Wyatt Lowdermilk

Experience

1. Business Operations Manager

   Microsoft

   May 2021 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Led analysis to find impact of renewed supplier contracts and focus ongoing work of negotiations. Created document to combine outside macroeconomic data, historical rates, comps and revised figures to highlight outliers, find impact to action group. Resulted in ~$10M in annual savings on contracts.• Built processes, templates and refreshed ROB to drive new metrics, communication across org groups and create actionable insights. Paired ROB action with new meeting processes and practices to maximize impact and reduce weight of changes.• Managed tracking of budget and organization footprint. Created a process to support healthy communication business group\'s ~$50M annual budget, effectively gather forecasts and build plans to effectively utilize resources across teams. Tracked organizational structure and developed analytical capabilities to make organization more agile under changing priorities.• Led team creating new tools for PO owners and Leadership to analyze current supplier spend, find alternatives to current work owners and drive initiatives. Resulted in project being expanded to spend in a larger organization to leverage data tracking capabilities• Reporting to group\'s Chief of Staff, worked on a variety of organizational programs around D&I, early in career, employee feedback and initiatives

Education

• Virginia Tech

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  2010 — 2014

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

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

  2016 — 2018