Strategic Procurement Professional

THERESA JONES

Birmingham, AL *****

205-***-**** **********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-jones-69b8a08 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Procurement Project Manager with over 12 years of proven experience in the finance industry. Possesses a comprehensive background in leading all aspects of the project management life cycle, to include creating, executing and revising project plans, identifying needed resources, assigning individual responsibilities, managing project scope, and driving the review and completion of deliverables. Demonstrated proficiency managing all aspects of the sourcing and procurement lifecycle, strategic negotiations and project management while utilizing a strong agile and design thinking methodology. Accomplished measurable goals while navigating the strategic sourcing and procurement of enterprise-wide services, technology equipment, hardware, and software through strategic planning, negotiation, cost reduction, and forecasting, while driving more than $20M in savings. Career supported by a Bachelor of Business Administration and the active pursuit of Project Management (PMP) certification, expected in 2019.

Multi-Team Leadership

Global Sourcing Strategy

Pricing Forecasting

Problem Risk Management

Process Improvement

Technical Project Management

Revenue Enhancement

Vendor Relations

Procurement Processes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Protective Life Insurance Company – Birmingham, AL 2019 – Present Strategic Sourcing and Contract Manager

Manages and sources key categories and contracts exceeding $50 million in spend. Manages complex internal and external relationships that affect critical business functions and cost structure. Program Manager for SSAE 18 evaluation for outsourced services, while developing policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines for vendor management.

Partner with senior leaders and business owners to clarify vendor governance, explore opportunities to create value and manage third party risk. Develop appropriate sourcing and contract management strategies and plans that align with stakeholder goals and priorities.

Manage RFx initiatives for assigned categories. Lead and manage special projects.

Formalize contract management teams, performance targets/indicators, and performance reviews. Drive continuous improvement through collaboration and innovation.

Support the development of policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines. Drive adoption and use of the best practice methodologies.

BBVA Compass Bank – Birmingham, AL 2006 – 2018

Procurement Partner Project Manager / Category Manager (2017 – 2018) Oversaw the strategic planning for existing contract and new project negotiations valued at more than $12M, while partnering in the development of procurement plans and the execution of tasks through the management of procurement partner teams. Identified/ prioritized sourcing projects within the scope for annual procurement plans.

Engaged in cross-functional teams made up of 30+ personnel in the development of sourcing strategies

Prepared regular updates to senior and executive management on the procurement landscape, spend and performance against objectives; oversaw the business process and reviewed improvement based on lessons learned and data gathered

Created service-level agreements and tracked their ongoing progress; coordinated with a myriad of areas to ensure all tasks were understood and completed

Category Manager (2015 – 2017)

Managed the daily activities and goals a sourcing team of 15 professional for the company’s Digital and Information Technology Services. Defined the procurement strategy for contract negotiations to achieve corporate goals, while developing short and long-term sourcing strategies in line with program goals for reducing cost and mitigating risk.

Served as the direct contact for executive management and vendors; led the negotiation of global agreements valued at up to $80M

Developed and recommended the most appropriate and efficient sourcing strategy for each project; maintained knowledge of products/ services in category space, supplier processes, and industry trends

Devised and implemented a team building and strategy; created training materials, conducted weekly meetings, and set goals/ targets for project completion

Senior Program Manager Senior Sourcing Manager (2013 – 2015) Directed the company’s national/ international purchasing and procurement processes focused on the areas of IT, hardware, software, and maintenance/ services. Developed and implemented strategic processes driving cost reduction across various business lines. Managed 40 large-scale technical projects for hardware, software, professional services, service level agreements, and consulting initiatives.

Implemented the identification processes for IT contract workers; established rate cards and created a preferred supplier list for all contractor services

Managed RFP processes, supplier negotiations, market analysis, and strategic sourcing initiatives, resulting in the successful maintenance of relationships with key suppliers to ensure they met quality/ service requirements THERESA JONES PG 2

Senior Program Manager Senior Sourcing Manager (Continued)

Managed and led all aspects of an international procurement process from Mexico to Spain; facilitated both an internal and external training on Mexico to Spain procurement process focused on managing supplier relationships, maintaining supplier agreements and contracting reviews with legal teams

Created, implemented and monitored procurement reporting systems and activities; ensured that best purchasing practices were being followed and orders were tracked/ expedited to ensure on-time delivery

Developed plans that assisted in establishing proper lead times and outside processing; established priorities for procurement activities to meet set plans

Senior IT Project Manager (2011 – 2013)

Guided the management of 5+ ongoing projects simultaneously, to include the creation and execution of detailed project scopes, plans, strategies, milestones, timelines, and schedules in collaboration with project teams composed of cross-functional members across the enterprise. Created, managed and executed detailed project schedules and proactively tracked, managed and drove the resolution of project risks, issues, and action items on a timely basis.

Partnered with cross-functional teams of up to 50 staff members in the creation of high-quality product development project plans and schedules to include tasks, dates, deliverables and resource commitments

Communicated project schedules, workload delegation and expectations to team members and stakeholders; liaised with project stakeholders/ leaders on an ongoing basis to ensure a smooth competition on time and on budget

Determined and assessed needs for additional staff/ consultants, negotiated with other department managers for the acquisition of needed staff for each project and set project expectations with both team members and stakeholders

Identified/ resolved issues and conflicts, identified project dependencies and critical paths, and developed/ delivered progress reports, proposals, and project requirements documentation and presentations

Managed proactive changes in project scope, devised contingency plans and disseminated data to all involved parties throughout the project life cycle

Led contract review/ selection processes, dollar capitalization initiatives, database updates, the collection of project execution data/ SharePoint tracking, and budget tracking Financial Analyst IV (2006 – 2011)

Supervised daily financial analyses, to include budgeting and forecasting for Operations and Technology groups, preparing monthly budget change summary reports, making updates to approved monthly budget change items, and preparing budget reconciliation reports.

Performed monthly variance analysis of non-interest expense line items impacting transaction services, loan operations, treasury management, information system, customer service, and information technology groups at each sub-rollup level

Handled monthly telecom/ PC/ application system allocations, general ledger accounting, the preparation of month-end accrual/ allocation entries and the reclassifying of entries to ensure accurate record maintenance

Managed Capital Expenditure Requests (CER); received expense estimate worksheets from project managers, entered dollar amounts into designated item category to determine annual depreciation, expense impact, capitalized interest and payback, and prepared/ delivered monthly PIP recon reports to Project Managers EDUCATION CERTIFICATION

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; Stillman College Project Management Professional (PMP); Syracuse University – In Pursuit TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), SharePoint, Google Docs, Ariba/ SAP, Agile and Design Thinking Methodology

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