Jacqueline M Thompson
Manager, Strategic Sourcing @Sun Life
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WORK HISTORY
Manager, Strategic Sourcing @Sun Life
Toronto, ON, CA
Oversees and directs complex strategic sourcing events for Direct/Indirect spend categories (Group Benefits, Digital Transformation, Human Resources, IT, Investments, Actuary, Business Travel etc.) resulting in over $4 million in savings. Negotiate pricing with vendors to drive best value/ cost savings• Manages Group Benefit / Group Disability category management portfolio to ensure long-term sourcing strategy (i.e, analyze and monitor spend and contracts). Collaborates and guides internal business clients so they can land on strategic sourcing roadmap• Collaborates with internal legal counsel, internal governance partners and internal business stakeholders to advise and review contracts to ensure contract terms mitigate legal, financial, information security and reputational risk• Drives and owns process of spearheading enterprise-wide spend consolidation by identifying vendors with spend in multiple divisions /geographies• Spearheads continuous improvement sourcing initiatives with goal of developing, implementing, and improving the sourcing function
EDUCATION
Humber College
Certificate Human Resources (Honours), Human Resources Management and Services
McGill University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History
SKILLS
ABOUT JACQUELINE M THOMPSON
Strategic Sourcing Professional, with 10+ years\' experience in strategic sourcing, 15+ years\' experience in fostering strategic business partnerships and managing relationships with internal client groups and external vendors, 15+ years experience in business analysis/research. Expertise in working with various internal and external stakeholders to achieve solutions and uncovering opportunities to increase savings- Vendor management, Category spend analysis- Benchmarking, Negotiations, Savings reporting- Contract management- Project management, Supplier evaluation- Data analysis, Purchase modeling-Total Cost of Ownership modeling (TCO)- Proven ability to manage external partners- Establishes and maps out business processes
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