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DALTON FINNELL

Brandon,US

Summary

Experienced Sourcing Specialist proficient in monitoring performance with contract requirements and ensuring regulatory compliance. Committed to resolving vendor performance issues through collaboration in creating detailed solutions. My goal is to build a long-term career that will enable me to contribute to the organization’s goals, and to have a career which would
provide an excellent opportunity for advancement in the procurement industry.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Strategic Sourcing Specialist I

Centene Corporation
03.2023 - Current
  • Liaised with internal stakeholders, Category Management, Legal, and Subject Matter Experts to execute optimal contract terms and conditions to mitigate business risk and ensure alignment with company policies.
  • Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to provide expertise on Enterprise Procurement policies and procedures and Centene standard terms and conditions
  • Coordinated with Pharmacy and Payment Integrity business partners to negotiate and execute over 250 contracts across all Centene Products.
  • Utilize Coupa BSM Platform and ServiceNow to intake, execute, and resolve contract requests, while maintaining consistent legal record keeping and communication with business partners

Sourcing Specialist

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
03.2021 - 10.2022
  • Negotiated, redlined, and executed over 200 vendor contracts by coordinating with internal stakeholders from legal, information security, risk management, privacy, and business owners that covered $4.9M in spend
  • Executed 5 RFx sourcing events through Scout RFP and Agiloft that covered $18M in spend with nearly 11% cost savings for services in Logistics, Legal & Professional Services, Brand Protection Services, and IT Services
  • Partnered with the UK finance team through Scout RFP to execute an event for our UK Wireless phone plan; analyzing user data, usage, and needs to help provide a new service for nearly 1,100 colleagues while reducing costs in the first year by 68%
  • Partnered with legal to execute an RFP for enterprise legal management software, which resulted in implementing an application used by the entire global legal team to store all legal documents, manage $15M in annual external law firm spend, receive/review/dispute/approve all law firm invoices for payment, create and manage workflows, and conduct review of supplier performance based on internal KPIs while providing a first year cost savings of 12%
  • Participated in a user training workshop following implementation of Coupa contracting, sourcing, and P2P modules and helped design a new contracting playbook that includes contractual must-haves, minimum award criteria, and approval matrixes
  • Partnered with multiple vendors to manage the North American company fleet with day-to-day operations, fleet tax season, acquisitions and remarketing of fleet vehicles, and began to introduce a new company fleet policy for all colleagues in line with the company's ESG goals; providing monthly metrics and updates for those goals.

Client Funds Spec

Holland & Knight LLC
09.2018 - 08.2019
  • Processing and recording of Acquisition and Real Estate transactions while verifying specialized documentation according to State Bar regulations in order to alleviate the burden from the client
  • Created and maintained multiple escrow accounts in various financial institutions for future Real Estate transactions
  • (Management Portfolio ~200m)
  • Handled the daily deposits and disbursements for client's trust money while recording transactions in the Aderant software for monthly bank reconciliations
  • Worked in partnership with legal teams and account services to provide updates on current client needs for Trust funds.

Account Executive

PLS Logistics Services
10.2017 - 04.2018
  • Worked with Salesforce tools to responsibly create, grow, and maintain a consistent book of business to meet monthly sales goals
  • Delivered prepared sales conversations in order to persuade potential clients and customers to utilize the services of a third party logistics company
  • Handled daily negotiations with carrier providers and shipping managers to continue the movement of client's freight.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Allegheny College
Meadville, Pennsylvania
05.2017

Allegheny College
Meadville, Pennsylvania
05.2017

Skills

  • Contract Negotiation
  • Contract Administration
  • Strategic Business Relationships
  • Coupa BSM Platform
  • ServiceNow Platform
  • Scout RFP
  • Project Management
  • MS Office
  • Legal knowledge
  • Policy Interpretation

Timeline

Strategic Sourcing Specialist I

Centene Corporation
03.2023 - Current

Sourcing Specialist

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
03.2021 - 10.2022

Client Funds Spec

Holland & Knight LLC
09.2018 - 08.2019

Account Executive

PLS Logistics Services
10.2017 - 04.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Allegheny College

Allegheny College

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