David Wilhelmi

Sr. Manager Contract & Catalog Operations - Target Procurement @ Target

About

Highly experienced and charismatic leader capable of taking on a variety of challenges and opportunities, and more importantly backed by a documented award winning track record of success. Demonstrated level of expertise in the areas of process improvement, best practices development, team building, and program implementation. Tremendous wealth of knowledge, experience, and skills allowing me to lead many successful key initiatives across Target. My boldness and curiosity have led to the establishment of industry leading capabilities in Contract, Catalog, and Spend Management driving the advancement and evolution of our Ariba platform across our indirect procurement Center of Excellence and our Enterprise. My contributions in thought leadership, results execution, and change management, coupled with my ability to influence and develop strategy and construct action plans with measurable goals have led to industry leading achievements and outcomes to save Target hundreds of millions of dollars over my tenure. Much of this is made possible based on my abilities to successfully educate, train, and build strong teams, while effectively communicating and leveraging my strong analytical and organizational skills to persevere through whatever the obstacle or challenge.

Country

United States

City

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Industry

Retail

Skill

Strategic Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, Sourcing, Process Improvement

Experience

it procurement analyst

gmac rfc twin cities

2005-11 - 2007-10 · 2 yrs

Participated in various projects to provide continued development and improvement of sourcing, contracting, procurement, and asset management processes and practices across IT.

sourcing analyst - technology acquisition

target

2011-1 - 2012-8 · 1 yr 8 mos

Led project negotiations for the acquisition and contracting of Software, Hardware, and Services across all aspects of technology. Provided cross team thought leadership regarding sourcing strategies, vendor communication, requirements development, and ultimately execution and management of contracts of up to $200m at a time.

senior sourcing analyst technology acquisition

target

2007-11 - 2011-1 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Technology negotiator for the acquisition and contracting of Software, Hardware, and Services across a variety of spaces and technologies. Engaged in various approaches of direct negotiation and competitive events including RFPs, RFIs, auctions, and multi-round sealed bids. Developed sourcing strategies, vendor communication, requirements development, and contract creation and negotiations leading anywhere from 10-15 projects at a time. Throughout my tenure in this position I successfully completed more projects and contract negotiations than anyone across our team driving significant savings and re-establishing vendor relationships in a much improved state in multiple situations.

lead analyst - contract and catalog operations

target

2015-10 - Present · 11 yrs

Currently leading a team of Contract Coordinators providing centralized services for our Indirect Spend Sourcing and Procurement Center of Excellence. Responsibilities include developing and implementing best practices to drive consistency and standards across the Target enterprise. Primary goals include continued development and maintenance of our enterprise contract repository while also operationalizing contracts to ensure negotiated savings are fully captured. I also provide continuous thought leadership and analysis to improve our systems and processes across the Source to Manage spectrum while delivering future roadmap ideas to make us a best-in-class organization.

lead analyst eprocurement - target strategic sourcing

target

2012-8 - 2017-4 · 4 yrs 9 mos

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