Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing

Stephen Ladd 714-***-****

Stephen Ladd, MBA, C.P.M., CSSGB

**** ****** ******, ********* ********** 92870-2231 714-***-****, *************@*****.***, https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-ladd-60474544/ Contracts Procurement - Supply Chain Professional with extensive experience in the administration and negotiation of supply chain contracts and procurement strategy in the entire lifecycle of Contract management to drive the supply chain process. I’m flexible and nimble to steer a process that is dynamic, collaborative and innovative in nature. I can step in with a flexible mindset and be very adaptive to a dynamic process. I’m a strong team leader with the ability to be efficient in processes and procedures leading to innovative, cost-effective procurement solutions nationally or globally, resulting in immediate actual cost savings.

+ Experience managing a diverse set of global suppliers with the ability to facilitate and communicate needs regarding; total cost, quality, delivery/acceptance and compliance.

+ Conduct contract negotiations and competitive bidding processes from Statement of Work (SOW), Request for Proposal/Quotes. Concept to execution/award through closeout or termination of contracts.

+ Create and develop Supplier performance accountability per agreed to Service Level Agreements

(SLA’s). Develop and implement efficient supply chain processes through a commitment to a Lean Six Sigma methodology.

+ Provide analysis, consulting, process improvements, and implementations that bring positive change to the contracts and procurement organization. Strong ERP (SAP, Oracle & Ariba) acumen with strong analytical abilities to drive category management strategies. IT Procurement Contract Specialist, AMPCUS - Contractor - Solidigm (January 2024 – Present)

+ Developed strategic sourcing strategy, negotiated deals, ownership through the contracting process (Ariba), defined SLA’s and determined requirements for ongoing supplier management.

+ Reviewed spend analysis and proposed potential sourcing opportunities, identified and lead e- procurement strategies.

Contract Agent III, Insync Staffing Contractor – SEMPRA ENERGY San Diego Gas & Electric (March 2022 – October 2023)

+ Managing the entire purchasing process for complex IT agreements

+ Assisting Key stakeholders in developing requirements and scope of work documentation.

+ I’ve established and maintained collaborative relationships within teams and suppliers to optimize Total Cost of Ownership.

Contract Agent II, Insync Staffing Contractor – SEMPRA ENERGY Southern California Gas Company

(August 2020 – March 2022)

+ Managing the entire purchasing process for complex materials and/or services.

+ Assisting Key stakeholders in developing requirements and scope of work documentation.

+ I’ve established and maintained collaborative relationships within teams and suppliers to optimize Total Cost of Ownership.

Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Oxford Global Contractor – City of Hope (January 2020 – May 2020)

+ Successfully developed comprehensive strategic sourcing plans, facilitated gathering information for internal data discovery, scope and specification development, market due diligence, and perform alternative source development RFI’s and RFP’s.

+ Developed compelling business case/analysis to drive meaningful change in processes to meet sourcing/strategic objectives. Proactively sought new opportunities to optimize current agreements to drive efficiency and cost savings.

Industry Experience

o Health Care Services &

Supplies

o Environmental

o IT Security

o Software / Hardware

o Software Development

o Air Freight & Logistics

o Information Services

o Electric Utilities

o Government

Functional Experience

o Supply Chain

o Procure to Pay

o Contract Management

o Vendor Management

o Spend Analysis

o Logistics

o MRO

o Facilities and Property

Management

o Warehousing &

Distribution

Systems Experience

o MS Access / Excel

o VISIO

o MS Word

o Smartsheet

o MS Outlook

o Ariba

o SharePoint

o MS Project

o SAP Purchase Order

Processing

o People Soft ERP

o Meditract

o nTract

o MAS90

o MS Dynamics

o IBM Emptoris, ECM

o SmartSheets

Stephen Ladd 714-***-****

Strategic Sourcing Manager, ASK Staffing Contractor – SONY Pictures (May 2019 – January 2020)

+ Initiating and managing strategic procurement activities, and contract negotiations to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improve return on investment (ROI).

+ Develop and implement sourcing strategies in various technology product (desktop, laptop, server, storage, network), service (e.g. application development and maintenance, help desk), and cloud-solution (Software-as-a -Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service) cycle time and improve quality to a World Class Procurement level. Sourcing Specialist, VOLT Contractor – Walt Disney Imagineering (Nov 2018 – Jan 2019)

+ Recommended best sourcing practices and developed a vendor management partner process to continuously scale to keep pace with the studios needs of production.

