Ari Perlman

Led procurement for Amazon’s highest-complexity environments: 360-degree vendor-customer partnerships with major AWS customers, new business units and subsidiaries (Audible, Twitch, Zoox, Prime Video Studios, Whole Foods), and Amazon’s internal moonshot lab (Grand Challenge Division). $2.5B spend under management. $275M in annual savings. Multi-year agreements >$250M TCV. Led a team of 13 procurement professionals across GCP. Leading architecture and deployment of Amazon’s first enterprise-wide Supplier Relationship Management platform, governing $300B in spend across 1M+ suppliers. AI-native approach to operations and custom tooling to automate workflows and redesign how procurement functions at scale. Key categories: professional services, enterprise SaaS and ERP, HR/workforce technology, marketing and GTM tools, legal and compliance services, IT hardware/software, data and IP licensing, R&D, telecom.

Procurement lead for global and strategic deals. Negotiation, contract execution, cost reduction and optimization. Enterprise wide licensing of strategic vendors such as Qualtrics, SAP, D&B, Cadence, Ansys, etc. Example categories managed include: Telecom (SMS), Software, SaaS, Professional Services, Data Licensing, IP Licensing, Capital Equipment, American Sign Language (ASL) translation services, and outsourced code development.

Head of strategic sourcing, procurement, cost reduction, and analysis for leading local broadcast media and digital company. $600MM of spend under management as direct report to CFO. Head of company-wide sourcing, procurement, negotiation, analysis and cost reduction of all indirect commodities, expense and policy compliance, and travel. Optimized indirect category spend through RFP, negotiation, and baseline analysis Implementation of company-wide eProcurement system (Coupa) for increased spend visibility used to analyze spend, implement demand management and efficiency gains. Onboarding newly acquired companies for preferred vendor programs and synergy capture through use of legacy co. v. parent co. agreements. Example procurement categories managed: IT hardware (end user computers, servers, storage, telecom), software, SaaS, MRO, professional services, office supplies, travel, tax support (outsourcing and audit), ERP financial systems software, software implementation services, HR and benefits, captioning and sign language translation services

Business Unit Strategy including new business launch, cost reduction, pricing optimization, and procurement excellence. Technology, Media, and Telecom industry focus, with secondary focus on industrials and manufacturing. Clients included: three different leading mobile phone carriers, industrial packaging suppliers, industrial gas suppliers, multi-industry media company. Example procurement categories managed: IT hardware (end user computers, servers, storage, telecom), software, SaaS, MRO, professional services, direct manufacturing inputs (ink, plates, poly bags), office supplies, travel

Strategy and Management consultant. Support client decision making and problem solving with strategic thinking and analytical problem solving. Business Analyst, promoted to Consultant, sponsored for full-time MBA.