Renee Soulia

Experience

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  Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  • Created short and long range plan marketing plans, profit/loss statements, and operating budget• Supervised a staff of 30 including maintenance, finance and reservation personnel• Developed and coordinated promotions and sponsorships with national companies such as Pizza Hut and Wal-Mart• Created new campground brochure and all promotional materials• Attended trade shows promoting Hershey Highmeadow Campground * Taught marketing seminar for Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association Show less

  • Director of Concessions, Catering and Merchandise, Hershey Arena and Stadium

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  • Director of Admissions, HERSHEYPARK

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  • General Manager, Hershey Highmeadow Campground

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1992
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  IBM

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Accounts Receivable Administrator

  * Responsible for collecting receivables of over $1 million dollars each month.• Consistently met and exceeded all collection objectives• Mentored Accounts Receivable administrators

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  SAINT MARK’S PRESCHOOL

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  Teaching Assistant

  * Responsible for assisting lead teacher in all aspects of classroom activities.• Assumed lead teaching role for 2 months due to unexpected medical leave of lead teacher• Created lesson plans and led class in daily instruction

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  First Citizens Bank

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2013

  Software Asset Management Analyst

  * Developed and implemented process to identify, review and approve software deployed on the bank's network. • Verified compliance to license agreements. Established process to identify and correct noncompliance• Directed weekly meeting of the Software Asset Working Group. This group was made up of fifteen IT department managers. The Software Asset Working Group reviewed all requests for new software with the goals of ensuring streamlined functionality, business continuity and risk compliance. Show less

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  First Citizens Bank

  Nov 2014 - now

  Risk Officer II offering experience and a strong record of third party vendor risk management, vendor issues management, compliance, customer service, continuous improvement and managing teams. Related skills include strong communication skills, problem solving, organization and team building.• Facilitate the onboarding of vendor engagements through the assessment of risk and effective challenge process• Assess the inherent risks associated with the outsourcing of products and services• Oversee the assessment of the appropriate vendor due diligence, summarize and report defined residual risks and assist the business with next steps.• Oversee the ongoing oversight process of existing vendor relationships• Establish and maintain Management Plans for Enterprise Critical vendors• Assist Business Units with emergent vendor issues through resolution• Interface with business owners, project managers, technical owners, management, vendors information security, compliance, legal, physical security, business continuity and other groups as may be required. Show less Manage contract inventory for multiple lines of business. Provide contractual and spend analysis. Coordinate RFP process from vendor invitation to final award. • Manage large quantity contract inventory to ensure timely renewals or terminations • Draft vendor contracts and provide analysis • Lead RFI process at the request of stakeholder seeking cost savings and product enhancements• Provide analysis of research related to RFI subject matter and coordinate meetings with Gartner • Consolidate stakeholder scoring of vendor presentations and weighted analysis• Manage disposition of contracts received as the result of bank acquisition. Work with stakeholders to terminate acquired contracts or negotiate needed into existing relationships• Developed plan to streamline elevator maintenance vendors resulting in savings and established corporate standard for service. Show less

  • Risk Officer II

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Sourcing Analyst

    Nov 2014 - Oct 2022