Vetted Negotiation Professionals

“Supply chain/sourcing professional focused on semiconductor tooling NPI ramp-ups, owning vendor selection through production and delivery. Demonstrates strong cost and trade-risk mitigation (e.g., avoided 25% Section 301 tariff via HTS/landed-cost analysis) and measurable supplier performance turnarounds (OTD improved to 95%) using SAP MRP, shortage analysis, and structured supplier governance.”

“Founder/director of the music and event production company Tuned In, personally driving outbound BD to book underground LA talent and produce 25 events, including a major Lunar New Year collaboration with Alice Longyu Gao. Also ran multi-channel voter/community outreach for the Frankie Carrillo campaign (door knocking, 1,000+ SMS) and built automation tools (Apple widget; AI image-to-CSV workflow at Live Nation) to improve operational efficiency.”

“Automotive embedded product leader (player-coach/product-functional engineering) who helped ship a cybersecurity gateway ECU into production, owning architecture decisions, critical module reviews, and delivery. Demonstrated hands-on security/diagnostics expertise (ADA, RSA) and production defect ownership, plus experience tailoring quality-gate processes to speed variant delivery without sacrificing quality.”

“Business Development Officer (Sales Development) with SaaS experience across healthcare and financial industries, combining multi-channel outbound (calls/email/video/LinkedIn) with structured BANTR qualification. Reported strong activity-to-meeting conversion metrics and meeting-to-closed-won outcomes at Coface, and helped advance a complex 7-month deal (Okapi AI) from first touch to signature while maintaining rigorous Salesforce hygiene.”

“Sourcing/procurement professional with Accenture experience supporting telecom infrastructure expansion, owning RFQs through delivery and managing 12+ vendors. Known for strong supplier performance management (scorecards, KPIs, corrective actions) delivering ~97% on-time material delivery while cutting expedited freight 13% and avoiding ~AUD 500K in delay costs; also brings supplier onboarding and capability/capacity assessment experience from Nestlé and Accenture.”

“Brand/partnership leader with high-profile celebrity brand experience, including launching the Kardashian Kollection into hundreds of stores and hiring 50 VIP selling specialists nationwide. Managed end-to-end brand management across product, placement, and retailer/celebrity stakeholder satisfaction, and was promoted to VP of a fragrance endeavor within 6 months; also partnered closely with Revlon on an Elizabeth Taylor fragrance launch (GWP/packaging).”

“Procurement/sourcing professional with hands-on experience selecting and rolling out an analytics dashboard vendor end-to-end—using stakeholder discovery, POCs, and a scoring matrix—then negotiating a ~26% cost reduction and waiving implementation fees. Also demonstrates strong trade compliance instincts by catching and correcting an incorrect tariff code that would have increased duties ~18%, and uses structured milestone/risk tracking (RAG) to keep OTD and approvals on track.”

“Operations leader at AWI who ran multiple high-impact initiatives in parallel, including a WMS implementation, fulfillment workflow redesign, and a company-wide cost optimization effort. Known for building KPI dashboards and exception-based reporting that improved data trust and saved executives ~4–6 hours per week, while standardizing warehouse processes and coaching supervisors to reduce escalations and stabilize day-to-day ops.”

“Corporate development / corporate strategy M&A professional from a small boutique consulting firm (Aleris Acquisitions) who also owned internal ops improvements. Led the shift from manual spreadsheet-based tracking to HubSpot with pipeline scoring/prioritization, created enablement materials to drive adoption, and regularly supported founders in tech/tool decision-making through structured presentations and demos.”

“Marketing and growth professional with experience across conference sponsorships and B2B event GTM, including sourcing and closing major sponsors (Google, Microsoft, Zenpact) and emceeing a 2-day conference. Strong in performance marketing and CRO—built BOF landing experiences and tracking to drive 150 conversions at $120 CAC/4x ROAS, and used GA4 + heatmaps to optimize product pages and reduce bounce.”

“Operations leader/advisor with experience joining a Cedar Sinai Accelerator spinout (RAIOS) at an inflection point and rebuilding the company’s internal ops “connective tissue” across HR, finance, IT, product, and sales. Uses structured frameworks (RACI, OKRs/KPIs), rapid diagnostics, and tool centralization (Gusto, BILL, Brex) to create scalable, founder-friendly operating systems.”

