Sourcing and Vendor Management Profile for Inka Traktman.

1. Inka Traktman/Strategic Sourcing Manager 415-328-2866
Sourcing & Vendor Manager
Senior level professional with 15+ years background in sourcing, strategic vendor management and category
management. Effective in recognizing strategic corporate goals and profit objectives in order to develop and
implement programs and processes necessary for success. My “secret sauce” is the ability partner and pro-
actively managed continually evolving business needs through direct, transparent communication, risk
mitigation, strong analytics, economics and negotiating skills. C-level communication and presentation skills.
Extensive international market experience, including Fortune 100.
Market Analysis, Sourcing, Contracting. Engaged with global cross functional teams and led requirements
and sourcing processes for hard goods, travel, technology, marketing and finance. Guided business partners in
requirement definitions and introduced value added services and innovations. Conducted market scans, built
and evaluated RFP’s and awarded contracts in alignment with business strategies, moving from tactical to
strategic. Negotiated, drafted, modified and amended contracts.
Achieved over 20% cost savings through market scans and workflow review of hard goods vendors.
Developed requirements, streamlined and vetted suppliers, implemented new program for market
launch in just 8 months at Portal Publications. Directly impacted bottom line.
Researched and implemented national travel and credit card program for Birkenstock Footprints USA.
Sourced, contracted and on-boarded marketing vendors, ranging from agencies, SEO, digital, research,
software and web services contracts at Greenfire, EVault and PC Guardian.
Improved contracts by minimizing risk and liability and through increased flexibility in contract terms.
Vendor Performance Management, Contracting. Monitored performance and service levels through
business reviews and day to day activities with companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Core Logic,
Lexis-Nexis, and American Express. Project managed for clients such as Wells Fargo, Kaiser Permanente and
Florida Election Commission to ensure timely delivery and on budget performance. Ensured SLA(O)’s matched
changing business, client and compliance needs. Prioritized and built consensus with global, diverse internal
and external stakeholder groups. Managed contractual modifications and obligations.
Introduced new business review processes and scorecards that enhanced total value of IT relationships.
Refined monthly, quarterly and bi-annual business reviews that led to month-over-month
improvements and managed cost avoidance of over 10% of annual volumes.
Optimized success of project intakes, launch and release schedules through tighter management of
processes and programs. Reduced resource churn and improved knowledge retention.
Achieved non-contractual reimbursements for weak performance of up to 80% of monthly fees.
Achieved cost savings of over 200% over goal in first year.
Reporting, Audit & Regulatory Compliance. Ensured appropriate governance of vendors, projects, and
contracts.
Headed up dry-run of Solvency II requirements for ten Allianz entities and improved ease and
productivity of reporting for cross-functional teams.
Implemented bi-annual onsite audits that improved contract compliance.
Partnered with legal, compliance and risk management to provide appropriate documentation,
reporting and oversight.
INKA S. TRAKTMAN
63 Grande Vista, Novato, CA 94947
Phone 415.898.4589, cell 415.328.2866

2. Allianz, Fireman’s Fund (2/2014-present), Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Manager
Category Manager IT Applications & Development, Personal & Commercial Software Solutions
Responsible for approx. $100M annual spend. Managed staff augmentation, application maintenance and
development vendors (IBM, Accenture) as well as strategic insurance data and software service providers
(Lexis-Nexis, Core Logic, ISO, Agero). Accountable for performance, contracting and governance. Achieved
significant first time contracting wins and doubled savings goals in first year.
EVault, a Seagate Company (05/12-1/2014), Global Product Marketing Manager; Microsoft Liaison
Cloud Storage, OEM, Software and Hardware, Marketing
Responsible for vetting and monitoring service levels of OEM technology partners, SaaS, Software,
Marketing and Consulting vendors for global organization. Responsible for program performance with
Microsoft Azure. Ensured compliance and governance of assigned product category for customers and
partners. Improved key account retention by over 20% through account management and proper release
management. Managed Programs and RFP processes.
Greenfire Strategies (3/09-5/12), Founder/Operations Manager
Business Consulting Services, Web Applications, Marketing Services
Developed legal contracts, managed client requirements, budgets and timelines. Sourced vendors to
deliver global projects to meet business requirements for all marketing categories. Contracted clients
and project managed work orders. Ensured scope, timelines and service deliverables were met. Clients
included Gumby, medical device companies, veterinary hospital chain , technology clients, and hard
goods .
Micro Security Devices (5/05-2/09), VP of Product Marketing
Global Enterprise Security Solutions—Marketing, Hardware, Electronics, RFID
Directed sourcing, contracting, costing and contract terms for new overseas vendors of OEM hardware,
assembly parts, RFID Technology providers, electronics, and packaging. Sourced and managed
marketing vendors. Responsible for product quality. Improved profit margins by 25 points in select
categories. Diversified suppliers through RFX processes, category and vendor reviews.
Winn Devon Publishing Group/Portal Publications (12/2000-8/2005), Sr. Product Manager
Printing, Publishing House for Art—Calendars, Stationery, Framed Art, Posters, Entertainment
Managed vendor selection and P & L for 3 categories. Sourced and contracted production labor, hard
goods, and entertainment contracts globally. Responsible for $60M in annual contract value and
inventory projections of over 2000 skus. Increased profit margins by over 20 points.
SKILLS
Benchmarking
Business Reviews
Business Requirements
Category management
Compliance
Contract Drafting
Cost Savings
Dispute and Conflict Resolution
Matrix Organizations
Financial Analysis
Governance & Risk Management
IT Applications, Software
Hardware
Hard Goods
Technology
Marketing
Negotiation
P & L
Process Optimization
Project Management
RFx Development
Risk Management
Scorecard Development
Fluent in German