allen wesley

* Understand and communicate Client requirements. * Understand and apply IBM Agreements (T’s & C’s). * Contract Management. * Analyze supplier cost structure and drive savings for IBM. * Perform Fair Value Analysis and Supplier Selection where required. Understand and apply business analysis reports such as D&B. * Benchmark unique supplier costs/prices & negotiate competitive costs/prices. * Maintain a High Level of Core performance delivery, ensuring full implementation of documented policies, procedures and best working practices. * First escalation point on process issues. * Address any people issues actively, and maintain a high team morale overall. * Staffing, training, development and retention of team members; mentor team in times of need. * Identify any Operations Center activity that may be foreseen as a risk/issue to successful process execution and take steps to mitigate the risks/issues. * Perform root cause analysis in case of escalations and take steps to improve the robustness of the process. * Ensure audit readiness of all purchasing documents.