Brandon M Smith

• Manage, prioritize and lead all sourcing activities assigned by the Director of Purchasing. o Primary internal customers include Administrative Services, Communications, Executive, Law Policy & Governance, Leadership Development, & Sports Science Institute. o Managed projects accounted for $5.1M+ in Total Financial Impact over two years. • Deployment of formal Supplier Management Policy established to address reputational, operational, strategic, financial and compliance risks inherent in the purchase and procurement of products and/or services. • Actively explore and deliver continuous improvements having a positive impact on the Association. • Assisted with onboarding and provide consistent development support to Purchasing Coordinator.

• Ongoing management of 8-10 concurrent sourcing and negotiation activities at various stages including: bid list development, requirements gathering, authoring solicitation documents, bid analysis, vendor assessment, award recommendations and contract negotiations. o Primary internal customers include Communications, Human Resources, Information Technology, Operations, & Regulatory Affairs departments. o Managed projects accounted for $7.8M+ in Total Financial Impact over two years. • Customer & Supplier Relationship Management – Maintained strong/active relationships with key internal stakeholders and suppliers to identify opportunities for improvement, drive best practices, and insure compliance to policy/procedure. • Purchasing team technical liaison tasked with configuring and implementing the NCAA’s first electronic Purchase Requisition & Purchase Order system in accordance with existing policies and procedures. • Designed, built, and maintained NCAA’s Purchasing & Procurement intranet pages, which serves as a platform for communicating important purchasing info such as policies, performance metrics/service level targets, and educational tools & reference guides. • Responsible for tracking and reporting Purchasing Department quarterly and year-end financial metrics.

Support Chief Procurement Officer at 200,000 student, 14 region, 24 campus institution to reduce College and student costs through product and service standardization, robust solicitation processes, privatization, and supply base consolidation • Perform surveys, analysis, and benchmarking to assist Chief Procurement Officer and the President in development of information base for college initiatives • Co-Leader of the Bookstore Process Improvement Team. Achieved 35% reduction in ISBN count from Fall 2008 to Fall 2012 (estimated $30M in student savings) • Member of RFP team that reduced copier supply base from 15 to 1 and models from 70 to 8 to save >$500K per year through phased install, coterminous lease expiration, cost per copy program • Supported efforts to develop over 150 furniture standards via RFP process to consolidate purchases to save over $1M or 30% per year • Successfully led office supplies RFP initiative that reduced supply base from >30 to 2 and is projected to save $813K per year, in addition to providing opportunities to create new revenue streams for the College through extensible contracting • Designed, built, and maintain Ivy Tech’s Procurement Website which serves as a platform for communicating important purchasing info such as policies, GPO contracts, statewide agreements, supplier diversity, and training materials • Founder and leader of Ivy Tech’s Statewide Green & Sustainability team, focused on realizing energy efficiencies and reducing the College’s carbon footprint • Provide training and on-going support to Ivy Tech purchasers on how to utilize the College’s web-based spend analytics tool to identify cost savings opportunities and benchmark information • Actively identify and measure supplier quality, delivery, cost, cycle time, and service performance gaps, and develop steps to close gaps using problem identification, problem cause, containment, corrective action and closed loop performance feedback process

Director of Summer Sports Camp (May 2006 – August 2006) • Directly responsible for the wellness of roughly1000 children throughout the summer. • Reported to Director of Northeast YMCA about camp operations on a weekly basis. • Responsible for all communications with parents; such as behavioral issues, camp fees, or injuries. • Prepared action plans, and trained staff, for various emergency scenarios. • Scheduled activities and budgeted field trips on a weekly basis. • Supervised and coordinated asst. director and 4-8 counselors’ daily work. • Collected, counted, and deposited summer camp fees ranging from $2000-$5000 weekly. • Filed incident and accident reports whenever necessary. Assistant Director of Summer Sports Camp (May 2005 – August 2005) Summer Sports Camp Counselor (May 2003 – August 2003)

Bachelor of Science in Management Minor in Management Information Systems Minor in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources