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Anthony T. Dazzo

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An experienced professional with excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated success at building relationships with all levels of client management, in-house personnel, and external vendors. Areas of expertise include vendor relationship/performance management and analytics, negotiations.

EXPERIENCE:

HCL America, Charlotte, North Carolina                                                                                          November 2017 - Present               

Category Associate Manager- Contingent Labor

·         Responsible for managing all strategic and day to day activities for contingent labor category with a spend of $450 Million USD annually.

·         Manage supplier relationships for 160+ suppliers supporting the category including req fulfillment, invoice reconciliation, contract negotiations, contract execution.

·         Conduct formal/Informal RFP's, RFI's, RFQ's for contingent labor category which includes payroll/pass through RFP.

·         Lead negotiation on RFP’s to capture largest potential of savings to the organization.

·         Conduct vendor financial risk assessments including Duns and Bradstreet financials, reference checks, financial stability assessment for current vendors and new potential vendors.

·         Conduct RFP for our largest project, identifying an MSP provider, this includes developing a scope of work, identifying providers, conducting assessments and engage in pricing inquires.

·         Develop business case to present to senior management for MSP/VMS need.

·         Implement new process for invoice reconciliation issues which cleared $5+ million USD in backlogged invoices.

·         opportunity assessment for cost savings, spend under management & risk mitigation, sourcing strategy development, planning and execution and devising a savings methodology for the hourly contractor category.

·         Facilitate a vendor summit with our top 10 suppliers and global head of finance to implement new invoicing process.

·         Run HCL diversity program, which includes ensuring the organization is meeting expected diversity spend within the category.

·         Responsible for mentoring diverse supplier, focused on supplier performance management.

·         Collaborate with vendor community to ensure all contract clauses are being and met and satisfied.

·         Facilitate continuous improvement conversations at all levels throughout the organization.

·         Work in partnership with internal stake holders on business needs for new vendor empanelment, this includes vendor evaluations, and business needs.

·         Identify savings for the organization by presenting various cost savings methodologies including tenure discounts which reflect approximately $1 million USD in savings.

Delhaize America, Charlotte Metro, North Carolina                                                                 January 2016 – October 2017

Indirect Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing Analyst II

·         Facilitate the strategic sourcing process for assigned internal business partners to conduct supplier discovery, qualification, product specification review, opportunities to model and tie to commodities, create supply chain efficiencies and recommend award strategy.

·         Conduct formal/Informal RFP's, RFI's, RFQ's pertaining to various categories including office supplies, supplies and packaging, facilities and maintenance, floor care, and travel, corporate services and professional services.

·         Develop and maintain relationships with vendors, third party providers, contract carriers, inter-company departments.

·         Lead negotiation costs and/or model components during sourcing events or projects in service of organizational savings goals.

·         Conduct vendor risk assessments including Duns and Bradstreet financials, reference checks, financial stability assessment.

·         Support Strategic Sourcing directors with data analysis utilizing internal and external information.

·         Collaborate with internal and external partners to design and implement strategies and tactics to reduce cost and improve overall efficiencies.

·         Directly negotiate new contracts/renewal of contracts with vendors/service providers.

·         Member of Swat team assigned to assist with integration of two organizations and developing strategies to capture synergy savings across both companies.

·         Responsible for owning the contract process including creation of contract, reviewing redlines and collaborating with legal counsel.

·         Facilitate continuous improvement conversations at all levels throughout the organization.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina     (Contract Position)                           August 2015 – January 2016

IT Vendor Manager, IT Vendor Management Office                        

·         Create and implement process and policy for IT Temporary staffing process.

·         Cultivate and mentor supplier community in IT temp staffing process to ensure compliance and success.

·         Identify, qualify and clarify various temporary staffing requirements by engaging with hiring managers on their resource needs for a variety of skill sets including project managers, business analysts, developers, engineers, etc.

·         Team lead for creating and distributing RFI and RFP for specific IT Staff Aug. projects which included working with vendors and internal stakeholders to determine business needs and best process to be used for accomplishing sourcing goals.

·         Collaborate with IT staffing partners on identifying and fulfilling staffing needs.

·         Review current bill rates and perform market rate analysis for contract labor to ensure proper pricing.

·         Conduct quarterly business reviews with various professional services suppliers to gauge performance and seek improvements when necessary.

Manpower Solutions Group (Tapfin), New York, New York                                                        August 2012 - August 2015

Senior Program Staffing Professional - AIG  

·         Responsible for managing over $40 million dollars in annual IT spend, consisting of both domestic and off-shore staff augmentation resources across numerous lines of business including Life and Retirement, United Guaranty, Financial Investment Products, and Global Services.

·         Managed single supplier model which included confirmation of adherence to all SLA’s to ensure single supplier was meeting expectations.

·         Conducted weekly and quarterly business reviews with single supplier to ensure highest level of quality was received.

·         Worked directly with hiring managers in managing open requirements through Fieldglass VMS tool, assisted in scheduling of interviews and job offers, monitored worker expirations to ensure business continuity, and worked with vendors to ensure compliance and mitigation of co-employment risks.

·         Managed staffing suppliers by screening resumes to ensure timely submission of quality candidates and negotiated final offers with agency representatives.

·         Served as a relationship manager with internal Contingent Resource Management team, various stake holders, hiring managers, and external vendors both domestically and internationally to ensure the providing of world-class services.

·         Consistently met and exceeded SLA and KPI goals including average response time, average recruitment lifecycle, annual savings, and customer satisfaction.

·         Developed and managed project plans and policies to ensure the success of Global Service’s single supplier model, including timelines for submittals, approvals, resumes, on boarding, etc

Allegis Group, New York, New York                                                                                               September 2010- July 2012

Onsite IT MSP Program Manager- Dow Jones News Corp

• Served as IT Program Manager in managing of all contingent labor process while building strong relationships with managers and C-Level executives across the organization.
• Saved $700,000 in savings through aggressive negotiation and quality assurance of bill rates through market analysis.
• Worked directly with 150+ hiring managers across all lines of business regarding forecasting, qualifying of requirements, interviewing, hosting conference calls, and extending offers.
• Shortened life cycle of job opening from average of 48 days down to 27 days through thorough review of all resumes prior to submitting to hiring managers.         
• Conducted QBR on supplier performance to maintain highest caliber of vendors.               

Allegis Group (TEKsystems), New York, New York                                                                                  

Sr. Technical Recruiter                                                                                                                                                    2007-2010

• Recruited permanent and contract opportunities using full life cycle recruiting for IT Application development /infrastructure positions including Java/J2EE, C#/C++ Developers, SQL DBA/Developers, Business Analysts, ETL Developers, QA, .Net, UNIX Admin/Engineers, Windows Admin/Engineers, Helpdesk/desktop IT directors, project and program managers.
• Supported a wide variety of industries including Legal, Financial, Media and Entertainment for companies including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Federal Reserve Bank, AOL, and MTV.
• Developed recruiting strategies designed to identify qualified candidates through various tools such as networking, referrals, internal database, LinkedIn and Internet Job Boards.
• Acted as human resources liaison for TEKsystems contractors negotiating compensation packages, benefits, and scheduled time off.

EDUCATION

St. Johns University, Staten Island, NY

Associate Degree, May 2004                                                                           Major: Criminal Justice; Minor: Security Management

SUNY Empire State College, New York, NY

Bachelor’s Degree, June 2018                                                                                                                                                                                Major: Business Management