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1.: Director of Global Sourcing in Newark, NJ From: arapa10@aol.com

2a.: CNG - "How Networking Leads to Interviews", 3/17/2011, 6:30 pm From: CareerNetworkingGroup@yahoogroups.com

3.: Job Opportuntiy: FBI Foreign Language Career Days From: Brian Mecca

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1.: Director of Global Sourcing in Newark, NJ

Posted by: "arapa10@aol.com" arapa10@aol.com benson1646

Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:19 pm (PDT)

Our Client, an industry leader in Newark, NJ has an immediate opning for a Director of Global Sourcing and Technology in Newark, NJ

If interested, please send your resume to arapa@contech-it.com

We currently have a Director of Global Sourcing right to hire position open for the Global Business and Technology Solutions

Right to hire: Yes (within first 3-4 months)

Salary Range: will be discussed on an individual basis and based on candidate's experience please submit with the resume

The Director of Global Sourcing will act as a central point for enterprise offshoring vendor relationships. This role will partner with business units and corporate functions to facilitate an enterprise offshoring strategy and support individual business units with their strategy. The incumbent will act as a change agent, identifying, recommending and implementing changes based on business needs. They will also work closely with the Director of Enterprise Vendor Governance to create best practice standards around risk mitigation, performance management and value creation to leverage enterprise spend and drive more strategic relationships where expected value is achieved and sustained.

Primary Responsibilities include:
· Managing enterprise level relationships for global vendors providing ITO, BPO and AD&M services.
· Implementing a portfolio approach to manage enterprise vendors aggregating demand and creating a vendor segmentation and rationalization supply model to support the changing needs. This includes creating vendor profiles and a decision matrix methodology that can be used to identify, prioritize, rank, and rationalize decisions about the resources and services in the portfolios.
· Partnering with GBTS Vendor Management to perform spend analysis and identify savings opportunities.
· Working with the business units to create standard SLA's, metrics and scorecard programs to effectively measure and manage vendor performance reducing costs and driving value across the enterprise. This includes the research, collection, tracking and reporting of performance metrics related to vendor service levels, maintaining information on vendor profiles and capabilities, and updating scorecards to support vendor portfolio management. Facilitating quarterly supplier performance reviews with business partners and vendors where reports and metrics/scorecards will be shared to drive continuous improvement. Providing senior management with periodic reporting on emerging issues affecting vendor governance and advising on overall risk profile and issues resolution.
· Performing vendor due diligence and monitoring for the offshoring portfolio to minimize duplication of efforts across the enterprise.
· Supporting the end to end sourcing process by creating standards for engaging a new vendor, creating a new engagement for an existing vendor or renewing an existing agreement or engagement. Establishing and communicating vendor governance standards, procedures, and tools for use in selecting, directing and managing relationships with offshore third parties.
· Researching industry trends and key market information for continuous improvement, delivering consulting/advisory services to provide subject matter expertise and benchmarking practices.
· Developing location strategies that are aligned with business needs
· Recommending mitigation strategies for vendor and enterprise-level risks
· Developing efficient processes and mechanisms in coordination with Legal, Risk, ISO, Compliance, Global Security and other corporate functions
· Maintaining central repository for offshore sourcing news, trends, templates and tools
· Provide training to business units on offshoring vendor management practices
· Establish strong partnerships across the business units and corporate centers to ensure active and early participation in vendor related matters as needed.

Qualifications and Skills
· BA degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance or equivalent. MBA a plus.
· Recognized leader in offshore program management with 5+ year experience in sourcing and vendor management including designing overall engagement frameworks, pricing, delivery structures, portfolio management, performance management, cost management and benchmarking, and defining governance and control mechanisms, process mapping and analysis, and cost benefit analysis. Strong analytical background.
· Strong leadership, managing vision and purpose, communicating in challenging circumstances (written, verbal and presentation), interpersonal savvy/patience, problem solving and relationship management skills.
· Ability to influence peers and senior managers in partner organizations and to work across organizations to gain buy-in and build consensus to deliver on objectives
· Innovative problem solving and strategic thinking skills, along with strong business acumen and analytical capabilities
· A background or exposure to large vendor assessments as part of large deals including RFP design and selection, contract negotiation tactics and strategies
· Experience or knowledge of risk management related disciplines
· A background in processes like ITIL, CMMi, project management, or Six Sigma is a plus
· Some business related travel required

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2a.: CNG - "How Networking Leads to Interviews", 3/17/2011, 6:30 pm

Posted by: "CareerNetworkingGroup@yahoogroups.com" CareerNetworkingGroup@yahoogroups.com

Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:25 pm (PDT)

Reminder from: CareerNetworkingGroup Yahoo! Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CareerNetworkingGroup/cal

CNG - "How Networking Leads to Interviews"
Thursday March 17, 2011
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Bernards Township Library
Street: 32 South Maple Ave
City State Zip: Basking Ridge, NJ

Notes:
"How Networking Leads to Interviews"

Speaker: Alex Freund, Career Coach

TOPIC
Sixty to eighty percent of people get their job via networking. Yet, sor some, networking is very challenging. Other do it somewhat reluctantly and not very effectively. This presentation will help the audience improve on their networking skills.

Do you know what conditions you should create that lend themselves to bonding and sharing?

The end game is to get referrals. We will share a simple script which you can start using immediately. You will learn five easy steps to follow in order to get high-level contacts. By understnding the divergent vantage points of the candidate vis-�-vis the hiring manager, you can better prepare for this demanding interaction called "the interview".

SPEAKER

ALEX FREUND: Alex Freund had a long career working for major Fortune 500 companies in the capacity of Corporate Director. Initially, after graduating from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration he worked in hotels and hospitals. From there he moved on managing the complex challenges of feeding thousands of employees in many locations throughout the country. Alex has managed some 35 different departments also known as Facilities Administration or Support Services.

Alex has extensive experience with interviewing people. He has also practical training in career coaching. Consequently, he formed LandingExpert � Career Coaching services. He is prominent in a number of networking groups and has helped many job seekers with their career searches, providing them with tools, information, marketing material, and one-on-one preparation for the interview.

Alex lived in three continents and speaks five languages. Currently he lives in the Princeton NJ area with his wife and has two grown up children.

AGENDA

6:30 PM
Participants begin to arrive & network with peers.
7:00 PM
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3.: Job Opportuntiy: FBI Foreign Language Career Days

Posted by: "Brian Mecca" Brian.Mecca@yahoo.com bd_mecca

Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:35 pm (PDT)

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See the attached flyer. If you cannot see the flyer, details are below.

CONTRACT LINGUIST POSITIONS   $27 - $41 PER HOUR
Federal Bureau of Investigation invites residents of New York and Newark
metropolitan areas to attend Foreign Language Career DAYS on Saturday,
04/02/2011   at 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007 or on
Saturday, 04/09/2011   at
11 Centre Place Newark, NJ 07102
Come any time between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM. You must have a detailed resume.
Full-time and part-timeopportunities exist. No specific education or
professional backgrounds are required. High level of fluency in English and
foreign language is required to perform translation, monitoring and
interpretation services. On-site language assessment.
U.S.CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED.

These are Contract positions and no benefits are provided.
Full-time government employees (Language Analysts*) are selected from the ranks
of the Contract Linguists

Allow additional 20 minutes for security check.
Additional info (NY): Nevine.Aziz@ic.fbi.govor Joline.Caron@ic.fbi.gov
Additional info (NK): Allegra.Adessa@ic.fbi.gov
______________________________________
* Language Analyst salary ranges between $49,571 and $ 119,935 per year,
depending upon skills and years of service.

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