Ellena Lambert

Background

About Ellena Lambert

I have 20 years of experience in house creating, negotiating, executing and managing various types of agreements (technology, vendor/sales agreements, CDA’s, CSAs, etc.) as well as negotiating the pricing/costs for the organization. I possess intimate knowledge of the contract management lifecycle and record management processes. I have worked for or collaborated with Legal to develop and implement contract procedures and policies that identify accountability expectations and comply with legal and regulatory laws and procedures. Leveraging many years of experience in information technology procurement, I have successfully led cross-functional teams in a matrix organization through large, complex global pharmaceutical and healthcare projects. Leveraging many years of experience, I negotiated sales agreements with the government for Network & Security Solutions, Electrical & Electronic Solutions and Utility Power Solutions. Work Accomplishments-Instrumental in shaping a long-term strategy and successful execution of a critical healthcare agreement with sole source supplier for a new medical device which resulted in a cost savings and the ability to procure key raw materials over the life of the agreement which were critical for the composition of the new product-Instrumental in shaping a long-term strategy and successful execution of a critical agreement to procure Clinical Trial Management System in the face of challenging market, company split, and end of life cycle event, resulting in in cost savings and additional favorable terms-Negotiated agreement to outsource the Clinical Trial Help Desk resulting in of cost savings-Negotiated a cost avoidance for software maintenance-Resolved Marketing Department's conflict with a supplier, resulting in a cost avoidance-Lead negotiator for a software project that was stopped due to complex problems. Negotiated and recovered intellectual property as well as that had already been paid to the supplier-Renegotiated critical contract for virtual pharmacy. Identified payment issues in old contract and advised a SME on strategy to renegotiate the agreement, resulting in significant savings, year -over- year-Reduced average turnaround time for legal review and contract execution by 20%-Updated internal intake documents to streamline approval process -Updated contract templates to meet current legal/regulatory requirements CEO recognition for outstanding effort during company split 13 Abbott awards