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Paul Nilsen

Vice President, Procurement at Douglas Elliman Real Estate

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Overview

Paul Nilsen serves as Vice President, Procurement at Douglas Elliman Real Estate[1][3]. Nilsen is a procurement leader with over 20 years of experience building and running indirect procurement functions, most recently as the architect of the procurement function at Douglas Elliman, managing $175M in spend across Technology, SaaS, Marketing, Facilities, and Professional Services[2]. Notable achievements include renegotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Unified Support contract for $400k in annual savings and leading negotiations on a custom Marketing and CRM platform agreement that generated $1.5M in savings over three years[2]. Nilsen implemented procurement technology including Zip Procurement intake and Ironclad CLM[2]. Prior experience includes roles as Global Procurement Manager at Willis and Procurement Manager at Marc Ecko Enterprises[8][9]. Nilsen holds a BBA in Marketing from Baruch College[11].

Profile introduction
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Procurement leader with 20+ years of experience building and running indirect procurement functions from the ground up — most recently as the sole architect of Procurement at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, managing $175M in spend across Technology, SaaS, Marketing, Facilities, and Professional Services. Selected results: - Renegotiated Microsoft Enterprise Agreement & Unified Support contract, saving $400k annually. - Led negotiations of custom Marketing & CRM platform agreement, leading to $1.5M in savings over a 3-year term. - Sourced and implemented Zip Procurement intake, Ironclad CLM…

Career history

  1. Vice President, ProcurementApr 2026 to presentDouglas Elliman Real Estate
  2. Director Of ProcurementMar 2018 to presentDouglas Elliman Real Estate
  3. Procurement ManagerNov 2015 to Mar 2018Douglas Elliman Real Estate
  4. Pack LeaderMay 2025 to presentProcurement Pack
  5. Community Content ModeratorJun 2019 to Nov 2024Procurement Foundry
  6. Global Procurement Manager - Office Services2006 to Nov 2015Willis
  7. Procurement ManagerSep 2003 to Jan 2006Marc Ecko Enterprises
  8. Sales ManagerJan 1999 to Sep 2001IQPC

Education

  1. BCBBA, MarketingBaruch College
  2. Edward R Murrow HS

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