Managed the procurement team through day to day activities supporting all hospitals and HQ support center employees.Took UVC from a fully manual invoice payment process to an 80% automated process in 6 months.Trained internal procurement team members on Coupa functionality and process.Developed all procedural guides and documentation to support Coupa functionality.Successfully trained and onboarded all 113 hospital locations via a three wave approach from November 23' to March 24'. Continuously worked with accounts payable and finance departments to enhance the use of Coupa at UVC.Generated and distributed several key reports to measure success and spend through the use of Coupa.Contributed to over $3 million in savings attributed to procurement during my time at UVC.Successfully managed and/or rolled out several additional modules of Coupa including: CLM, Analytics, SMASH, SIM: Also Initiated the rollouts of Coupa Pay/Expense/Travel.

Leading several client projects to implement Coupa in various degrees from advisory services to full implementations. Education junior employees on real world examples of past clients and projects. Providing valuable insight within organization on managing expectations with client base to align with project outcomes.

* Deep subject matter expertise in sourcing, procure-to-pay and related processes* Pharma, Accenture, and other industry experience* Leadership roles in Coupa, Ariba, and other P2P projects* Coupa and Ariba certifications

* Responsible for the Coupa P2P platform, took it from a dormant state of no growth with just 23 suppliers to over 318 suppliers in just 8 months.* Instituted a wave plan approach, current state of 544 suppliers at $599M in spend.* End of year goal of 3843 suppliers using Invoice Smash and 785 P2P enabled suppliers.* Created commodity codes based on the UNSPSC classification to better align with global business.* Worked closely with key departments to streamline process through the creation of Instituted zero-dollar requisitions to implement self-approval mechanisms.* Successfully Managed a team of employees in the Dallas office shared service center.

• The Strategic Program Lead to both internal and commercial clients.• Program management and accountability for a portfolio of clients receiving SRM services. • Proactively evaluated opportunities to increase the number of internal or external client receiving SRM services.• Sales support including on-site or delivery center presentations, supporting RFP responses, solutioning (e.g. SOW) deliverable's, estimating.• Business case development and representation.• Lead mobilization activities and transitions to Client Program Lead’s• People management of Client Program Lead’s• Primary focus of this role was as a Supplier Manager, supporting the mobilization and delivery of Supplier Management services to Accenture internal professional services stakeholders.

• Built Relationships with Buyer Customers at all levels.• Ultimately responsibility for project content and strategy including: Supplier Enablement Strategy Execution, Catalog creation and maintenance, Supplier Integration.• Project manager for cross functional teams consisting of both internal and external stakeholders. Accountable for structuring projects to meet customer goals and objectives.• Prepared and delivered analyses and presentations for customers to convey expectations, risks, options, project plans, results, etc.• Responsible for understanding key business drivers and managing operational metrics, including cost, quality, cycle-time and customer satisfaction.• Leveraged Ariba expertise to design and develop an effective supplier enablement strategy that determines the type of enablement Suppliers require based upon their profile, purchase order, invoice volume, and spend• Trained customers and suppliers on Ariba Network features and functions, including Supplier Enablement Automation.• Conversant with the Catalog Administration functionality in Procure to Pay (P2P) solutions and Ariba Network, and Customer Specific Training Material for suppliers.

• Managed a team of Data Stewards in the DMO (Data Maintenance Organization) responsible for all entry and maintenance of suppliers in the Oracle and MFGPro databases• Team Manager for the initial implementation of Oracle Version 12, timeline of 4 months.o Responsible for the data cleansing of 30,000 records in preparation of the Oracle implementation.  Wave 1 countries, United States, Argentina, Canada, and The Netherlands Wave 2 countries, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Mexico. Successfully supervised and instructed the Data Steward and Data Steward Manager in the secondary European hub for wave 2 Supplier Maintenance.• Worked with internal business and external vendor constituents to conduct analytic assignments in support of requested business solution(s). • Developed documents and publish business requirements, associated business rules and data standards, and technical specifications for requested solutions• Developed design recommendations commensurate with the scope, nature and complexity of requested solutions, ensuring recommendations comply with corporate architectural standards.• Facilitates review of design with governing committees as necessary.• Developed test strategies, plans, scripts and executed test procedures to ensure compliance of developed solution with documented specifications. Developed documentation of corporate information and data management standards, policies and procedures.

• Responsible for all Ariba Buyer upgrades both global and localized.• Provided extensive knowledge of process improvement methodologies and demonstrated experience using methodologies to drive tangible operational improvements to Ariba Buyer and improve customer experience.• Consulted with senior management, subject matter experts, personal knowledge base and industry best practices in the development of future state processes that drive a consistent positive customer experience across the Ariba Enterprise software.• Defined project vision/scope documentation, develop specs and worked with information technology team to execute to the defined process.• Managed client expectations and communications throughout project timeline including change in scope implications• Trained those individuals necessary on the new system process and procedures.

• Purchase Requisition review within Ariba for non-catalog requests related to Assigned commodities including conducting a simple to complex RFQ.• Managed catalogs and punch-out sites for preferred vendors, identifying potential items that may be added to the catalog, and negotiate pricing with vendors as necessary. • Interacted with Legal and Finance to ensure compliance with contracting guidelines. • Ensured compliance with approval policies. Report on process exceptions.• Facilitated relationships with corporate contracted vendors and ensure vendor is meeting SLA's and key contractual conditions.• Introduced key internal clients to additional offerings that vendors have, that would create efficiencies, improved work environment and/or potential cost savings for the company.• Measure vendor performance and provide reporting to management.• Report quarterly savings and other ad hoc reporting as required.

• Prepared and solicited competitive bids, quotations and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms and conditions for Research & Development, Manufacturing, Capital Equipment, Facilities, and IT • Lead contractual negotiations with potential and current suppliers so as to ensure the highest quality of products and services, supplier performance and achieve overall maximum value • Selected purchasing software to maximize pricing control to provide greater product and cost visibility • Analyzed spending activity and recommend ways to avoid cost by implementing a P-card program. • Created supplier rating criteria and perform supplier reviews