Simone Wright
- Role
- Vendor Strategy & Enablement Manager - Outsourcing Solutions and Contracts at Google
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Simone Wright
Global Vendor Strategy Management, Contracts, & Strategic Sourcing/Procurement Leader…
Experience
Vendor Strategy & Enablement Manager - Outsourcing Solutions and Contracts
Jan 2018 — Present
Develop practical & innovative ways to address the most complex business challenges to keep Google thriving- Anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore & uncover the business needs of clients, and understand how our product and service offerings can enable their business success- Use influence and relationship-building skills to provide client service, legal guidance, research, and market analysis- Support a wide variety of products, from Ads to Project Fi and everything in between so my customers include advertisers, consumers, partners, publishers, retailers, and our own internal Googlers- Advisor to Executive management & support staff while owning contractual, commercial, and operational working relationships with vendors to ensure effective delivery of products and services- Provide consultative support on SOW design and conduct discussions with outsourcing partners while transforming and simplifying outsourcing agreements and relationships- Solves problems and scaling solutions, incubating new Google products, and sharing user feedback with internal teams to influence product development- Design commercial agreements (new and renewals) and agreement templates for outsourced services that span advertising operations, technical support, supply chain operations, store operations, and customer care- Partner internally to drive consistency, adoption, and excellence including outcome-based agreements, reward/penalty structures, pricing, incentives for ongoing automation/scaling and ramp-up/ramp-down terms- Lead commercial discussions with outsourcing partners along with program managing initiatives globally to improve efficiencies in vendor operations and drive change- Optimize and manage the agreement execution/approval process and provide ad hoc, consultative support with agreement consultations, renewals, etc- SME on industry trends in outsourcing agreement models and market benchmarks for outsourced services.
Skills
- Performance Management
- Partner Relationship Management
- Management
- IT Procurement
- Sap
- Business Process
- IT Asset Management
- Crm
- Continuous Improvement
- Procurement
- Strategic Partnerships
- Building Relationships
- IT Strategy
- Metric Development
- Budget Monitoring
- Outsourcing
- Information Technology
- IT Management
- Licensing Agreements
- Revenue Recognition
- Vendor Relationships
- Governance
- IT Outsourcing
- Leadership
- Global Sourcing
- Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
- License Management
- Process Improvement
- Expense Budgeting
- Negotiation
- Asset Management
- Service Delivery Management
- Strategy
- IT Service Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Budgeting
- Sla
- Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Team Management
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