Vanessa Barboza

IT Professional Services category manager, focused on Application, Development and Maintenance. Developed, implemented and managed strategic sourcing projects to select and negotiate with suppliers in order to ensure optimal supply chain performance with focus on quality, service, delivery, risk and cost. Led Category Framework to develop yearly planning with leadership and internal stakeholders. Contributed to ongoing management of assigned spend categories including establishing strong relationships with business stakeholders, with strong understanding of strategic directions, requirements and priorities; developed category strategy with key insights from robust market analysis and benchmarking processes; performed category governance; and supported efforts to progress implementation of strategy across regions. Ensured Citi policies and procedures were met and documented throughout the end-to-end process. Led key stretch assignments to support other categories within Enterprise Supply Chain. Liaised with internal and external stakeholders to identify and leverage contract value opportunities. Manage on average 20 projects and 30 contracts at any time representing approximately $ 165MM in annual spend.

Responsible for the Entertainment, Zoological, FF&E, Travel and Office Supplies categories across the company’s eleven parks. Throughout 2016 conducted over 40 RFP processes with a total spend of $ 18MM bringing in hard savings of $ 1.9MM. Total spend managed over $ 70MM. Facilitated standardization processes across multiple parks and worked as main liaison between parks and Corporate directive. Created Uniform Committee and became lead for the Uniform Standardization Project. Appointment as Spend Visibility Subject Matter Expert. Responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategy through data analysis, RF(X) developments, negotiations and implementations.

Responsible for contracting all Software globally for Vale. Annual portfolio over USD 125MM. Previously managed contracts for Canadian operations. Executed database analysis in order to define items to be negotiated, select negotiation strategy, and conduct negotiation. Established SLAs and KPIs. Prepared budget analysis and cost analysis to bring in significant savings to the company. Prepared and presented management reports. Conducted full sourcing processes.

Responsible for Project Management within the Supply Chain process. Executed Spend Analysis, Sourcing and Strategic Sourcing; Market Analysis and Purchase Processes. Responsible for contract scope definition, elaboration of RFQ spreadsheets and Supply Proposals, including RFX. Planned and operated Electronic Negotiations (Auctions) and target price negotiations. Performed distortion analysis and scenarios simulation in order to recommend contracts and develop results for client presentations. Main contact with suppliers and clients. Supported project implementation.