Skills
Vendor and stakeholder management
Strategic planning
Category Management
Contract preparation and negotiation
Creative problem solving
Coaching and training
Languages
Hungarian
English
French
Awards
Above and beyond award - Price reduction (2014) - Savings 45k USD
Corporate Award (2011) - diligent work on it quote collection
Activities
Outdoor activities - Running (Marathons), Hiking (El Camino), Climbing, Sailing
Dancing - tango, Hungarian folk dance, salsa, swing
Art - computer generated or traditional
Volunteer work - teaching and organising Saturday activities for Hungarian kids
Education
Bachelor , Business Administration & Management
September 2002 - July 2010
July 1998 - July 2002
Experience
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information NZ , Wellington, New Zealand
January 2020 - Present
I am the Procurement Category Manager assigned to the Business Transformation Group, which is leading one of New Zealand's largest government transformation programmes.
The Program is rebuilding and modernising how information about land in Aotearoa is supplied through the Landonline system.
I am the primary procurement support for the program, responsible for
sourcing and managing contractors and consultants, software licence and application contracts
Westpac (NZ) Ltd , Wellington, New Zealand
May 2016 - January 2021
Responsible for commercial relationships with an annual value of $65m relating to the majority of the software and applications used by the bank. My role ensured the high performance of sourcing, contract negotiations and category/vendor management.
I was responsible for some categories with annual spending of around $20m, including Back office payment systems; Analytics systems and associated tools; Resource augmentation, and Front office teller applications.
I managed multiple small to medium-sized contract renewal process for software development projects.
I developed and maintained productive working relationships with project owners, business functions, IT developers, vendors, and other project stakeholders to achieve the desired outcomes.
Leading and supporting supplier assessments, negotiation and contract management
Spotless Facility Services (NZ) Ltd , Auckland, New Zealand
October 2015 - March 2016
Primarily responsible for the key contracts and the performance indicators of the day to day cleaning services at a regional and national level
Developing and maintaining client relationships
Identified and resolved issues to achieve successful completion of the subcontractor project
Negotiated and prepared commercial agreements and documentation.