Keith Hester
Senior Principal - Procurement - Building the Future of Connectivity
- Role
- Sr Principal - Procurement at Uniti Group Inc.
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Keith Hester
Accomplished senior leader with sustained success in guiding groups across multiple…
Experience
Sr Principal - Procurement
Aug 2025 — Present · Tulsa, OK, US
Direct cross-functional teams through the strategic sourcing process associated to Network and Engineering initiatives. Manage end-to-end sourcing efforts for IP equipment, transport devices, customer security/software platforms, customer premise equipment, and vendor maintenance/support agreements. Coordinate with internal business owners to identify operational, technical, and financial requirements for specific sourcing projects. Establish relationships with vendors to deliver products, services, and outcomes satisfying those business requirements. Provide vendor/market analysis, financial models, sourcing alternatives, implementation timelines, and potential risks to stakeholders. Partner with internal legal and contract resources to establish appropriate commercial terms that mitigate risk and align with business objectives/strategies. Act as escalation point between business and vendor to drive resolution of contractual/operational issues.
Education
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Arts
University of Oklahoma
Master of Science - MS
Skills
- Planning
- Service Delivery
- Business Analysis
- Billing
- Executive Reporting
- Telephony
- Team Building
- Management
- Project Implementation
- Provisioning
- Vendor Relations
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving
- Operations Management
- Business Process
- Project Management
- Training
- Forecasting
- Customer Service
- Microsoft Excel
- Telecommunications
- Metro Ethernet
- Analysis
- Excel
- Tdm
- Microsoft Office
- Mpls
- Contract Negotiation
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Ethernet
- T1
- Team Leadership
- Ms Office Suite
- Vendor Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Planning
- Inventory Management
- Program Management
- Customer Relations
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