PMO with accountability for global procurement process optimization and digitalization projects leading cross-functional and project-assigned teams
Global Procurement
Recycling
Supply Chain Management
Situation
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Administrative workload for the Global Procurement Team was massive and inefficient
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GBS center in Spain underdelivered and required support and reorganizing
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SAP Ariba has been selected as a company key Source-to-Pay tool and Implementation Consultant contracted
Task
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Assess activities of the Global Category Management teams and identify opportunities to improve productivity
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Realize Continuous Improvement project for GBS centre to improve service level, enlarge scope of services, improve ROI
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Lead SAP Ariba Project Implementation and hit the project timeline and budget
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Following implementation adopt users and supplier to Ariba routine, manualing and develop train the trainer program
Action
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Performed Activity-Based Mapping and Route-Cause Analysis and identified non-productive routine and problems
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Developed solutions in processes, SAP ERP enhancement, WoW, capabilities and implemented the action list
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Launched Gap-Analysis followed by PDCA project with GBS to address gaps in MDG (CLP, VLP), SRM, Contracts, PR-PO-GR
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Developed SAP Ariba Project Implementation Plan to include Initiate, Design, Build, Test and Deploy phases under Agile and analytics enabled with Power BI
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Ensured profound Change Management Plan with transition and hyper care periods to monitor system utilization via buyer and supplier log in, spend, RFx events published and report
Result
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Optimisation of Category Management workload by 20% due to elimination of non-productive time and automizing flows in ERP
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Transformation of GBS to full-range Procurement Operations function with clear RACI, rigid KPI and SLA, enlarged scope of services and set up of Service Now cloud app
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Launch of SAP Ariba on time 2 years and on budget implementing modules: Supplier Management (Sourcing, Contract), Supplier Risk and Supplier Life-cycle Performance, Guided Buying and Commerce Automation
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