IT Purchasing Manager

ROBERT M. VUJOVICH

Duluth, GA ***** 248-***-**** adc3cv@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/robert-vujovich-5420b33

SENIOR MANAGER / CONSULTANT – IT PURCHASING

Accomplished Business Leader with extensive experience in IT purchasing, procurement, and sourcing. Highly skilled in forecasting, and tracking. Known for ability to understand the full scope of a project and driving operational priorities. Expertise in aligning effort and identifying opportunities within the context of strong P&L execution. Core competencies include:

Cost Reduction

Supplier Compression

M&A Support

Metric-Driven Focus

IT Industry Expertise

Project Management

Contract Negotiations

Team Leadership

Sourcing

EXPERIENCE

PATINA SOLUTIONS, LLC, Duluth, GA June 2019 – February 2020

Senior IT Purchasing Consultant

Supporting IT Supply Chain for large T1 manufacturer in its program to divest its lighting business unit.

Leading contract negotiations with numerous SW and Services suppliers to enable divestiture.

Engaged 20+ IT suppliers to negotiate Transition Service Agreements enabling seamless transition post Day 1 of divestiture.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Warren, MI 2015 – 2019

Global IT Purchasing Manager

Lead global Buyer team engaged in procurement of infrastructure HW, SW and services. Managed IT Purchasing support of desktop, mainframe, EDI, contact center, portal and identity access management functional areas.

Led contract negotiations with a major networking supplier which resulted in savings of over $34M over the 5-year term of the $141M deal. Utilized competitive sourcing process [RFP] expertise in bringing IT technologies to the business at market competitive prices in a timely manner.

Managed overall IT Purchasing savings forecast and tracking process [2018 $800M annual purchase volume/$91M savings target – Projected to achieve $92M].

Directed IT portion of multiple divestitures, e.g. Opel/Vauxhall, GM Uzbekistan, and organized the sale of unused disaster recovery assets, resulting in a $4.5M bottom line impact.

SAP procurement environment.

VISTEON CORP., Van Buren Township, MI. 2006 – 2015

Manager, Global IT Vendor Management Office

Negotiated and governed Vendor contracts, relationship management, and IT supplier selection processes [RFP] in functional areas: Product Development, ERP Application Development/Maintenance, Professional Services, EDI, Staff Augmentation, Managed Print Services and Spend Management.

Engaged stakeholders: IT executives, Purchasing Executives, Product Development Executives, Facility Managers, SMEs, Supplier representatives and external audit firms.

Managed multi-sourcing supplier selection initiatives. Met software renewal budget reduction target (8% reduction over 2013 budget year). Reduced maintenance renewal process cycle time from 6 months to 60 days.

Led Electronics Product Group [EPD] RFP to acquire embedded systems software development tools supporting EPD’s global footprint.

Negotiated contract, SOW, and supplier relationship with Treasury hedging supplier.

Negotiated and implemented contract for acquisition of Managed Print Services, now being rolled out on a global basis, resulting in over $130K/month savings.

Applied top-down, portfolio-based approach to engage key decision-makers; developed a zero-based budget strategy to focus purchase volumes on fewer suppliers; Used detailed “swim-lane” process models to identify redundant license renewal process steps and NVA checkpoints; adherence to calendar-driven follow-up

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CELENIUM GROUP, LLC., Troy, MI 2001 – 2006

Partner

Negotiated Agreement to launch a per-ticket fee, transaction-based solution to automate the process of issuing traffic tickets in Michigan: September 2005 – November 2006. Also, negotiated services agreement with client for delivery of electronic ticket-based services.

Project Scope: Deployment of electronic traffic ticket software in medium size municipality

Clients engaged: City Controller, Police Chief, IT staff, Project team.

Goals: Deploy electronic citation software to replace manual ticket-to-court processes

Results: Successful deployment and transition to automated system and process; Ticket issue time reduced from 12 minutes to 4, resulting in 40% increase in ticket revenue opportunity; elimination of tickets thrown out due to errors, elimination of 2 full time Court clerk FTEs.

Strategies/methodologies applied: Conducted time study of manual processes to quantify realizable efficiencies and associated hard and soft-dollar benefits.

Personal role: Program Manager start-finish; established project playbook detailing tasks, stakeholder assignments, and key deliverables throughout the Project, including UAT criteria and transition of ongoing system management responsibilities to client staff.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

KEARNEY, INC., STRATEGIC IT AND AUTO PRACTICE, Principal Consultant

Industry and Service focus: Tier 1 Auto; Operations improvement thru strategic application of IT.

HEWLETT PACKARD ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Program Manager, GM’s Engineering Workstation Program

Led a team of 120+ engineers and technical professionals in requirements development, supplier selection and the implementation of 5000+ engineering workstations and associated LAN/WANs.

DETROIT DIESEL ALLISON, Sales Engineer

Managed program to validate diesel engine application integrity for multiple industries, e.g. automotive, marine, industrial, and mining.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

oBiomedical Engineering Core Study

Master of Business Administration coursework, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Eagle Scout

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Past Member of Professional Associations and Relevant Training:

oCAUCUS International Contract Negotiations industry group

oSIG IT Sourcing Interest Group

oTechnologylawyer.com

oNumerous conferences dealing with best practices in RFP process administration, supplier selection process audits, Sourcing strategies, and negotiation.

oBusiness Law coursework completion as part of University of Michigan MBA Program

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