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Houston, Texas, US

Supporting continuous improvements of procurement systems and the acquisition of Direct Energy by NRG

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

• Lead the global implementation of Ariba in the North America Region, responsible for supporting change and communication strategies for the procurement system transformation project, while managing two full time.
• Spearheaded a collaborative group of procurement professionals to act as champions for the project, ensuring both procurement and business stakeholders were kept abreast of all project developments.
• Served as North American representative in all Ariba Quarterly Governance Meetings.
• Worked with selected Source to Pay implementation partner to test, design and rollout Ariba modules to meet all functional requirements.
• Conducted change impact analysis for the system transformation project, created a change management strategy to address the identified impacts and mitigate potential issues.
• Developed communication strategy and created project communications utilizing Poppulo (formerly newsweaver).

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

• As a key member of the Direct Energy Systems and Strategy team within Procurement, participated in the implementation of the eSourcing, Contracts Lifecycle Management (CLM), Supplier Performance Management (SPM) and.
• Partnered with SAP Ariba Project Managers to test, design and rollout Ariba modules to meet all functional requirements, including Small Business requirements (FAR19).
• Adapted Out of the Box User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts to Direct Energy standards, allowing for successful testing by new end users.
• Served as sole administrator for upstream Ariba modules (Sourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management. Spend Visibility and Supplier Performance Management).
• eSourcing Subject Matter Expert trusted to advise best practice usage of the system in order to ensure successful tenders and enable category managers to meet both savings and timeline targets.
• Assisted in the development of a change management strategy to address the transformation of procurement from e-mail and paper sourcing and contract negotiations to cloud based activities.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

• As a key member of the Direct Energy Systems and Strategy team within Procurement, responsible for serving as a project member and administrator on deployments for both Ariba as well as SEAL software. Assisted in.
• Worked with Ariba Deployment Project Managers to ensure system configuration met stakeholder expectations.
• Assisted in development of a Change Impact Analysis as well as Change Management Strategy plan for the Ariba deployment.
• Created step by step Ariba training documents using uPerform for ease of use for stakeholders. Training documents covered eSourcing, Contracts Life Cycle Management and Supplier Registration.
• Provided day to day administrator support for the Ariba suite of applications which include Sourcing, Contracts, Supplier Performance Mgt and Spend Visibility.
• Monitor and manage all Service tickets and issue/resolution with Ariba.

Irvine, CA, US

• As a key member of the recruiting team for the Houston Practice, responsible for a combination of human resources activities to source and screen quality professional management employees for the Supply Chain.
• Assisted in the recruiting cycle including advertising, candidate sourcing, prescreening, and references. Worked with management to execute a recruiting strategy that continually replenished candidate pipeline based on.
• Maintained postings for open roles for the Houston office on job boards as well as Linked In.
• Served as a point of contact for applicants, consultants and alumni. Facilitated mass availability check-ins to stay in touch with past and present interviewees.
• Managed employee confidential data and files. Performed reference checks to verify candidates’ experience and employment history.
• Self-trained to become a Subject Matter Expert in the recruiting functions of Bond Adapt. Responsible for maintenance and data entry in the system.

• Conducted research for an addendum to a Community Assessment. The addendum was then submitted for an expansion grant and approved.
• Collected data through cold calls to various nonprofits and federally funded programs in the Bryan/College Station area. Recorded data in Microsoft Excel and utilized graphs and charts to illustrate data in the.
• Completed other administrative duties as needed.
• Guided and tutored 3-5 year old children in the summer school program.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology

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