Experience

Maternity leave

• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Maternity Leave

  • Dec 2019 - Present



Personal Sabbatical

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Personal Sabbatical

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2019



RBC

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director - Global IT Procurement

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

  Position overview: ============== Recruited to RBC to lead Global IT Procurement, accountable for strategy, programs, and policy across all IT categories: Services, Software, Hardware, Telecom, Emerging Technologies My leadership scope entails: ~ 35 staff | $3BB OpEx ~ 200+ supplier & contractual arrangements across Canada, US, Caribbean, Europe, and Asia Success measured by results ====================== • Established team presence at RBC line of business planning discussions to enable stronger collaboration through a shared pipeline of deal activity, and early engagement on over 90% of deals, with dedicated line of business procurement specialists • Developed a three year procurement strategy to focus on key portfolios, with alignment across stakeholder groups, achieving 100% of year 1 savings target within nine months • Developed a new procurement model to include key stakeholders (finance, legal, business, suppliers), and achieved approval for roll-out across 80% of bank lines of business, enabling adoption of an inclusive and consistent process across key stakeholder groups • Regarded as “strong business advocate and advisor”, creating improved team brand across stakeholder groups Show less



CIBC

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director - Expense, Vendor, Asset Management

  • Feb 2015 - Aug 2017

  Position overview:==============My portfolio quickly expanded as I took on the expense management and asset management teams in addition to my existing vendor management assignment. In each new area, I uncovered the weaknesses, established a strategy, and re-engineered for efficiencies.My leadership scope entails:~ 55 staff | $500MM OpEx | $1.5BB in assets~ 180+ supplier & contractual arrangements across Canada, US, Europe, and Asia~ 3,000+ contract transactions | 10,000+ invoice approvals | 2,000+ asset transactionsSuccess measured by results======================• Mediated $120MM savings during the renewal of a $1.4BB multi-year outsourcing contract• Formed the asset management governance model to ensure software compliance which halted millions in wasted spend, lowered risk exposure by $8.5M, and diminished software audits by 75%• Revamped expense and asset management to achieve a $10MM annual savings Show less

• Senior Director - Vendor Management

  • Apr 2012 - Feb 2015

  Position overview:==============This was a promotion to a new role specifically to create a governance model across all suppliers. Vendor management was in disarray with 400 expired contracts which I eliminated within 6 months.My scope involved:~ 30 staff | $350MM OpEx~ Service providers in Canada, US, Europe, and Asia (outsourcing, telecom, software and hardware support)Success measured by results======================• Attained a $17M annual reduction on the largest $200M outsourcing supplier contract• Devised a top 7 supplier strategy (= 90% of spend) generating $35M in combined annual savings• Regarded as the “Best of Breed” Vendor Management Office in CIBC Show less

• Director - Outsourcing Strategy and Governance

  • May 2009 - Apr 2012

  Success measured by results======================• Wrote the business case to achieve a mandated cost reduction on CIBC’s largest outsourcing agreement, concluding the $1.2BB agreement in 8 weeks with $44M in annual saving.• Decreased $200MM in annual spend by $34MM in three years across two benchmark opportunities• Recognized with the CIBC Annual Achiever Award in 2011

• Director - Strategy and Business Management

  • Aug 2007 - May 2009

  Success measured by results======================• Tightened telecom processes, rewriting >50%, to slash internal audit deficiencies by 80% in 1 year• Aligned contract management and financial forecasting to deliver a $20M savings on contract spend



Bell

• Canada
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director

  • May 1997 - Aug 2007

  ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – Contractor Negotiations, Enterprise Business Clients (2004 – 2007) MANAGER – National Contract Operations, Small Business & Enterprise Markets (2000 – 2004) MANAGER – National Procurement, Enterprise Business Market (1997 – 2000) Success measured by results ====================== • Contributed $1BB in contract revenue over 3 years; surpassed revenue targets by 10% • Established the requirements and rolled out a nation-wide process to ensure enterprise deal requests met SOX compliance effectively lowering approval escalations by 70% Show less