Ryan Harmon

About Ryan Harmon

Purchasing professional with a strong record of exceeding goals and making meaningful contributions to the teams that I am member of. I have experience sourcing from and negotiating with domestic and overseas suppliers (including China, India, Taiwan, and European countries).

Experience

1. Senior Sourcing Manager, Technology

   Expedia Group

   Jul 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Responsible for strategic sourcing activities for technology suppliers including RFPs, negotiating framework agreements (SaaS agreements, software license agreements, SOWs, proof of concept, and other commercial agreements),and cost analysis. Develop and implement category strategies with technical and finance stakeholders, and executives Regularly present and advocate for negotiated deals to Sr Management (CTO, SVP, VP)Consistently exceeded cost savings goals of $4-10MSeveral large vendor consolidation efforts across multiple tech platforms (Expedia Group is a company built on acquisition of other travel companies). In one case consolidating from 5 vendors down to one and realizing $8.5M in cost savingsManaged category and contract strategies through multiple changes in CTO and CFOPrimary category responsibilities: observability stack, developer tools, and hardware

Education

• Seattle University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

• Anderson University

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Problem Solving
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Cost Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Pricing
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Creative Problem Solving
• Supplier Development
• Negotiation
• Supplier Performance
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Project Management