Procurement Practice Specialist, Accenture
January 2022 to Present
Stephanie’s Summary: While I enjoyed my time at Johnson & Johnson, I wanted to branch out and gain the opportunity to study and optimize supply chains for a variety of companies. As a Procurement Specialist at Accenture, I built a unique perspective by examining and enhancing supply chains for a diverse range of clients. Through this experience, I’ve honed the skills needed to orchestrate sourcing events from start to finish. Additionally, I’ve built the ability to thoroughly evaluate a company’s supply chain and construct actionable playbooks with lean strategies to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and save time, helping clients build best-in-class supply chains. I’ve also become highly-skilled at the art of presenting to a wide audience, from C-suite executives to analysts, effectively gaining their trust and commitment to the proposed solutions.
- Spearheaded a $60MM transportation spend request for proposal (RFP) for a major client, achieving 40% cost savings, identifying network optimization opportunities and overseeing contract requirements
- Collaborated with a team of logistics experts to create a global fuel strategy playbook, documenting $40MM in cost-savings initiatives that streamlined supply chain operations on a global scale
- Innovatively developed an automated scenario analysis tool, reducing analysis time by 120%, while utilizing PowerBi to calculate client savings potential and operational impact
- Led internal transportation market intelligence updates, translating complex industry factors into actionable insights for informed decision-making
Customer Supply Chain Analyst II, Johnson & Johnson
June 2020 to January 2022
- Managed end-to-end supply chain flow for Target, J&J’s 2nd largest consumer customer, by collaborating with Target and internal partners to identify, design, and implement solutions for improving service and reducing cost
- Influenced Target to adjust ordering patterns, achieving a 10% increase in truckload utilization, reduced the number of trucks delivered by 47%, and cost savings of $350K+ (highest savings generated amongst customers)
- Led the analysis and evaluation of 6 scaleable best practice solutions to improve shipping efficiencies as the Lead Analyst for Cost Improvement Projects (CIPs) and led change management efforts of 15 analysts to increase user adoption
- Automated inventory reporting process for 2 customers utilizing Alteryx and Excel, resulting in a 92% reduction in reporting time, standardization of reports, and added new capability of logical rules to guide business decisions
- Coached 2 co-ops on process improvements and provided feedback that enabled co-ops to automate reporting via Excel Macros, resulting in a reduction of 30 hours annually in reporting time
Global Brand Protection Co-op, Johnson & Johnson
January 2019 to July 2019
- Conducted exploratory data analysis to identify correlations of online search activity and diversion for 150+ brands via Google Trends to proxy potential hot spots of illicit trade and supported 60% reduction in automation time of data ingestion
- Mapped end-to-end supply chain with 15+ nodes for a highly regulated pharmaceutical drug, by combining a government database of 10,000+ healthcare locations with business quality data to identify risks of illicit trade in Tableau
- Visualized econometric modeling outputs that projected risk/loss estimates for 180 countries utilizing 35 macro variables to create a training playbook that allowed directors to assess markets at risk of illicit trade
- Co-planned a fundraiser walk for Operation Smile that raised $4,000 (enough funds for 14 safe cleft lip surgeries)
Regional Transportation Organization Co-op, Johnson & Johnson
September 2017 to March 2018
- Earned Yellow Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma by improving invoice auditing efficiency by 90% through elimination of manual intervention, while ensuring 100% invoice accuracy and detecting $6,000 in incorrect charges
- Identified and implemented a cost improvement project by changing transportation mode for a strategic medical device lane that resulted in annualized cost savings of $150,000
- Utilized Alteryx, Excel PivotTables, and VLOOKUP formulas to create five metric dashboards to track and analyze carrier performances with actionable recommendations for senior management to improve reliability and on-time delivery
- Spearheaded a Read Across America book drive and team-building event for 50+ colleagues, donating 70 books for all patients at Children’s Specialty Hospital of New Brunswick