor SOWs. Ensured all bank policies were adhered to as well as regulatory requirements in accordance with the OCC.

• Compliance: Involved in the risk assessment and due diligence review process of new vendors and ongoing reviews of existing vendors. Collaborated with Privacy, Third Party Risk, Legal, InfoSec and Tech Review Council to conduct compliance reviews.

• Training and Documentation: Documented guidelines and procedures on P2P, vendor management engagement activities and RFx framework and process. Conducted training sessions and provided guidance to business partners and stakeholders.

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Collected, filtered, analyzed and interpreted data to provide insights to leadership. Created and presented custom metrics reports, distributed on a monthly and quarterly basis.

• Vendor Categories: Managed vendors and contracts across broad range of industries, including IT Services, Operations, Professional Services, Facilities, Legal, Marketing, Credit Risk and HR. Senior SOW Procurement Case Manager Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group MAY 2019 – AUGUST 2021

Accounts: Intel, AbbVie

SOW Procurement Case Manager Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group FEBRUARY 2017 – MAY 2019

Account: Gilead Sciences

• SOW Management – Facilitated and managed SOW engagements from end to end. Reviewed proposals and negotiated with vendors to achieve optimal cost savings and meet business needs.

• KPIs/SLAs – Identified and defined KPIs and SLAs to track program standards as well as project scope metrics to ensure key business objectives were being met. Ensured KPIs aligned and were accurately documented in contracts. Reviewed data to ensure goals were on track to being met as well as conducted root cause analysis. Met regularly with vendors to review status of KPIs and created custom reporting to present to leadership.

• Vendor Optimization – Engaged in the continuous process of reviewing vendor performance by monitoring metrics and assessing quarterly scorecard results. Created a vendor tiering program to level set existing supply base.

• Billing/Invoicing – Established project billing models (T&M, OCB, Fixed Fee), milestone and deliverables forecasts, managed SOW budgets.

• Training - Created work instructions for all stages of the SOW lifecycle. Trained junior and mid- level SOW case managers. Provided compliance education to business partners to mitigate risk and worker misclassification.

• RFx/Competitive bidding process – Leveraged vendors from proven vendor network. Conducted strategic sourcing and managed the RFP/competitive bid process for key projects.

• Competitive Rate Analysis – Benchmarked bill rates and compared industry and regional market rates to aid in vendor negotiations.

• QA/Auditing - Created an SOW audit system which included a built-in mechanism with weighted scoring methodology. Provided training recommendations for SOW case managers based on scoring results.

• Categorization - Determined contractor categories (Professional Services, Temporary Worker/Payroll, Outsourced Services) and worked with business partners for workforce planning. Client Services Consultant PRO Unlimited

NOVEMBER 2015 – FEBRUARY 2017

Account: Apple, Inc.

• Compliance - Facilitated Apple’s business validation screening process. Conducted compliance evaluations to confirm qualifications and criteria to minimize risk of misclassification.

• Business validation - Researched company statuses to determine if in good standing. Collected and reviewed all documentation to ensure adherence to IRS and state regulations. Reviewed SOWs and MSAs.

• Training - Met with business partners to provide education on the purpose of business validation and independent contractor screening.

Staffing & Recruiting Specialist Emerson Human Capital Consulting JUNE 2012 – NOVEMBER 2015

• Recruiting - Managed Change Management Consultant recruiting process. Worked with leadership to understand recruiting requirements.

• Staffing - Proposed staffing recommendations for new and existing projects as well as cost- effective solutions to drive results. Managed independent contractor SOWs and required business documentation. Analyzed forecast and ensured accuracy, drove company utilization rates, and developed billable resource availability reports.

SKILLS

• Highly proficient in developing

and sourcing strategies,

conducting analysis,

presentation and implementing

results

• Ability to prioritize projects and

multi-task to meet deadlines,

changing business needs and

critical deadlines

• Strong business acumen,

understanding of industry

trends, and best practices

• Excellent written and oral

communication skills

• 11 years of experience in data

analysis and reporting

• Efficient in working with VMS

systems and software,

including Jira, Oracle Fusion,

SAP Fieldglass, CLM digital

repository system, Adobe,

DocuSign, Workday

• Experienced with Microsoft

Office tools: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Outlook and

Teams

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