James Randell
Sr. Director - Contracts, Commercials & Vendor Management
- Role
- Director - Contracts & Vendor Management at Persefoni
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Randell
Information Technology and Supply Chain professional with 20 plus years of experience in leading teams and organizations through technology implementations and process improvements. Highly skilled in working with large technology vendors and implementations of SAP, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others to ensure companies are implementing the right software and hardware, within their ecosystem, that will return the needed value within the expected timeframe. Skilled in directly negotiating with technology vendors in an effort to reduce risks of shelf-ware, budget targets, cash costs, and software licensing liabilities to your company. Solid understanding of budgeting, finance, and accounting to ensure procurements are accounted for effectively according to GAAP which helps drive the methodology for expensing and capitalizing SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS solutions. International public speaker on dynamic project teams and building high performance project and program management offices within both the private and public sectors. Speaking engagements include- Project World- BMC Project Management Best Practices Conferences- CBP (Center for Best Practices) Conference- Oklahoma City PMI Chapter- Trinidad & Tobago PM Conference- Aguascalientes, Mexico - PM Best PracticesSpecialties: Project ManagementThe Soft Skills of Managing Successful ProjectsEarned Value ManagementRisk ManagementProgram ManagementSAP Ariba (P2P, Strategic Sourcing, Contracts)
Experience
Director - Contracts & Vendor Management
Apr 2022 — Present · Oklahoma City, OK, US
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Education
University of Oklahoma
Master's degree, Organizational Leadership
2012 — 2014
University of Central Oklahoma
Bachelor of Business, Human Resource / Economics
1987 — 1992
Skills
- Analysis
- Pmo
- Pmp
- Process Improvement
- Business Analysis
- Itil
- Team Leadership
- Program Management
- Sdlc
- Strategic Planning
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Earned Value Management
- Risk Management
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