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Serge M.

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About Me

Serge is a proven leader with extensive expertise eliminating supply chain constraints, generating 25%- 40% vendor spend cost reduction ("Strategic Sourcing"), and improving vendor quality of service. I lead through fact-based engagement, skilled at building stakeholder support, and have successfully improved team expertise resulting in more effective engagement and retention.

He is former executive with Mitchell Madison Group, McKinsey & Co and Wells Fargo Bank.

Work Experience
Partner at Sourcing Advisors Group 2017  - present

Change management consultant hired to reduce supply chain disruption, reduce vendor costs, and simplify procurement processes

  • Rebuild and developed greenfield Spend Analytics to establish spending level transparency and identify value creating opportunities
  • Developed business requirements, performance metrics (KPIs and SLAs), and pricing standards
  • Rationalized vendor-provided products & services demand profile across business units
  • Led RFx process and contract negotiations and legal document development
  • Developed and enhanced vendor performance management processes to increase value creation and manage third-party risk management
Work Result Examples:
  • 30%+ cost reduction and improved quality of service with incumbent vendors for professional services (technology & field services) for a high-tech client
  • 25% cost reduction for a $100+ million in IT spend (incl. data centers, network, telecom, hardware, software, and IT professional services) categories
  • 20%+ cost reduction for a $2.5b financial services firm
  • 10% cost reduction for $10+ million industry event in less than 2 months
  • Co-led P2P transformation for a F2000 firm resulting in 15% efficiency increase and substantial increase in staff retention
  • Established alignment with finance and business leaders to improve value creation, operational excellence, and reduce intra-group friction
  • Designed & deployed vendor management & governance structure to enhance communication between client & its vendors
  • Mentored and developed staff expertise to enhance morale, productivity and retention

Vice President at Mitchell Madison Group 2012  - 2016

Change management consultant hired to reduce supply chain disruption, reduce vendor costs, and simplify procurement processes

  • Rebuild and developed greenfield Spend Analytics to establish spending level transparency and identify value creating opportunities
  • Developed business requirements, performance metrics (KPIs and SLAs), and pricing standards
  • Rationalized vendor-provided products & services demand profile across business units
  • Led RFx process and contract negotiations and legal document development
  • Developed and enhanced vendor performance management processes to increase value creation and manage third-party risk management
     
Work Result Examples:
  • 20%+ cost reduction with incumbent third-party logistics (3PL) vendor for a multi-national F500 software firm
  • 25%+ cost reduction for a $2b revenue SaaS firm
  • 20%+ cost reduction for a $15b revenue financial services client

Principal Consultant at SFO Consultants 2012  - 2014

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