corporate contracts management, vendor management, & sourcing
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Louise Meyer
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Experience in leading corporate contracts management, vendor management, sourcing and supporting the IT, Operations, legal, sales, engineering, HR, R&D, marketing and services that directly have a financial impact to the corporation. Solid analytical, skills with the ability to apply legal, financial and business principles to the contracting, vendor management, sales and procurement process. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures.
EDUCATION:
Masters of Science - Procurement and Contract Management- Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
Project and Program Management- Certificate of Completion- University of California Santa Cruz - Santa Clara, California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Genentech Inc. A Member of the Roche Group- South San Francisco, CA 2012
Global Research-Corporate Procurement - Contracts/ Procurement Manager -Consultant
* Manager for key global suppliers and contracts management. Vendor Management. Responsible for over $70M spend and contracts. A Leader of sourcing initiatives for the Genentech division.
Aryaka Networks Inc. Milpitas, CA 2011
Contracts, Vendor Management and Procurement Management- Consultant (Position Outsourced to India)
A corporation provider of a cloud-based service that trims bandwidth usage and mitigates latency with optimization Tools for the wide area networks (WAN).
*Management of the global corporate contracts, vendor relations and procurement. Providing guidance on potential legal and business risks, as well as solutions in supporting the Corporate and Operations.
Cloud Computing 2010-2012
Leader, moderator and facilitator for the CSIX Cloud SIG. Focused on the learning and exchange of technical ideas regarding various aspects of Cloud Computing. A Keynote presenter with focus on the contracts and vendor management for Cloud Computing Services/Strategies.
Symantec Corporation - Cupertino, CA – Contracts Negotiator - Consultant (Position Outsourced) 2008-2009
* Identified over $30M cost savings through direct contract negotiations and management within in one year.
* Vendor Management. Responsible for global enterprise corporate contracts management, reviewing, drafting, structuring and negotiating commercial contracts, service agreements, consulting, hardware, software licensing, SAAS, IAAS, PAAS, NDA’s, SOW’s, RFP’s, equipment, outsourcing agreements and amendments. Interpreted contract language, analyzing contract baseline costs. Tracking contract correspondence including control and execution. Implemented strategic initiatives and sourcing to reduce costs and improve services. Implemented sourcing, contracts and RFPs/RFQs.
* Directly negotiated custom contracts necessary to execute technology, product and services agreements to insure compliance within the organization, stakeholders and achieving the business owner objectives. Applying legal, financial and business principals to contracting. Central point for client requirements, vendor management and contracts issue resolution management. Identifying and resolving legal, financial, business issues and contract terms. Provided interpretation of contractual terms and guidance on potential legal and business risks as well as
solutions.
Wells Fargo & Company – Santa Clara, CA (Greater Bay Bank-LBO by Wells) 2007-2008
Contracts Manager – (Bank acquired and operations shut down)
* Directly negotiated terms and conditions of the contracts to ensure compliance within the organization and the corporation. Identified cost savings of over $4M in contracts in the first four months. Vendor Management.
* Developed and supported a formal governance program for vendor management and contracts that has been approved by Federal Regulators. Managed all existing and new commercial contracts including the vendor relationships within the corporation.
* Developed master contract boilerplates and contract language for the corporation use. Ensured contract accuracy, provided the business and legal terms. Reduced legal oversight by 98%.
* Created and implemented the corporate contract management policies & procedures, and maintaining the database to support the centralized system for monitoring the corporate contracts.
* Provided interpretation of contract terms and guidance on legal and business risks as well as providing creative solutions to arising issues, advising clients on contractual rights and obligations. Provided direction and guidance to department members.
Cerberus Capital Management LP- Mervyns-Subsidiary (Bankruptcy) New York, NY 2006-2007
Investment Consortium- $16 Billion Assets, $35 Billion Annual Sales- Negotiations Leader
* Implemented the corporate strategic process for contract negotiations and corporate policies and procedures.
* Established spend baselines. Identified savings opportunities. Assisted legal in all contract changes & client requirements. Implemented strategic sourcing and supplier management strategy for services and products.
* Advised and facilitated negotiation processes for strategic purchases resulting in savings of over $3M in six months. Analyzed fiscal expenditures; identified key suppliers for negotiations within core areas of non-retail and operations.
* Support management in identifying and selecting technology needed to support new contract management and procurement initiatives. Created, established and promoted company-wide contract standards and formats.
* Implementing corporate contract processes & vendor management to reduce exposure in non-retail areas, including Information Technology, Operations, Human Resources and Marketing. Reviewed contracts, drafting, & negations, SOW's, NDA's for commercial agreements, IT, technology, HR, marketing & software. Managed RFP online auctions.
R.F. Micro Devices, San Jose, CA – Multiple Division Closures 2004-2005
Staff Software Procurement Analyst
* Negotiated contracts, which resulted in savings of over $2 Million within two months.
* Contracts management position with responsibilities for the corporate negotiations and creation of software, services, intellectual property, consulting and commercial contracts, sales agreements, leases, terminations, amendments, NDA's, and support agreements. Created contract standard templates and negotiated contracts.
* Implemented a western regional management support as a point of contact for all contracts management, corporate purchasing and software. Managed all contracts and procurement processes for five divisions and as corporate support. Implemented strategic initiatives and sourcing to reduce costs and improve services. Implemented and supported a vendor performance and tracking process.
* Evaluated requirements and determined suitable contract types and language. Implemented contract administration practices and procedures. Advised management of policy issues, risks arising during contract negations.
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA. 2002
Contracts Manager, Procurement Specialist- Consultant
* Leader for teams on commodity strategy, vendor selection and contract negotiations for IT, creative marketing print, software, consulting, services & outsourcing contracts. Implemented strategic sourcing & strategy.
* Negotiated corporate purchasing contracts, which resulted in cost savings of over $15M within three months.
* Managed corporate contracts, proposals, negotiations, supply management and administration of software, IT, supply management, sales, marketing, outsourcing and consulting contracts.
* Implemented structure in creating a Corporate Purchasing department with negotiating and creating contracts, sourcing, logistics and procedures in supporting the Marketing, Operations and Finance departments.
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA. 1999-2001
Contracts Manager, Purchasing Supervisor, Procurement Specialist
* Executed and implemented contracts for the strategies to assure supply, service and control costs with suppliers that generated a savings in excess of $98M. Responsible for strategic corporate enterprise software contracts, including B2B, ERP, ASP, telecom and networks. Provided leadership on commodity strategy and contract negotiations for hardware, IT, professional services, outsourcing, non-production, HR/consulting, capital equipment, and R & D. Managed corporate and division procurement contracts, proposals, preparation, negotiations.
* Supported an implementation of ERP architecture corporate wide. Conducted risk analysis, negotiations and implemented contracts that minimized the corporate risks. Oracle, SAP, Microsoft
* Managed purchasing department personnel, supporting the corporate operations, divisions and R & D worldwide.
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