Conduct global sourcing for industrial parts

• Refined specifications to better reflect supply market
• Created spec packages
• Researched hundreds of suppliers across six engineered component categories
• Qualified 20 suppliers in 8 countries
• Conducted reverse auctions where appropriate
• Managed transition planning.

Over $20M in landed savings

Reduce consulting and temporary staffing expenses

• Established a Preferred Provider Program
• Rationalized staffing agencies
• Conducted rate negotiations and selected an MSP
• Selected and implemented a VMS toolset
• Conducted stakeholder education.
• 5 Months with 2.5 external resources

$17M in savings

Define and staff International Procurement Office (IPO) in China. Identify and prioritize projects for the office to focus on

• Developed business case
• Interviewed resources
• Defined communications processes
• Identify and prioritize projects for next 3 years

IPO is staffed and targeted to save $50M within 2 years

Create S&OP process for global business unit

• Defined sub-processes
• Engaged stakeholders
• Created templates
• Differentiated materials management from S&OP processes
• Defined and coordinated weekly and monthly scheduled meetings across facilities in three countries

Division CEO held monthly Executive S&OP meetings which dramatically improved inventory management; and on-time deliveries

Support Procurement Transformation

• Assess current Procurement and Accounts Payable organizations
• Define Required Operating Model
• Prioritize technology enablement areas
• Manage Technology Selection Process
• Lead Process Design Team
• Lead RACI Development
• Support Testing
• Oversee Communications and Training efforts

• New Organizational Construct
• New Processe
• Enabled Ariba Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay Capabilities across North America

Support Procurement Transformation

• Provide variety of best practices to consider
• Define Buying Channels
• Deliver Sourcing Training
• Provide overview of Source-to-Pay Enablement Market
• Define Technology Requirements
• Refine Sourcing and Contracting processes
• Manage Technology Selection

• Better Operating Practices
• Selection of Source-to-Contract Provider
• Improved status visibility for requesters
• Trained Procurement resources