Management Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area
Management consultant specializing in strategy & technology implementation for mid-market and Fortune 1000 companies. • Project management including drafting and proposing project charters, defining scopes, managing budgets, change management planning, and risks, and status reporting• Built Excel-based data models including AP/spend insights• Recruited and developed incoming Analysts and consultants.• Procurement department development including interim management, process mapping and streamlining, and spend policy implementation• Master data management, including identifying unstructured and dirty data, as well as cleansing methods• Worked with business unit leaders and team members across IT, Payments, Procurement, Accounting, Finance, Legal, and Operations• Worked globally including Asia, Europe, and USHighlights:• Identified, proposed and lead implementation of automated payment software from primarily check-based settlement, shortening vendor payment times from 1 month to as little as 1 day. Trained new Accounts Payable Manager and equipped executives with insights into short and long-term staffing needs and cash flow implications• Implementation Lead for expense and procurement software, affecting 1,200 employees and 300+ vendors. • Led the IT Department merger for acquisition PMO office; Developed long-term implementation plan (Playbook) and wrote KPI’s to capture synergy value. • Led a 4-month cost analysis and cost takeout at a $500MM company that increased profitability by 5% • Promoted from Analyst to Consultant in first eligible promotion cycle