Strategic Sourcing/Category Management & Indirect Procurement Professional

Highly energetic, results driven, and resourceful professional with over 17 years of recognized leadership and experience managing third party most critical (or strategic) suppliers and associated supplier risk while impacting performance, growth, and operational efficiencies within various organizations of all types and sizes. Those span across many industries most notably banking & financial services, energy and utilities, information technology (IT), and healthcare/biopharmaceutical.

My expertise is in IT strategic sourcing, IT category management, contract life cycle management and IT supplier performance & risk management. I drive these disciplines with accuracy and focus to bring all aspects of supply chain operations in alignment with corporate business goals, project/program objectives, and technology roadmaps.

I draw upon my formal project management training and certification to routinely apply competency, discipline, and a strong organizational acumen to manage multiple sourcing events (or projects) and complex inter-project relationships simultaneously – always striving to bring each, and everyone to successful close – on time, on budget and within scope.

Am highly effective at contract negotiations and contract life cycle management – always looking to optimize up-front acquisition cost as well as downstream Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Proven success adding value and making positive impacts – both as an individual contributor and as a team leader.

Deep and wide experience managing all functions (or work streams) across the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle – from vendor identification/selection, to contract development, contract management through “holistic” performance management.

Was often referred to as a highly effective communicator with a “big picture” mind set and a keen “eye for detail”.

Able to integrate easily and quickly with cross-functional teams and adapt to fast-paced, competitive, and rapidly changing environments. A proven leader, Collaborator, and a “Doer”!

My Specialties:

Category Strategy development; Global supplier governance including Onshore/Offshore vendor oversight - from on-boarding, renewal/replacement through phase-out; RF(x) development and “end-to-end” RF(x) management; Contract life cycle management including contract negotiations and negotiation strategy development; IT Vendor Management Office (VMO) framework development and execution; Vendor performance scorecard and dashboard development.

I am highly “Ops Excellence” minded with laser-eye focus on improving efficiencies and minimizing (or eliminating) waste, process flow redundancy and delays - consistent with the Lean Six-Signa methodology.

MAJOR “FUNCTIONAL” ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Contract Negotiations

-Enabled $975K+ in cost savings for Western Digital via assertive contract negotiations in only six (6) months.

-Realized $1.9M in mitigated spend for CAN Capital through RFP negotiations within my first year of employment.

-Directly impacted $4.6+ million in cost savings for Synovus over a two-year period including $985K within my first month.

-Enabled $6.5+ million in TCO cost savings at Southern California Edison (SCE) over a 6-year period.

Operations Excellence (OP-EX)

-Streamlined Synovus’ Statement of Work (SOW) and RF(x) processes and reduced cycle time from 60+ days to below 35.

-Revamped SCE’s “Procure-to-Pay” process and drove efficiency gains by 62% over four consecutive years.

-Implemented SCE’s “Auto PO” capability and reduced Purchase Order manual work and cycle time by 60+%

EXPERIENCE

American Honda Finance Corp. (AHFC) – Torance, CA

Sr. Manager – Contract Life Cycle Management (Contractor - Individual contributor role) Aug. 1, 2021 to Present

Responsible for managing sourcing events of all size and complexity, and to drive cost savings and efficiencies across the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycle, while also mitigating risk to AHFC.

UFC Technology (Gilead Sciences) - Foster City, CA

IT Strategic Sourcing Consultant (Contractor - Individual contributor role) Jan. – June 2020

As a member of their IT Strategic Partner Management Organization (SPMO), I led several highly strategic initiatives for Gilead Sciences, a reknowned bio-pharma company and Pharma Research leader based in Foster City, CA.

Major contributions were to: a) formalize (streamline) Gilead’s RF(x) process; b) enforce Gilead’s IT SPMO 3rd party supplier-partner Governance; c) optimize Tier 1 & 2 supplier service delivery models via Monthly Operations Reviews (MORs), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR); and d) create strategies, models and frameworks, templates and tools for same. In addition, I routinely performed corporte IT Supplier spend analytics and provided recommendations and key insights to the IT SPMO leadership team around IT supplier rationalization, supplier consolidations, and more…

Western Digital Technology (WDT), Irvine, CA

Sr. Commodity Manager, IT Global Procurement (individual contributor role) Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019

My Area of Responsibily (AOR) consisted of the strategc sourcing and procurement of technology solutions and services in support of WDT’s IT organization; the various Business Units (BU’s), and WDT affiliates globally.

As part of this AOR I developed and implemented category strategies for Hardware, Software and Telecom. I have also revamped and standardized WDT’s competitive bid process to enable consistency, discipline and best practice around “end-to-end” RFP development and execution. This included bid response evaluations and scoring, negotiation strategy development; vendor capability and financial viability assessments; and much more.

CAN Capital, Inc., Kennesaw, GA

Sr. Commodity Manager, Procurement & Facilities (Team leader role) Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017

Responsible for the entire IT supplier oversight and procurement of technology solutions and services in support of CAN Capital’s IT Business Unit (BU) and Facilities. I managed all aspects of major third-party supplier engagements to drive operational efficiencies, cost containment, and “time-to-market” speed to position CAN Capital for leadership and dominance within the Small Business Financing “niche” market segment.

Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA

Program Manager, Sourcing & Vendor Management (Team leader role) Mar. - Oct. 2015

Responsible for all sourcing events in support of major projects & programs across the Synovus enterprise. Also responsible for Synovus’ Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier performance management program.

Senior Manager, IT Supplier Oversight (Team leader role) Nov. 2013 - Feb. 2015

Managed all aspects of Synovus’ IT supplier oversight and IT supplier contract life cycle, from on-boarding, renewal/replacement through retirement.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE) Los Angeles, CA Apr. 2004 to Sept. 2013

Manager, Program & Contract III (Team leader role)

Led the transformation of SCE’s IT Vendor Management Office (VMO) from a “tactical” and reactive organization to a more initiative-taking and highly focused, client service-centric operation.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

-MBA – Business Management – California State University, Fullerton (awarded with a 3.8 GPA)

-Certification - Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE) – UC Irvine (UCI)

-Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) – UC San Diego (UC SD)

-Lean Six-Sigma/Lean Management

-Conflict Management & Conflict Jujitsu

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