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Keziche Ikeka

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Experienced contract manager with a track record of negotiation and drafting of complex contracts within IT, HR, Managed Services. Experience in achieving business objectives through influencing and effectively working with key stakeholder during procurement campaigns such as mergers and acquisition, RFP, MSA, SLA, SOW, etc.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Contract Manager

Royal Bank Of Canada
Toronto
12.2021 - Current
  • responsible for procurement strategy development, initiation and execution as well as engaging internal senior management and external stakeholders to negotiate and draft high value Technology and related procurement contracts with spend over 40 million dollars against the backdrop of cost savings, business process and services improvement within for Personal and commercial banking line of business using procurement management tools such as Coupa and SAP
  • Act as an interface between Strategic Sourcing, client Legal, external vendors and other internal business stakeholders including Senior Management for both Canada and the United States

Contract Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
03.2021 - 12.2021
  • I managed end to end procurement campaigns including negotiating and drafting complex business critical contracts involving multiple stakeholders and involving various risks which were accurately identified and mitigated. I supported RFPs, Master service agreements, Statement of work, Service level agreements etc.
  • In this role, I effectively executed complex high value end to end procurement campaigns for sophisticated suppliers such as Microsoft, Udemy, Softchoice, Deloitte etc for which i received recognition. Notably in this role, I was responsible for the renegotiation of the entire permanent staffing supplier portfolio involving over 30 suppliers. I was able to identify and mitigate a plethora of risks, improve the quality of service and I achieved cost savings of about 3 million dollars.

Contract Category Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
Toronto, Canada, Canada
09.2020 - 03.2021
  • worked independently in negotiating, drafting and ongoing support of contracts including outsourcing, managed services, statements of work and software licensing agreements
  • I was able to successfully negotiate, draft and execute business critical IT and HR service contracts such as the incorporation of the employee learning platform with Udemy. Working with various stakeholders such as Legal, data governance etc, I was able to identify and mitigate risks bothering on privacy, business continuity as well as being able to negotiate favorable commercial terms bringing about cost savings of about 1 million dollars and better services.

Client Account Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
Toronto, Canada, Canada
09.2019 - 09.2020
  • I was tasked with the responsibility of coordinating and working with different lines of business to identify and resolve compliance issues with the lending portfolios of individuals and small businesses against the A.M.L. framework and other regulatory and statutory requirement.
  • As a Client Account Manager, I was able to successfully identify, asses and report risks associated with lending products such as mortgages, credit lines, credit cards and loans.
  • I quickly mastered my responsibilities and received recognition as the top performing agent across Canada. As a result of the my outstanding performance, my role was changed as i became a subject matter expert tasked with the responsibility of training new hires in the role. I also excelled with regards to my new responsibilities and was double promoted from a l4 to L6 within 11 months of joining the bank.

Senior Contract Manager

N.J.A. Ikeka & Co
Lagos
12.2016 - 08.2019
  • I had the responsibility of collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders to identify and comply with regulatory and statutory compliance changes for commercial clients. I also had the responsibility of negotiating and drafting commercial agreements within the IT, real estate, government and financial industry.

Contract Associate

N.J.A. Ikeka & Co
Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria
11.2014 - 12.2016
  • Conducted legal research and analysis to draft and review contracts. I had the responsibility of collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders to identify and comply with regulatory and statutory compliance changes for commercial clients. I also had the responsibility of negotiating and drafting commercial agreements within the IT, real estate, government and financial industry.

Education

Masters in Business Law

York University
Toronto, ON
06.2021

Certificate Of Qualification - Law

Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Toronto, ON
12.2020

J.D. - Law

Rivers State University
Rivers State, Nigeria.
06.2014

Skills

  • able to work independently
  • Excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Creative problem solver
  • vendor management
  • financial industry knowledge
  • negotiation and drafting
  • cost savings
  • Highly organized, proactive, self-motivated
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable and confident communicating
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities
  • excellent knowledge of Coupa and Ariba

Timeline

Senior Contract Manager

Royal Bank Of Canada
12.2021 - Current

Contract Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
03.2021 - 12.2021

Contract Category Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
09.2020 - 03.2021

Client Account Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
09.2019 - 09.2020

Senior Contract Manager

N.J.A. Ikeka & Co
12.2016 - 08.2019

Contract Associate

N.J.A. Ikeka & Co
11.2014 - 12.2016

Masters in Business Law

York University

Certificate Of Qualification - Law

Federation of Law Societies of Canada

J.D. - Law

Rivers State University

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