Manage all Procurement Operations for North America including Ariba platform; Supplier Enablement, Sourcing & RFP/Events and Spend Analytics;· Procurement Application Manager for all Ariba product suites · Accountable for team increasing Supplier Enablement program 350% in 2019· Actively solicited RFP’s for $100 Million Category Spend for IT Procurement as Commodity Manager including large cloud negotiations: Ariba, Oracle, Workday, Certify, and American Express· Identified and developed strategic sourcing initiatives for US business operations resulting in 25% cost reduction for the year 2019· Accountable for Ariba team increasing Supplier Enablement program 350% in 2019· Developed project plans for automation to reduce Invoice processing by 40% volume 2019· Designed Supplier Scorecard, KPI metrics, and catalog strategy to track and negotiate discounts and pricing based on consumption by modeling trends and analysis of spend data· Identified and evaluated number of suppliers used by all acquired affiliates and consolidated suppliers used by internal business units resulting in 45% reduction of suppliers in 2019

• Purchasing Application Manager for the Ariba Network• Act as Senior Solutions Manager for API configuration and utilization of all procurement interfaces • Configure System requirements for all enhancements and releases for new capabilities • Facilitate as the IT Liaison for Ariba security and single sign-on access • Participate as Lead Solution Architect to consult and design procurement operations • Project Manage implementations using waterfall and agile methodology • Coordinate technical resources developing integration plans and production protocols

• Ariba IT Account Relationship Manager responsible to facilitate Ariba Support for IT • Responsible to configure enhancements and releases, prevent down-time. • Manage all IT related incidents for Georgia Pacific related to purchasing and supplier enablement. • Coordinate with all supplier’s electronic data transfers for Ariba to Georgia Pacific.• Monitor purchasing systems to support all purchasing related activities • Designated Service Contact as Administrator for Ariba Supplier Enablement and Ecommerce.

• Analyze business needs of clients and design solutions based on client’s needs. • Configure and test SAP IM and Open Text Systems to reflect complex design solutions. • Provide all end user trainings for implemented solutions. • Facilitate and support end users during testing, development, and deployment. • Proficient with SAP Configuration, Business utilization and Open Text Software. • Coordinate with customers in a professional and timely manner. • Strong written and oral communication skills, problem solver, and invoice discrepancy resolution.

• Responsible for all Procurement to Payment Activities Source to Pay for North America Operations.• Reduced payment cycles by 15 days and reduced late payments by 30% a year.• Dedicated to building and delivering cost effective cost saving initiatives. • Managed working capital initiative to standardized payment terms with all suppliers. • Harmonized electronic processes removing manual workflows to utilize new technology.• Streamlined Mobile APP development to deliver customer engagements and commitments. • Proactively facilitated trainings to the business units and third-party vendors on new tools.