Washington Mutual Work Values

Daily Duties at Washington Mutual:

Provided contract and vendor account support to the Meetings & Incentives Department. Planned, facilitated and reported on meetings and events. Recognized for developing a meetings & incentives preferred vendor strategy to leverage more than $40M annual spend. Cultivated relationships with internal clients, stakeholders and vendors to facilitate managing risk and maximizing leverage. • Select key accomplishments include: o Negotiated a three-year contract for our four preferred logistics vendors with price reductions and volume discounts resulting in a 17% decrease in hourly rates = $560k in savings. o Mitigated cancellation & attrition penalties in excess of $325k per year o Negotiated a twelve city agreement with a national hotel chain resulting in a cost avoidance of $840k. • Responsible for managing RFI, RFP, and RFQ contract negotiations for preferred event vendor program. Managed preferred vendors in the logistics, production, creative, merchandise and talent categories. Established preferred event hotel program with seventy-five hotels. • Negotiated, executed contracts and managed 300+ agreements per year. • Developed a crucial partnership with the Legal Department in order to mitigate risk/liability, ensure compliance of meeting and travel policies, SOX compliance, insurance requirements, and escalation management. • Developed a crucial partnership with Supplier Diversity in order to increase diversity, integrity & fair minded practices within Travel/Event preferred vendor program. • Created and implemented licensing process for music and video usage in order to mitigate copyright infringements and provide reporting to ASCAP. • Assisted with M&I reporting i.e. spend, cost avoidance, sourcing analysis, and service level agreements. • Designed templates to improve efficiencies and ensure consistent processes. Standardized Master Services Agreements, Statement of Work, Request for Proposals, Addendums, Hotel Contracts, and Surveys. • Planned and facilitated events including, but not limited to; group air, land transportation, hotel accommodations, venue negotiations, activities, collateral/agendas/invites, and VIP recognition.

What they like about Washington Mutual:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

Tags

Contract Administration, Event Management, Customer Service, Travel Operations Manager, Vendor Manager, Director of Groups, Conferences

Skills

Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Presentations, Interpersonal and written skills, Problem solving, Flexibility/Adaptability , Customer Service, Room Viewer, "EMS" Event Management Software, StarRez Conference Management Software

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