SUMMARY:

• SME in Indirect Procurement with a focus on IT 3rd Party Spend
• Develop IT Procurement Organizations from the ground up eProcurement SME
• Develop C - Level Sponsorship, Vendor Management Programs & Governance
• Implement Strategic Sourcing Engagement Processes
• Identify and Implement Key Cost Savings Reduction Programs
• Develop Comprehensive Multi-Year IT Sourcing Strategies that aligns with the Business Strategy
• Manage Complex IT Supplier Portfolio’s
• Develop IT Procurement Life Cycle Road Maps
• Perform Yearly Supplier Audit
• Develop and Lead Sponsored Gated Contract Review Governance for IT Contracts
• Develop Outsourcing Technology Programs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

E-Procurement Leader

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing e-commerce and e-procurement support towards maintaining and expanding the B2B e-commerce capabilities
• Works closely with customers, internal procurement systems (ARIBA, CUPA, Ketera, etc.), and internal stakeholders to enable E-Procurement relationships
• Prepare, review, document and distribute all hosted catalogs and pricing
• Provide monthly and quarterly reports with analysis of the E-Procurement business
• Build customer E-Procurement relationships securing product listing in customer s procurement systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve e-procurement issues
• Ensure reliable and a high quality of e-catalog content
• Monitor and administer the procurement vendor portals (Ariba, Sysco’s, etc.), responding to new request and issues
• Liaison with customers, procurement vendors, IT, sales, and Customer Care regarding new and existing B2B relationships and issue resolution
• Test/validate changes related to hosted catalog generation and punch-out
• Ensures products published in the e-catalogs meet distribution compliance and contain accurate coding to ensure clean order processing

Lead Procurement Technology Functional Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led 2 global project implementations of RFx Events & Management, Supplier Performance Measurement Processes using ARIBA Cloud solutions
• Spent at least 2 years acting as the Senior Procurement ARIBA Solutions Lead, supporting professional services sales cycle including proposal development, RFP responses, account development, Delivery Management and expansion initiatives
• 10 years of experience supporting global (on-shore/off-shore), enterprise-wide delivery engagements with one or more of the following ARIBA modules:
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with the stakeholders Technical SME’s
• Delivered projects successfully under fixed time constraints
• Collaborated with the implementation team as well as internal and external customers

Sourcing Procurement Functional ARIBA/SAP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed (project plans, organized, and executed) multiple projects and work streams with timeliness and accuracy
• Proficient in maintaining tight deadlines and producing detailed, high-quality work
• Documented and captured business requirements and processes properly
• Creatively solved problem and conflict resolution
• Team-oriented; aligned work with team’s priorities and goals
• Strong communication, presentation, training, client relationship and analytical skills

E-Procurement Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as the E-Procurement Coordinator and provided leadership to the system implementation team that including: project plans, work assignments, timelines and communications
• Provided education and training to the business units regarding approval workflow, organizational unit configurations, and user roles
• Presented to the key stakeholders and project teams the weekly program goals and progress to ensure we stayed on target
• Collaborated with SAP/ARIBA’s training resources with the internal technical, accounting, procurement and training resources to provide functional and technical support to business units
• Led user group sessions for program improvements and system enhancements
• Enabled vendors to integrate and maintain electronic product catalogs for purchasers in business units

Confidential

Procurement SAP/ARIBA SME

Responsibilities:

• Provided expertise on SAP/ARIBA Upstream and Downstream
• Extensive functional knowledge of all ARIBA modules
• Managed the global purchasing automation strategy
• Worked closely with the Global Purchasing groups (North America, EMEA, APAC and Latin Americas, Business Units Leaders, IT Functional Leader and Third Party Technology partners
• Global accountability for purchasing automation (i.e., eProcurement, Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Supplier Contract Management)

ARIBA Procurement SME

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for strategic and operational components of the E-Procurement division
• Strategized to improve efficiency, reduce expenses, and brought transparency through a single “Procure-to-Pay” initiative
• Built strong stakeholder relationships focused on customer requirements, gaining strategic alignment, and measuring results
• Monitored ordering and invoicing trends, and analyzed Functional Buying Group's processes and tools
• Drove adoption and increased spend into “ Confidential ” procurement tools (e-Purchasing, E-Invoicing, E-Contracts and Spend Analysis), which delivered processing PO’s in 1.5 days from 30 days and invoice payments to Net 30 from 90 days
• Managed projects in the areas of Supplier Life Cycle, Supplier Performance, Catalogs, and Supplier Enablement
• Ensured all global functional departments were appropriately educated on the e-Procurement application
• Enabled, e-Invoicing, Supplier Maintenance, Catalog Maintenance (Hosted and Punch-out)

Procurement Content Functional Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• ARIBA Procurement Content (On Demand) with SAP
• Project Management
• Run the functional design workshops on Catalogue Management, Contract Compliance, Approvals, Reporting and requirements gathering
• Perform functional tests and solution validation