Category: Procurement & Supply Chain

Telecom

Proactive and Strategic Phase (First 12 Months) Conducted detailed spend analysis, e.g. refresh mobile device inventory data, map network usage. Benchmarked current requirements. Aligned Source-to-Pay process. Developed category plan and

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Financial Market Data

Proactive and Strategic Phase (First 18 Months) Conducted detailed spend analysis including a comprehensive RFI to 90 suppliers for line item & usage data. Built usage and license inventory from

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Buy Desk Managed Service

Most recently, Ranko – JKA Co-founder,  led the development of JKA’s Strategic Buy Desk managed service for its Seattle area clientele. This progressive program develops procurement resources by incorporating a

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Day-to-Day Buy Desk Operations

In addition to designing and implementing Buy Desks for clients, we have experience in executing and managing the day-to-day Buy Desk operations. As an example, Ranko – JKA Co-founder,  led

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Human Resource Service Provider

Transformed client’s under-performing Procurement Operations within a five-month period. Scope included PO/PR process reengineering, playbook development, user training, IT Buy Desk implementation and P2P tool reconfiguration. Viet and Ranko worked

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Financial Services Institution

Viet recommended the Buy Desk and Reverse Auction Desk initiative as a solution to offload the less complicated purchases from sourcing managers’ workload and freeing up their time for more

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Asset Management Company

Viet developed an innovative “Resource Pool” Buy Desk model to cross-train and develop procurement and sourcing talents. Contracting professionals performing reactive tasks were developed into value-added procurement experts. This upskill

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Fortune 500 Personal Care Company

Designed and implemented Sourcing and Procurement Buy Desk. Scope covered all indirect procurement functions in North America and Europe. Work activities included talent upgrade, standardization of Source-to-Pay Buy Desk and

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Fortune 500 Tire Manufacturer

Designed and implemented Sourcing and Procurement Buy Desk. Scope covered all indirect procurement functions in the U.S. and Canada. Work activities included talent upgrade, process standardization, stakeholder engagement, playbook implementation,

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Ariba eSourcing Module

Configured and implemented Ariba eSourcing module at one of Ariba’s largest finance client site. Leveraged Ariba’s eAuction to create a Reverse Auction Desk. Global rollout of the Reverse Auction tool

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