Jessica Kim
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Finance, Supply Chain Management
University of Maryland College Park
Capital One
Enterprise Supplier Management - Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital
Strategic sourcing and category management; driving corporate initiatives to success through industry best practices and innovative strategies.
• Managed the procurement team, overseeing $300M in-scope spend
• Negotiated the separation of over 117 vendor agreements during the TEGNA/Gannett corporate spin-off, acquiring/maintaining critical vendor contract terms and relationships
• Identified opportunities for RFPs and led contract negotiations for major categories (IT, Travel, Research)
• Led monthly executive procurement briefings for the CEO and CFO, presenting category strategies and innovative management approaches to achieve greater cost savings and process efficiencies
• Selected as the special projects lead to spearhead and manage a company-wide digitization initiative
2014 : 2016
Gannett
Strategic Sourcing & Analysis
Connecting young supply chain professionals in the DC Metro area through industry awareness and education, while promoting networking, volunteering, and career development opportunities.
www.scypsdc.org
2009 : 2015
Supply Chain Young Professionals Society
Co-Founder
Strategic sourcing and procurement consulting for the Dept of Commerce, Dept of the Navy, and GSA, developing IT sourcing strategies to achieve significant cost savings.
• Conducted market analysis and category spend data analysis to create procurement strategies that focus on identifying cost drivers to extract vendor-specific insights and cost savings opportunities for executive leadership
• Led pricing negotiations for major IT contracts (over $50M) resulting in over 50% baseline cost savings
• Developed and implemented active price monitoring and demand optimization processes for existing contracts resulting in additional cost savings of 17%
• Created and managed agency-wide communication strategy for technology use case changes
2011 : 2014
Censeo Consulting Group
Consultant
Management consulting for large scale Federal IT projects with a focus on program management, software release planning, and resource & budget forecasting.
DADS II at U.S Census Bureau :
• Led the schedule development, deliverable planning, and staffing process of 5 teams and over 100 contractors responsible for replacing the dissemination and tabulation systems for the 2010 Decennial Census
• Identified and managed key project milestones to reduce earned value cost variances and consistently reporting savings in monthly status reports to the managing director
FDIC Dept of IT LOB1/LOB2
• Performed software release planning for over 85 applications, developed price cases, reviewed proposals for application enhancement and maintenance, and yearly roadmap planning
2009 : 2011
IBM
Business Transformation Consultant
Skills
Business Process Improvement, Business Strategy, Business Transformation, Change Management, Cost Management, Leadership, Management, Management Consulting, Market Analysis, Procurement, Program Management, Project Management, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management
About
Tech procurement leader with a broad portfolio of projects in tech, media, and finance.
Extensive supply chain expertise with large enterprises in category strategy development, strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, market / spend data analysis, operational improvement and vendor management.
Additional experience in program management for large scale IT projects, resource management, supply chain software management and issue resolution.
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