Linda Ierardi

Linda Ierardi, PMP has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies. Linda currently holds the position of Senior Sourcing Specialist at Savvas Learning Co (formerly Pearson K12 Learning) since October 2019. Prior to this role, Linda worked at Pearson for many years. From 2008 to 2019, they served as the Manager of Supplier Management where they managed a $20 million annual budget and was responsible for outsourcing education content development. Their tasks included developing bids and RFPs, vendor selections and negotiations, and monitoring budgets and schedules. During their tenure, they launched a task force that identified savings of $100 million.

Before their role as Manager of Supplier Management, Linda held the position of Manager of Production at Pearson from 2001 to 2008. In this role, they managed a $23 million annual budget and was responsible for budgeting, forecasting, vendor selection, training staff, and handling multiple overlapping programs. Linda consistently exceeded annual cost reduction goals by keeping programs on time and within budget.

Prior to their role as Manager of Production, Linda served as the Prepress Manager at Pearson from 1999 to 2001. Linda managed a $9 million annual budget and was responsible for budgeting, forecasting, vendor selection, training staff, and managing contracts for new and reprint products.

Linda's work experience also includes a role as Manufacturing Manager at Reed Elsevier (Mosby) from 1994 to 1999. In this role, they managed 116 medical and nursing textbooks with an annual budget of $4 million. Their responsibilities included overall fiscal performance, project production team management, vendor selection, and on-site press approvals.

Overall, Linda Ierardi, PMP has extensive experience in sourcing, supplier management, production management, and budgeting in the education and publishing industry.

Linda Ierardi, PMP obtained a B.A. degree in Journalism-Mass Communication from Iowa State University. Additionally, they hold several certifications such as "Time Management Fundamentals" from LinkedIn, "Google Drive Essential Training" from Lynda.com, "Excel for Mac 2011: Pivot Tables in Depth" from Lynda.com, and the "Project Management Professional PMP" certification from the Project Management Institute, which they obtained in April 2016.