Neety Sachar

Director/VP Procurement

Calgary

#OpenToWork

About

• 10+ years of progressive leadership in strategic sourcing, procurement, and enterprise technology vendor management across high-growth and global organizations. • Proven leader of high-performing teams (up to 4+ direct reports and cross-functional stakeholders), driving alignment across IT, Finance, Legal, and InfoSec to execute complex sourcing strategies within enterprise-wide SaaS and services category. • Delivered over $12M+ in cumulative enterprise savings, including $8M at Dropbox and $450K within first 120 days at Jane Software through AI-enabled sourcing and contract optimization. • Managed and optimized $100M+ in annual spend, leading 150+ complex negotiations and RFPs while reducing vendor sprawl and improving licensing efficiency. • Built and scaled procurement functions from the ground up, implementing governance frameworks, intake-to-procure workflows, and data-driven KPI reporting to accelerate decision-making and cost control.

What I'm looking for

As a Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Leader, I am seeking a high-impact role that transforms procurement from a transactional function into a proactive competitive advantage. I am looking to drive cost optimization, build resilient teams, and champion sustainable, innovative supplier partnerships.Here are the core pillars of the opportunity I am targeting, Strategic Transformation; Supplier Relationship Management, Process & Tech Optimization and Team Leadership.

Experience

Geotab Inc.

Senior Software Procurement Manager

May 2026 – Present

Owning enterprise-wide software and services procurement strategy and SaaS portfolio governance to maximize contract flexibility and minimize technical debt. • Delivered $355K in cost savings within the first 60 days through targeted renegotiation with key vendors, securing improved pricing, terms, and value without disrupting service continuity. • Drove SaaS portfolio rationalization and vendor consolidation, owning the renewals calendar to prevent tech-stack creep, eliminate shelfware, and mitigate renewal risk. • Redesigned license compliance and audit-readiness processes, cutting administrative overhead and re-engaging the asset management team as a cross-functional partner, enabling procurement to focus on strategic supplier risk assessments.

SaaS portfolio governanceVendor consolidationLicense compliance

Geotab Inc.

Jane Software Inc.

Senior Manager – Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Feb 2025 – May 2026

Accelerating procurement maturity and delivering rapid cost optimization through AI-enabled sourcing and governance. • Championed tooling consolidation, procurement transformation, and delivered $450K in cost savings, negotiating with Tier 1 vendors such as Google, Notion, and OpenAI within 120 days. • Partnered with Finance to improve technology spend visibility, forecasting accuracy, and vendor-level cost control resulting in streamlined processes across various cost centers. • Implemented intake-to-procure workflows (Zip) within 90 days to accelerate decision speed and risk review while introducing AI-augmented negotiation strategies and contract review process. • Serve as executive escalation point for complex vendor negotiations and stakeholder alignment across IT, InfoSec, Legal, and Finance.

AI-enabled sourcing

Jane Software Inc.

Dropbox Inc.

Head of Technology Strategic Sourcing - IT Software and Services

Dec 2022 – Feb 2025

Led global sourcing strategy and high-value negotiations delivering measurable enterprise savings and governance. • Directed 150+ complex annual negotiations and RFPs, generating $8M in measurable cost savings on $100M spend under management. • Reduced vendor sprawl and optimized licensing through enterprise contract consolidation and portfolio rationalization. • Built executive sourcing KPIs and Tableau reporting using Workday Scout data to strengthen spend governance. • Managed high-risk renewals, and strategic supplier relationships at the enterprise level managing an impactful team of four.

NegotiationsContract consolidationTableau reporting

Dropbox Inc.

Fasken Law

IT Applications Portfolio Manager

May 2022 – Dec 2022

Established procurement governance and rationalized application portfolio to unlock rapid financial value while reporting directly to the CTO. • Delivered $1.1M in savings across a $17M spend portfolio, through application rationalization and total cost of ownership analysis. • Designed and launched the firm’s intake, sourcing, and procurement governance framework. • Led supplier qualification, RFP strategy, and sourcing execution to optimize cost, performance, and vendor alignment.

Procurement governanceRFP strategy

Fasken Law

Senior Business Manager – Enterprise Applications

Nov 2019 – Feb 2022

Owned enterprise software vendor strategy, contract lifecycle, and procure-to-pay transformation. • Managed IT software, professional services, and vendor performance across enterprise applications. • Implemented end-to-end contract management and P2P processes, improving efficiency and governance and delivered $1M in savings across a $15M spend portfolio. • Directed sourcing strategy and supplier negotiations to enhance outcomes for commercial terms.

Contract managementP2P processesVendor performance

Nova Chemicals Corporation.

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

IT Procurement and Strategic Sourcing

Jul 2014 – Aug 2019

Drove sustained licensing optimization and procurement efficiency across enterprise technology. • Reduced licensing costs 10% annually, delivering $2M in annual savings while managing a total spend of $20M which included hardware, software, telecom and professional services within the CIO org. • Directed a blended team of licensing and procurement specialists while owning executive- level negotiations with critical technology suppliers. • Recognized by executive leadership for measurable procurement value creation and operational improvement.

Licensing optimizationProcurement efficiencyVendor negotiations

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

Education

University of Mumbai

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Commerce and Economics · Accounting

Certifications

CTPM (Certified Technical Project Manager)

TPM Institute

CAPM (Certified Associate Project Manager)

PMI-Project Management Institute

CSM (Certified ScrumMaster)

Scrum Alliance

Skills

Workday ScoutServiceNow PSMZipG-SuiteIroncladP2P TransformationExecutive ManagementStakeholder ManagementAI-Enabled ProcurementKPI ReportingSpend AnalyticsComplex NegotiationsForecastingPortfolio RationalizationSystem ConsolidationProcurement TechnologyStrategic Sourcing