+ Initiated processes and procedures (workflow) from internal customers to key vendor relationships to realize full value from all products and services in an end to end process. Articulated best practices for by utilizing SAP, Ariba and internal systems. IT Contracts Specialist, Plan B Solutions Contractor – Hyundai Capital America (May 2018 – Nov 2018)

+ Contractually executed from an RFP a Managed Security Services and a Disaster Recovery program, while processing over a third of the Departments contract requests and providing significant actual costs savings.

+ Developed and implemented best practices in Technology Procurement processes to ensure consistent outcomes and best practices in the contract lifecycle processes to the project teams. Supply Chain Analyst, Oxford International Contractor – Vyaire Medical (March 2018 – May 2018)

+ Facilitated and collaborated with (FDA) regulatory, quality and engineering in developing a dynamic analytical model to support recommendations for SKU level relabeling timeline for medical devices.

+ Provided AD hoc analytical support with the organization ERP systems (SAP and SharePoint) sales forecasting, production planning, manufacturing scheduling, materials planning and (GMP) procurement.

IT Security Vendor Risk Analyst, Kore1 Contractor - City of Hope (July 2017 – January 2018)

+ Successfully developed and maintained the vendor third party information security risk assessment program.

+ Developed a security vendor contract assessment program to review PCI, PHI, PII and sensitive information efficiently to improve the contract and procurement cycle. IT Purchasing Manager, APR Consulting Contractor - Caesars Entertainment (April 2016 – September 2016)

+ Responsible to lead centralized sourcing initiatives and contracting activities for Cyber Security Software Agreements and Video Surveillance commodities.

+ Reviewed spend analysis and proposed potential sourcing opportunities, identified and lead e- procurement strategies for Caesars IT / Marketing / Gaming. Supply Chain Consultant, Robert Half Contractor - California CryoBank (Nov 2015 – April 2016)

+ Development and integration of the company’s ERP purchasing module, MS Dynamics.

+ Initiated process improvements on the organization’s supply chain processes, P2P, developed and implemented eProcurement processes and procedures.

+ Converted the organizations P-Card and T & E programs to a total business automated e- procurement solution.

Certifications

o Certified Purchasing

Manager, C.P.M.

o Green Belt Lean Six

Sigma, CSSGB

o Materials Management

Purchasing

o Remedial Actions &

Supervising Operations

at Hazardous Waste

Sites

Education

o University of Phoenix,

MBA

o California State

University, Fullerton

BA, Communications

o Coastline Community

College, Materials

Management

Languages

o Spanish,

Conversational

Stephen Ladd 714-***-****

IT Procurement Agent,

Southern California Edison

(November 2010 – September 2015)

• Developed and implemented procurement strategies for Corporate (indirect spend), IT and Services.

• Negotiated and developed custom IT supplier partnerships that assisted in the organization’s technology-driven solutions.

• Developed processes and procedures to monitor and track contracts using SAP and Ariba, developed and negotiated RFPs and RFQs for corporate-wide IT commodities and services.

• Managed and negotiated contracts (MSA’s) over $340 million for IT software developed services.

Contracts Officer,

Community Redevelopment Agency Los Angeles

(February 2009 – February 2010)

• Development and implementation of contractual agreements; evaluated and revised contractual terms and conditions.

• Reviewed and evaluated contractual issues and suggested legal remedies for terminations.

• Prepared Department and Contract Administration policies and procedures, and developed methods to resolve programmatic impediments. Continuously improve supplier performance

(Quality, Delivery, and Cost).

Procurement Services Manager,

QTC Management

(January 2007 – February 2009)

• Created and developed sustainable Supply Chain procedures and processes that contributed to the organization's ROI.

• Implemented companywide agreements for operations relating to MRO, logistics, facilities and medical supply services for the largest occupational health service provider in the US.

• Implemented a T&E module and created P-Card processes, resulting in immediate cost savings.

Procurement Contracts Manager,

Computer Sciences Corporation

(May 2000 – January 2007)

• Procurement Liaison for Raytheon, Motorola and Sempra Energy for the Global Procurement team

• Managed a high performance, result oriented purchasing team that consistently provided cost reductions and sound process improvements to insure flawless procurement cycles.

• Managed P-Card programs, on-line catalogs that interfaced with the organization's ERP system SAP.

• Negotiated, administrated and maintained the corporation's global contracts.

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