Mária Quinn

Supporting the corporate procurement function of New York and London branches with their operational and strategic procurement tasks:

• Maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including negotiating and reviewing contracts in cooperation with legal and vendor risk departments to ensure that all contracts are fully compliant with the bank regulations
• Supplier assessment, onboarding, development and contract management
• Supporting the rollout of new procurement tools, managing upgrades and process improvements, including daily problem solving
• Transferring internal processes between the branches, including training of my colleagues and knowledge transfer
• Preparing reports on expenditures
• Analyzing, investigating, identifying, and reporting maverick buying
• Supporting category managers in managing category related risks such as price volatility, supplier stability and volume assurance
• Analyzing historical spend data to identify new opportunities for cost savings
• Participating in bids and tenders and playing an active role in contract creation and implementation process

• As a procurement intern, my main responsibilities were: participation in the evaluation of suppliers in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of risk, supplies, quality of service, etc., cooperation in commercial tenders for the Czech Republic and other countries, market research in various areas of supply services, communication with external suppliers of branches in Prague and Commerzbank in Europe.

• As an associate consultant, my main responsibilities were: contacting candidates from the Engineering field who are calling and visiting the office, keeping an existing candidate database up to date, recording information accurately at all times, asking for candidate's requirements and informing the consultants of their availability, liaising with candidates, conducting telephone and face-to-face interviews/Skype, advertising and dealing with advert responses.

• As a receptionist, my main responsibilities were: providing comprehensive information to guests, telephone and mail communication, connecting guests, updating, checking and confirming guest bookings, administration related to the reception.