Stephanie Corkins
Assoc. Director-Strategic Vendor Governance at Verizon Enterprise Solutions
- Role
- Associate Director-strategic Vendor Governance at Verizon Business
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Stephanie Corkins
Accomplished Senior Leader with expertise in modernizing critical business systems, driving enterprise-level governance, and aligning cross-functional teams to optimize technical operations and financial outcomes. Proven ability to own and evolve complex platforms, successfully navigating IT Procurement, IT Finance, and Vendor Management to enable new product capabilities and operational scalability. Expert at defining strategy, implementing process automation, AI focus and ensuring compliance for mission-critical systems.
Experience
Associate Director-strategic Vendor Governance
Jan 2024 — Present · Cary, NC, US
Led initiatives to identify $50M+ in savings/cost prevention through commercial governance while identifying additional opportunities for cost and process efficiencies.Managing team of 12+ personnel both domestic and international locations, supervising daily performance, training and improvement plans.Championed the development and launch of an internal Vendor Governance Google Site, providing a centralized platform for comprehensive data and engagement information to support cross-functional business groups and the Strategic Governance Team. Collaborated with senior leadership to strategically align operations, processes, and stakeholder engagements across areas including Product and Professional Services, ensuring organizational alignment with business goals. Strategically governed Vendor Management relationships between Verizon, vendors and stakeholders to align business goals, operational needs and vendor capabilities across multiple organizations.Streamlined requisition to PO execution, cutting processing time from 7+ days to 3 or less days and managing the timely movement of 250+ requisitions monthly. Spearheaded platform integration and automation (using the Polaris tool & AI platforms), significantly enhancing data analytics and operational flow. Increasing integration and automation for purchase order requests utilizing the Polaris tool for intake management, reduced processing time from 7 days to 3 days, increased data analytics, and developing integration with Post/Pre-sales projects. Developing strategies to increase utilization of AI technology for cost benefit analysis, skill assessment and uniformed engagement activities to drive savings and efficiencies.
Education
Champlain College
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business
Mitchell Community College
Transfer Program, A.A, Pre-Business Administration
2010 — 2015
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