Derek Blinkman

Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing @Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

Minneapolis, MN, US

Commodity Manager and end to end sourcing leader for procurement needs of the Asset Management, Banking, Wealth Management, Brokerage, and Insurance business units of Ameriprise Financial.• Primary focus on business applications, data subscriptions, investment research and market data, and technology outsourcing contracts with oversight of $100M+ of annual spend.• Manage RFI/RFP projects including requirements gathering, vendor identification, vendor communications, response scoring, commercial negotiations, contract drafting, and document execution.• Develop and maintain rolling 3-year project pipeline to ensure resource availability to execute the appropriate sourcing strategy or allow for migration to an alternate provider • Exceed annual savings targets by working collaboratively as a corporate finance function which contributes regularly to material net earnings results via expense reductions.• Liaison between business clients and the legal department for all contract work including renewals, amendments, terminations, and occasional merger and acquisition projects. • Provide project oversight, work direction, and coaching to department analysts and newer peers• Continual increase in responsibilities with promotions from Sr. Analyst to Manager to Sr, Manager

University of Minnesota Duluth

BBA, Finance and Economics

UMN Carlson School of Management

MBA, Finance, MIS/IT, and eBusiness