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Smith, Austin Thomas |
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July 2008 |
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Atlanta, GA 30326 e-mail: austintsmith@gmail.com |
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S U M M A R Y |
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Mr. Smith is a Senior Sourcing Professional with over eight years
experience serving in a variety of roles in the global arena including
procurement, sales, and technology development. He is a motivating team leader that works
collaboratively across functions with internal stakeholders, to meet business
unit objectives and deliver company-wide P&L results. Austin is seeking an executive paced role on the path to senior
management with opportunities to have a significant impact on the firm’s
bottom line (EPS), community and people around him. |
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E X P E R I E N C E |
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7/07 - Present Indirect Sourcing
Leader | The Nielsen Company | Atlanta, GA § Aggressively
drove enterprise wide supply chain cost savings by sourcing over $250M in indirect
spend categories including Facilities, Office Supplies, T&E, Logistics,
HR, and Consulting § Aligned with key
leaders goals and objectives to deliver strategies and cost savings results
in excess of $8M § Led bullet train
team to monitor, analyze, and assess global T&E expenditures and deliver
monthly pitch to C-Level management § Developed
policies, sourcing, category and contract management processes to increase
compliance to programs and reduce regulatory risk |
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1/05 - 7/07 Managing
Consultant | IBM Corporation | Atlanta, GA § Led myriad
individual procurement sourcing and technology projects across 6 fortune 50
corporations § Sourced over a
half a billion dollars from a variety of indirect and direct categories and
generated cost savings that exceeded $20M §
Organized local Atlanta area community events,
coached new hires, and participated in recruiting events § Developed
innovative technologies for clients to source, manage, and control spend |
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5/04 - 1/05 e-Business
Consultant
| Acrylic Idea Factory | Tucson, AZ § Developed and
deployed a company-wide enterprise management system to streamline customer
service, fulfillment and billing § Implemented an
online ordering tool, and customer management module to increase accuracy of
orders and customer satisfaction § Eliminated 99% of
warehouse packing errors by synchronizing front office systems with back
office shipping applications § Reduced billing
cycle by 1-2 weeks and order lead times by 3 days maximizing the productivity
of company resources |
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05/03 - 05/04 Co-Founder &
President | Tangent Interactive LLC | Tucson, AZ § Met the demanding
objectives of 20 web-development client engagements stemming from web design,
web application development, and custom business tools § Generated,
part-time, $40K in revenue and $10K in profit in the first year of operation |
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E D U C A T I O N |
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5/04 University of
Arizona | Eller College of Management | Tucson, AZ § Graduated Cum
Laude (4.0 Major GPA) with a BS in Management Information Systems and a Minor
in Computer Science § Dean’s List 6
consecutive semesters § Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Alumni and Eller College Scholarship Donor § Member
Association of Corporate Travel Executives and Business Travel News |
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S K I L L S |
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§ 3 Years - Advanced Negotiation, Contract Law § 4 Years - Project Management, Cross Functional Team Lead § 4 Years - Indirect Supply Chain Strategies, Peer Benchmarking § 6 Years - Presentation Development and Delivery § 7 Years - Financial Modeling & Systems Development § 8 Years - Master Excel, Project, Visio, Power Point, Access, and
Photoshop |
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I N D U S T R I E S |
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Market Research, Publications, Media and
Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Travel and Transportation, Apparel,
Manufacturing, Small Business |
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D O W N L O A D |
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