• Oversee and manage all activities related to procurement from intent to purchase through delivery and turnover • Must meet deliverables in scope, schedule and budget for renovations for vacation ownership properties • Review, quantify, and bid project specifications with appropriately aligned vendors to determine the best supplier • Financial planning and cost management, improving efficiencies, and tracking purchases and savings for each individual project • Track and report on procurement and expediting, and ensure complete and timely delivery of the FF&E • Develop and foster relationships with vendors and identify new vendors for approval • Maintain Brand Standards with vendors, Designers and Project Management • Be responsible for implementing standard commodities and pricing while focusing on one general commodity to provide oversight and expertise to other team members • Develop relationships with teammates through collaboration and communication to create a cost effective and efficient project management environment

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged research content • Develop new research and ideas through thought leadership • Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing research positions across a team of analysts • Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions • Support Research and Sales

• Manage supplier maintenance fee collections end-to-end • Resolving billing discrepancies and processing refund requests • Develop and implement collection strategies • Investigate and resolve billing issues and payment disputes • Work closely with cross-functional teams and supplier partners • Identify and execute enhancements to supplier communication and workflows • Review and present monthly fee collection reports

• Develop and manage supplier relationships for Echo across the product life cycle, starting from design and development through commercial production. • Collaborate with R&D engineers, cross-functional core team and suppliers during new product development process to develop critical medical devices, components, materials or other based on product and company need. • Engage and utilize processes to coordinate New Product Development (NPD) initiatives including but not limited to ensure quality, cost, delivery and risk reduction activities with suppliers. • Conduct Make vs Buy analysis, supplier selection, develop sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements (i.e., NDA, Development, Supply), PO management and manage supplier relationships to deliver predictable supply & competitiveness. • Provide Project Mgmt. for Sourcing deliverables, working with overall project managers, communication with cross-functional groups and suppliers to track performance and highlight risks. • Facilitate workshops with both internal partners and suppliers to utilize DFx strategies and tools (manufacturability, supply chain, etc.) along with component plans to drive quality and reliability of parts. • Responsible for the identification, reduction and mitigation of risk, improving timelines and developing lasting relationships that are critical to meeting business and technical challenges. • Track supplied component quality, supply risk, material cost, response / lead time for new products. • Partner with suppliers to develop launch plans ensuring materials, labor and capacity is in place to meet demand. • Develop methodology and manage the SRM (supplier relationship management) operating system for on-going supply working with supply partners (i.e., agreements, business reviews, technical meetings, etc.) • Drive continuous improvement activities with suppliers