“People/HR-focused change leader with experience driving a company-wide payroll/PEO provider transition through executive alignment, cross-functional facilitation, vendor coordination, and employee-focused communication/training. Uses systems thinking to diagnose drivers of turnover (e.g., gaps in post-onboarding training) and coaches leaders via 360-style feedback, real-time coaching, and structured behavior experiments to improve delegation and team effectiveness.”

“Built and shipped a production LLM-powered recruiting workflow that ranks resumes against job descriptions, generates evidence-based justifications, and finds "hidden fit" candidates using embeddings + RAG. Demonstrates strong production engineering around hallucination control, latency, and predictable LLM cost management (budget checks, top-K pruning, tenant caps), plus orchestration experience with Airflow/Prefect/Kubernetes and a structured evaluation/monitoring methodology for AI agents.”

“Sourcing/procurement professional with hands-on CAPEX equipment sourcing experience, building RFI/RFP packages, qualifying new vendors, and negotiating using market and internal spend data. Demonstrated process-improvement impact by redesigning proposal evaluations into a parallel workflow, cutting sourcing cycle time by ~20% while maintaining evaluation rigor.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of high-spend CPG accounts ($70K–$98K/month) across programmatic channels (display, video, CTV, DOOH) and full-funnel planning across Meta/Google/YouTube/TikTok. Known for structured testing roadmaps and pragmatic budget shifts (PMP vs open exchange) that delivered measurable lifts in CPA, CTR, and conversion rate, including turning around a stalled account within weeks. Open to either full-time or contract work, with a preference for contract roles.”

“People/HR strategy leader with experience in global team management and workforce planning across five divisions at Kantar. Uses data-driven org change (production + engagement analysis) and practical engagement levers (stay interviews, internal mobility, shift redesign) to deliver measurable results, including a 10% production efficiency gain in six months, and has led targeted initiatives to recruit/retain women through focus groups and flexible work options.”

“HR Manager with multi-site experience supporting four Florida branches, specializing in employee relations and investigations. Known for building standardized ER playbooks, SLAs, and leadership cadences that materially improved compliance and speed (cut investigation cycle time from 21 to ~14–15 days and raised on-time escalation responses to 92%). Previously supported 1,500+ employees at Amazon, partnering with specialized technical teams on org structure, role clarity, and hiring strategy using people and safety metrics.”

“Talent Ops/TA leader who has managed a 15-person combined recruiting + operations team and owned major HR tech initiatives, including end-to-end CRM implementations (Phenom People, GEM) and ATS/HRIS compensation-field integrations (PeopleSoft to Taleo). Known for measurable process improvements—cut time-to-fill from 100 to 65 days, increased offer acceptance by 20%, and boosted referrals by 30%—and for building analytics dashboards to pinpoint funnel bottlenecks and hiring manager responsiveness.”

“Customer Success/CSM leader with Freshworks enterprise experience owning complex accounts end-to-end (onboarding, adoption, renewal, and expansion). Demonstrated impact through quantified outcomes (e.g., +20% resolution speed, +15% CSAT, +25% handling-time improvement) and strong cross-functional execution on high-stakes integrations (Freshdesk–Salesforce) plus product influence via PRDs/user stories (Shopify integration improvements).”

“Talent & Recruiting Operations leader currently running high-volume, multi-state hiring at Brink’s, managing a team of 4 recruiters delivering ~1,600 hires/year. Known for operational redesign and analytics-driven workflow standardization that reduced time-to-fill to 32 days, plus leading Paradox AI rollout to automate screening/scheduling and improve speed and consistency across markets.”

“Startup-minded product builder with consulting experience in Oil & Gas who formed an LLC to design and deliver a modern project-controls software platform, replacing Excel-heavy workflows with scalable web-based calculations. Strong in pragmatic tech-stack decisions, talent matching, and shipping MVPs despite shifting stakeholders; sees marketing (pitching/networking) as a growth area and has evaluated partnership/investment offers for balanced support.”

“Operations and customer-facing leader with deep last-mile logistics expertise from running a critical extra-large Amazon logistics hub end-to-end (inventory accuracy, throughput, yard efficiency), including scalable process improvements adopted across Amazon XL sites. Strong cross-functional and partner management (DSPs/carriers, engineering ops) with rapid incident resolution and VOC-to-product translation (geofence/map fixes). Also demonstrates land-and-expand growth motion from Cisco, expanding a standardized software platform across multiple global sites.”