Vanessa Joseph Email and Phone Number

Categories Managed- Marketing Services and Professional Services

Young Men’s Apparel

Sourcing Specialty Kids Boy Clothing

•Providing execution for print category, specifically in store POS, coupons and print collateral material.•Leading buying strategy on in-store POS on demand vs. mass production print.•Developing sourcing and vendor strategies for collateral print, sweepstakes and fulfillment categories.•Implementing key business strategies focusing on top and bottom line growth and performance from creative agencies and print vendors to provide growth opportunities.• Providing cost saving strategies for collateral print, sweepstakes and fulfillment by bidding request for proposals.•Educating and training clients on proper procure to pay procedures within the print, sweepstakes and fulfillment category.

-Enabling 1000+ indirect suppliers into Coupa (Procure to Pay System). -Leading training on new purchasing system to suppliers and providing guidance and education to General Mills employees on the new buying system.-Coordinating across Indirect Sourcing Operations to move 80 percent of indirect spend from non-purchase orders to purchase orders or another preferred payment option.-Provide process improvements for executing purchase orders and invoicing in the indirect sourcing space.