RZ Strategies Group – CONTRACT AND COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES

Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management

Challenging the Status Quo

Fully realize the negotiated benefits of sourcing, leverage your company’s purchasing influence and lower costs.

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Making a Difference

``Richard’s ability to learn our Contract & Commercial management strategy across 47 countries, benchmark it across the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap made a big difference.``

- Bernard Dakar, Microsoft.

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Value, Value, Value.

“Richard Sandler’s leadership skills, honesty and integrity paired with decades of experience in sourcing and negotiating makes him seem too good to be true …”

- DVP, Strategic Sourcing

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“Contractual Impasse? Bring in the ultimate negotiator, Richard Sandler.”

- VP, Financial Services Account Management, One of America’s Largest IT Technology Services Company

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RZ Strategies: Four Phase Approach

Using a four phase approach, RZ Strategies develops and implements integrated contracting operations and commercial management strategies for businesses looking to maximize efficiencies, scalability and profit.

Assess

RZ Strategies uses surveys, interviews, and observation to conduct a comprehensive service audit.

Plan

We identify technology, tools, training, and processes to take your commercial team to the next level.

Implement

Once we have executive buy-in, we oversee the implementation process from start to finish.

Monitor

We then monitor Key Performance Indicators at agreed intervals, adjusting strategies as needed.

Richard Sandler
Managing Director

Richard Sandler, founder of
RZ Strategies: Major Deal Closer,
“Fixer” and Turnaround Specialist:

Global Head of Contract and Commercial Management for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) (now DXC Technology), leading a team of over 550 Commercial and Federal contracting professionals.
Key leadership role in CSC’s transformation resulting in hundreds of millions in cost savings, personally leading his department’s change program in the tens of millions.
Member, IACCM Advisory Group

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Strategic Partners

We partner with carefully selected best-in-class companies to build the most efficient teams, maximize the use and mix of resources we apply to projects, and deliver the best price value and results for our clients.

Premiere Partners

ABIZ CORPORATION – Leverages a shared services model to provide cost effective and secure end-to-end contracting solutions for clients. Locations in U.S. and India. LEARN MORE

SILVER TREE CONSULTING & SERVICES – Solves Business and IT challenges for Small, Medium and Large enterprises enabling significant improvement in responsiveness, agility, ROI and Quality of Services (QoS). LEARN MORE

THE IACCM ADVISORY GROUP – Value-driven, forward-looking advisory services focused on bridging IACCM research, benchmark data and insights directly to business impact. A diverse group with a common and deep understanding of commercial, contract and relationship management aligned with the IACCM approaches and values. LEARN MORE

Testimonials

Richard’s ability to learn our Contract & Commercial management strategy across 47
countries, benchmark it across the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap helped
sharpen our influence of senior leadership and key stakeholders and focus on business
benefits of a strong CCM function. This is a huge testament to what an experienced,
adaptable, intuitive problem solver he is.”

EXPERIENCED, ADAPTABLE, INTUITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER

Bernard Dakar, Microsoft

Bernard Dakar, Microsoft

Richard’s ability to learn our Contract
& Commercial management strategy
across 47 countries, benchmark it across
the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap
helped sharpen our influence of senior leadership
and key stakeholders and focus on business
benefits of a strong CCM function.
This is a huge testament to what an experienced,
adaptable, intuitive problem solver he is.”

EXPERIENCED, ADAPTABLE,
INTUITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER
“Richard brings a unique mix of leadership, experience under fire, integrity, business savvy
and commercial acumen to any situation.”

GREAT LEADERSHIP UNDER FIRE

Richard Ricks, Managing Partner & CEO, Silver Tree Consulting & Services
"I met Richard in the context of a significant dispute in the execution of a major outsourcing
contract. Thanks to his deep understanding of large deals and complex negotiation
strategies, his contribution enabled both parties to amicably work through the dispute and
rebuild our relationship."

SIGNIFICANT DISPUTE – AMICABLE RESOLUTION, RELATIONSHIP REBUILT

Louis de Vautibault, Vendor & Contract Manager, Fortune 500 Global Energy & Transportation
“Richard consistently performs at the highest level by bringing a full understanding of
business operations, financial analysis, client/supplier relationship dynamics, as well
as a deep understanding of contracts and negotiating positions.”

DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF CONTRACTS & NEGOTIATING POSITIONS

Joe Schecther, Former President, Americas, Global IT services and solutions company
“Richard’s customer skills and business understanding make him incredibly valuable at
solving complex problems, crafting win-win solutions and successfully leading
large teams.”

COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVER, NATURAL LEADER

Tim Ellis, VP, Industry Lead, Global IT services and solutions company

Richard’s ability to learn our Contract & Commercial management strategy across 47
countries, benchmark it across the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap helped
sharpen our influence of senior leadership and key stakeholders and focus on business
benefits of a strong CCM function. This is a huge testament to what an experienced,
adaptable, intuitive problem solver he is.”

EXPERIENCED, ADAPTABLE, INTUITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER

Bernard Dakar, Microsoft

Bernard Dakar, Microsoft

Richard’s ability to learn our Contract
& Commercial management strategy
across 47 countries, benchmark it across
the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap
helped sharpen our influence of senior leadership
and key stakeholders and focus on business
benefits of a strong CCM function.
This is a huge testament to what an experienced,
adaptable, intuitive problem solver he is.”

EXPERIENCED, ADAPTABLE,
INTUITIVE PROBLEM SOLVER
“Richard brings a unique mix
of leadership, experience under fire, integrity, business
savvy and commercial
acumen to any situation.”

GREAT LEADERSHIP UNDER FIRE

Richard Ricks, Managing Partner & CEO, Silver Tree Consulting & Services
"I met Richard in the context of a significant
dispute in the execution of a major outsourcing
contract. Thanks to his deep understanding of
large deals and complex negotiation
strategies, his contribution enabled both
parties to amicably work through the dispute and
rebuild our relationship."

SIGNIFICANT DISPUTE – AMICABLE RESOLUTION, RELATIONSHIP REBUILT

Louis de Vautibault, Vendor & Contract Manager, Fortune 500 Global Energy & Transportation
“Richard consistently performs at the highest
level by bringing a full understanding of business
operations, financial analysis, client/supplier relationship
dynamics, as well as a deep understanding of
contracts and negotiating positions.”

DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF CONTRACTS & NEGOTIATING POSITIONS

Joe Schecther, Former President, Americas, Global IT services and solutions company
“Richard’s customer skills and business
understanding make him incredibly valuable at
solving complex problems, crafting win-win
solutions and successfully leading
large teams.”

COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVER, NATURAL LEADER

Tim Ellis, VP, Industry Lead, Global IT services and solutions company

Let’s Get Started!

Contact us today to optimize your strategic sourcing and contract management operations.

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Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management

Challenging the Status Quo

Making a Difference

``Richard’s ability to learn our Contract & Commercial management strategy across 47 countries, benchmark it across the industry and help us prioritize our roadmap made a big difference.``

Value, Value, Value.

“Richard Sandler’s leadership skills, honesty and integrity paired with decades of experience in sourcing and negotiating makes him seem too good to be true …”

“Contractual Impasse? Bring in the ultimate negotiator, Richard Sandler.”

RZ Strategies: Four Phase Approach

Using a four phase approach, RZ Strategies develops and implements integrated contracting operations and commercial management strategies for businesses looking to maximize efficiencies, scalability and profit.

Assess

Plan

Implement

Monitor

Richard Sandler Managing Director

Richard Sandler, founder of RZ Strategies: Major Deal Closer, “Fixer” and Turnaround Specialist:

Strategic Partners

We partner with carefully selected best-in-class companies to build the most efficient teams, maximize the use and mix of resources we apply to projects, and deliver the best price value and results for our clients.

Premiere Partners

ABIZ CORPORATION – Leverages a shared services model to provide cost effective and secure end-to-end contracting solutions for clients. Locations in U.S. and India. LEARN MORE

SILVER TREE CONSULTING & SERVICES – Solves Business and IT challenges for Small, Medium and Large enterprises enabling significant improvement in responsiveness, agility, ROI and Quality of Services (QoS). LEARN MORE

Testimonials

Let’s Get Started!

Contact us today to optimize your strategic sourcing and contract management operations.

Richard Sandler
Managing Director

Richard Sandler, founder of
RZ Strategies: Major Deal Closer,
“Fixer” and Turnaround Specialist: