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 Supplier Diversity Group Lead, North America, Transformation
The Kraft Heinz Company Supplier Diversity Group Lead, North America, Transformation
Sep. 2023• Spearheaded the development and implementation of the Kraft Heinz Supplier Diversity Program • Designed programs to identify, mentor, and support diverse suppliers to ensure successful integration into the company supply chain • Developed purchasing guiding principles and procedures that promote Supplier Diversity across procurement and ensured compliance with procurement processes • Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders including senior leadership, procurement teams, and community organizations to drive supplier diversity initiatives • Established and monitored key performance indicators to measure the success and impact of the supplier diversity program • Managed the supplier diversity budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources to maximize the impact of diversity budgets
Associate Category Manager, Indirect Procurement-Marketing
Constellation BrandsAssociate Category Manager, Indirect Procurement-Marketing
Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2022
Senior Buyer
University of ChicagoSenior Buyer
Jan. 2019 - Jan. 2021Chicago, IllinoisDevelops and monitors sourcing and strategies for various categories to ensure procurement parameters are consistent and representative of federal guidelines, University policy, and sound business practice Serves as primary liaison with all contracted suppliers and primary procurement subject matter experts for the academic and non-academic departments and divisions of the University Performs sourcing activities of requested commodities to obtain optimal price-saving organizational goals, including technology, lab equipment, and administrative purchasing Guides company employees through day-to-day related issues including policy, vendor management, compliance improvements, cost-saving opportunities, and overall best practices Responsible for providing training and business support on eProcurement solution Created updated universal scorecard with a focus on supplier diversity to meet University goals to drive performance, value, and innovation from key diverse suppliers through Supplier Relationship Management
Manager of Legal Services-IT Operations
Hyatt Hotels CorporationManager of Legal Services-IT Operations
Apr. 2015 - Dec. 2019Chicago, IllinoisCreates, negotiates and reviews information technology and software vendor contracts (i.e NDA, SOW, MSA, Consulting Services Agreements, Indemnification clauses, Insurance Clauses, Standard Licensing Agreements, and Renewal Agreements) Develops resources to provide legal support to Hyatt’s hotel properties Developed and successfully executed the General Data Protection Regulation project by working with software vendors, internal clients, outside counsel and outside resources to ensure that the company is compliant with the European Union regulation Works alongside the corporate procurement team to manage and drive supplier sourcing for new technology rollouts, RFP process, and supplier selection Handles end to end management of deliverables for select information technology rollouts
Software Contract Specialist
CDWSoftware Contract Specialist
Jan. 2013 - Apr. 2015Greater Chicago AreaCreated and presented training modules for incoming licensing specialist and account managers on Microsoft technology software Maintained expert knowledge of the business and processing rules for each of the contractual agreements with the partnerships that CDW maintained Provided monthly analysis of contractual agreements and its impact on CDW’s bottom line Tracked and ensured CDW was meeting Microsoft Licensing Operational Metrics, compliance standards and provided reporting to senior level management on each metric of individual projects Reviewed and completed negotiation and credit line approvals via the CDW Internal credit department

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