Christopher Berger Email & Phone Number

Stony Brook, Ny, Us

Responsible for the management of all procurement activities, including strategic sourcing, procure-to-pay processes, and utilization of technology systems. In this role I provide leadership and management of the operations of purchasing, receiving, accounts payable, travel and expense, mail services, and property control, with a focus on delivering exceptional customer service to Stony Brook university.

- Responsible for all County-wide procurement matters.- Implementing a new unified procurement technology solution.- Enforcing the procurement policies and procedures to be followed by all county agencies.

New York, Ny, Us

Assessed, designed and implemented enhancements for streamlining the procurement organization for an $11 Billion media conglomerate owning over 365 businesses, including cable channels, Magazines, newspapers and television stations. Taking into account the company’s long history and success (and decentralized structure), introduced new ways to leverage spend across businesses to unlock value that benefits the collective enterprise through best-in-class supply management processes. Identified opportunities within category management, spend aggregation/leverage, analytics/intelligence, contract development, supply base consolidation, expenditure approval and automation. • Developed new collaborative strategic relationships with businesses that previously performed their own procurement. Worked closely with business presidents, Finance and C-Level leadership. • Improved processes within category management, spend aggregation, analytics/intelligence, contract development, supply base consolidation, and expenditure approvals.• Developed strategy and guidelines for a data-driven procurement process that enables efficient planning, identification of sourcing opportunities, streamlined contracting, and enhanced vendor management.• Devised contract management standards for negotiation, execution, renewal/maintenance and storage.

New York, Ny, Us

$10 Billion global information and technology company that delivers business and financial information, news and insights to customers around the world through terminals, cable channels, magazines, radio and television.Led global Procurement, Travel and Expense teams consisting of 75 professionals and 9 direct reports across EMEA, LatAM, Asia and America managing $2.5B in supplier spend.• Designed and led a global Source-to-Pay transformation of a tactical purchasing department into a center-led strategic organization, which delivered $400M+ in cost reductions, drove efficiencies in supply chain and increased value to the businesses• Replaced existing home-built travel request system by implementing the Concur Travel and Expense system while driving full compliance.• Created and led the global Vendor Risk Management Program, including risk identification, classification, risk policy, and program requirements, global governance, and technological support.• Created, marketed, and sold Bloomberg Vendor Risk Monitoring system.• Created and led the Contracts Management group, implemented SAP CRM as a contract repository, and optimized the contract management process.

San Jose, California, Us

$4B+ subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. recognized as one of the largest independent software corporations in the world. • Overhauled a tactical Purchasing department consisting of 43 members overseeing an annual spend of $1 billion, transforming it into a high-performing, center-led Procurement organization.• Introduced Ariba eSourcing and instituted robust category management practices while leveraging outsourcing to a managed service provider, resulting in heightened business value, attainment of cost savings objectives, and adherence to established service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).

New York, Ny, Us

$67B Provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, 90M customers in over 60 countries. • Formulated the vision, mission, and critical success factors necessary to establish and execute a strategic sourcing function, alongside developing a comprehensive action plan aimed at transitioning from a tactical entity to a highly esteemed strategic partner within the organization.• Amplified spend under management proactively, without a mandate, through the establishment of robust governance structures, expansion of team capabilities, adoption of category management principles, and consolidation of contracts via spend aggregation initiatives.• Achieved significant milestones including $300 million in cost savings, escalation of spend under management from 35% to 100%, and a noteworthy reduction in supplier count by 40%, showcasing tangible results of strategic procurement efforts.• Selected and implemented the Ariba eProcurement platform, enhancing procurement efficiency and effectiveness while aligning with organizational objectives

A.T.Kearney Procurement solutions (eBreviate) is a provider of e-sourcing solutions including reverse auctions.I helped grow and develop this new company (eBreviate.com) that specializes in on-line reverse auctions. As a strategic advisor/consultant covering the Northeast region, I supported Fortune 500 clients to develop and execute internet-enabled negotiations utilizing web-based e-sourcing technologies. Provided subject matter expertise on spend analysis, strategic sourcing, category and supplier management and negotiation strategy.• Developed 2 new service options (Category Assessment Tool and Rapid Results Program)• Helped grow EMEA region as a sales engineer and project lead and successfully increased business in the region

New York, Ny, Us

$47B+ Finance and Insurance Corporation Managed $1.5B in supplier spend and 7 category managers • Implemented ARIBA e-procurement and developed Procurement web site for RFP posting• Increased departmental savings achievements year over year by 10%• Built new internal relationships with senior management and successfully collaborated with subsidiary companies to design and implement centralized procurement practices.• Implemented ARIBA e-procurement and developed Procurement web site as a tool for posting RFP’s

Mba, Finance & Business

Ba, Math And Science