Andrew Speck Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

As the Vice President of Cirtuo Inc., Andrew assumed leadership in May 2020 after establishing the US division of the company. Building upon the success of Cirtuo GmbH (founded in Austria in 2008) throughout Europe and the UK, he spearheads the growth of Cirtuo in North and South America.In this role, Andrew is responsible for driving all aspects of sales, marketing, and business development in North and South America. The focus is on generating new revenue streams and enhancing awareness of Cirtuo as a leader in innovative AI-powered category management software. The proprietary Guided Strategy Creation™ technology empowers Procurement organizations to accelerate growth and enhance profitability by maximizing spend coverage through the implementation of effective category strategies.Under his leadership, Cirtuo has achieved remarkable success, transforming from a startup into a high-growth scale-up with an impressive 800% growth in just four years. His strategic initiatives have fostered partnerships and led procurement transformations at Global Fortune 500 companies.With Cirtuo, category managers effortlessly develop high-quality strategies at an accelerated pace, assisted by AI, regardless of their skills and experience. The end-to-end category management solution enables organizations to impact their digital transformation significantly. By managing more spend with fewer resources, optimizing performance, and capturing hidden value in the supply chain, Cirtuo is at the forefront of revolutionizing the procurement landscape

Greater Denver Area

Global category leader responsible for setting and executing the strategic vision for global hops portfolio, flavors, and innovation brewing ingredients to support brewing requirements for all brands in Molson Coors' global portfolio. Scope of responsibilities included:- Managed strategic supplier relationships and set four year plans across all suppliers and hop needs to effectively manage inventory and demand balance of all Molson Coors business units and brands hop needs.- Developed strategic plans to ensure continuity of supply while driving $1MM in cost savings for the global business over a four year period- Trainer of strategic category management methodology and category strategy creation to all global Procurement employees at Molson Coors corporate offices around the world- M&A support leading the integration of new craft breweries into the global hop portfolio- Led strategic negotiation and development of global partnership between major flavor suppliers to standardized processes for innovation while driving cost savings for the global business. - Oversaw implementation of global flavor program across all regions and BUs ensuring a successful change management effort to move to One Way of doing business. - Integrated all specialty ingredients for Molson Coors brands and all innovation projects into global strategic initiatives to further streamline processes and leverage global purchasing volume. - Developed supply chain for all specialty ingredients required for innovation projects

Golden, Colorado

Managed global strategic initiatives for Molson Coors US and led innovations to scale brands using specialty ingredients that generated $300k in cost savings on a yearly basis. Responsible for managing strategic supplier relationships and day-to-day operations in conjunction with internal stakeholders ensuring alignment and project execution.

Denver, Co

- Implemented and managed strategic category management software, Cirtuo, and trained team around the globe on category management methodology and how to leverage the software for easy and efficient category strategy development- Developed and rolled out Procurement learning and development program and trained team/coordinated trainings globally- Chief of Staff to Chief Procurement Officer and Procurement Center of Excellence Director and managed all Procurement global communications and coordinated Procurement All Staff meetings around the globe

Golden, Co

- Developed sustainability models that measured water and nitrogen use in growing barley across 800 Molson Coors barley farms to increase efficiencies by 0.25% over multiple growing seasons - Developed a tool to track and measure spend with diverse suppliers as part of MillerCoors supplier diversity program. Excel model used inputs of data from Multiple SAP system so that MillerCoors had visibility of spend with diverse suppliers to track and reach 2016 spend goals- Executed and managed technical procurement training program to enhance compotencies of all procurement employees- Performed spend analytics on entire MillerCoors spend and build visualizations to present to upper management- Developed a risk monitoring portal to analyze risk with our top suppliers and our critical suppliers- Procurement Strategy Team member responsible for developing a procurement strategy for the procurement organization - Responsible for controlling who has access to certain purchasing system- Reconciled monthly freight shipments across all 8 MillerCoors breweries to provide finance with a gain/loss true-up report

Golden, Co

- Developed supplier scorecards using Microsoft Excel- Automated supplier scorecard updating by writing macros so that the updating process was efficient and fast- Created a Microsoft SharePoint site to house the payment term exception process and created the approval workflow - Researched and found after the fact purchase orders in SAP- Extracted spend data from SAP for a spend analysis

Master Of Science (Ms), Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Operations Management And International Business

Activities and Societies: Leeds Council - Student Government, VP Finance Sigma Phi Epsilon, Leeds Peer to Peer Mentor

Study Abroad Program, Semester At Sea, International Business