Procurement & Source-to-Pay Transformation Leader

MAHESH C. K.

Manila, Philippines +63-968-***-**** **********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/maheshck MANAGEMENT CONSULTING MANAGER HEAD OF PROCUREMENT FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT Source-to-Pay & Supply Chain Transformation 17+ Years PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Management consultant specializing in Source-to-Pay and supply chain transformation, with 17+ years advising and delivering across Healthcare, Life Sciences, FMCG, Sports Apparel, Hospitality, High Tech, and Shared Services. Functional lead on SAP Ariba, Coupa, and Ivalua implementations, and transformation lead on Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash redesign, carrying mandates from diagnostic through design, configuration, UAT, adoption, and steady-state operations. Delivery experience spans Agile sprints, phase-gated governance, and Lean cycles, with direct line accountability for teams of up to 18.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Source-to-Pay Technology: SAP Ariba (Upstream/Downstream, CLM), Coupa, Ivalua, Zycus

• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management: RFX/RFP/RFI design, competitive tendering, e-sourcing tools, bid sheets, cost modeling

• Process & Operating Model Transformation: Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash redesign, Spend Control Tower design, straight-through processing

• Analytics & Reporting: Advanced Excel spend modeling, Tableau, SAP Analytics, spend cube analysis, savings tracking

• Contract & Supplier Management: CLM, SLA design, vendor rationalization, supplier scorecards, third-party risk and ESG sourcing

• Delivery Methods & Governance: Agile/Scrum, phase-gated Waterfall, Lean/Kaizen, RAID/RACI, C-suite steering and reporting

• Tools: Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com, MS Project Compliance: SOX, RBAC KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Scaled managed spend from PHP 170M to PHP 4.6B over 5 years as SAP Ariba functional lead at Nityo Infotech (St. Luke's Medical Center engagement, 2016–2021), sustaining 10–16% annual savings.

• Managed PHP 12.8B in spend across two hospital campuses as Department Manager at St. Luke's Medical Center

(2021–2023), delivering 10–16% annual savings — approximately PHP 1.5B cumulative.

• Compressed Procure-to-Pay cycle time 67% (15 to 5 days) and approval cycle time 70% (21 to 6 days) through workflow digitization, SAP Ariba automation, and approval redesign.

• Lifted straight-through invoice processing to 68% for a global sports apparel brand, cutting mis-routed PO invoices 40% and manual AP exceptions 32% (EMEA) / 21% (APLA).

• Delivered a 31% savings rate — the highest in the portfolio — across a six-property hospitality group by installing a Lean procurement operating model in eight months.

• Cut global supplier contract cost 15% and landed a multi-country Phase 1 rollout 90 days ahead of baseline with zero unplanned budget overruns.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture Consulting — Manila, Philippines Nov 2025 – Present Management Consulting Manager — Source-to-Pay & Supply Chain Transformation Engagement: Global sports apparel brand Procure-to-Pay migration and invoice routing transformation Agile Coupa

• Diagnosed 29,000 mis-routed PO invoices (38% of processed volume) bypassing straight-through processing across EMEA and APLA; built the case for a sprint-based migration against a 75% volume-shift target.

• Reduced mis-routed invoice submissions to Accounts Payable by 40% and manual AP exceptions by 32% (EMEA) / 21% (APLA) by redesigning routing logic and supplier submission channels.

• Lifted straight-through invoice processing to 68% through a standalone Coupa optimization covering supplier onboarding, CSP channel routing, and PO adoption governance.

• Stood up the Procurement Control Tower dashboard framework in Excel and Tableau, sequenced across Agile sprints with weekly executive steering and full RAID/RACI governance. Engagement: Global pharmaceutical client SAP Ariba and Ivalua implementation Functional lead

• Led SAP Ariba upstream and downstream implementation with Ivalua and Oracle integration across multiple geographies, owning process mapping, configuration, UAT, change management, and go-live.

• Ran comparative spend-platform evaluations across Ariba, Coupa, and Ivalua on data quality, analytics maturity, and scalability, recommending best-fit tooling against client cost structure and workflow constraints. Omega Healthcare — Manila, Philippines Nov 2024 – Oct 2025 Global Procurement Program Manager — Multi-Country Procurement Transformation Mandate: $8M portfolio Four countries Centralized procurement operating model build Phase-gated delivery

• Delivered the Phase 1 IT procurement rollout 90 days ahead of baseline across Pan-India and the Philippines (Manila and Cebu), then scoped the USA and Colombia waves under formal phase-gate signoffs with zero unplanned budget overruns.

• Achieved a 15% cost reduction across global supplier contracts by consolidating vendors and renegotiating terms under a newly centralized procurement and category management model.

• Designed a global supplier evaluation framework — scorecards, KPI dashboards, compliance monitoring, and third- party risk management — applied consistently across four geographies. AKG Group – Victoria Court Hotels & Motels — Philippines Jul 2023 – Aug 2024 Procurement Head / Transformation Consultant — Hospitality & Facilities Mandate: PHP 4.5M annual spend 6 properties Lean operating model design Kaizen improvement cycles

• Delivered PHP 1.4M in savings at a 31% savings rate — the highest in the portfolio — through contract renegotiation, supplier consolidation, and category spend discipline across Facilities, F&B, Marketing, and Operations.

• Replaced fragmented ad hoc buying with a standardized Lean procurement operating model across all six properties, transitioned within eight months.

• Built the group's first Spend Control Tower in ClickUp and advanced Excel, giving the CEO real-time consolidated visibility against defined KPIs, with monthly executive reviews.

• Reduced non-value-added activity 12% and compliance issues 30% by embedding Kaizen improvement cycles, structured retrospectives, and process redesign.

St. Luke's Medical Center — Quezon City & Global City, Philippines Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 Department Manager — Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing & Transformation Lead Mandate: Two hospital campuses PHP 12.8B spend under management 5 direct department heads, 18 staff

• Delivered 10–16% annual savings across managed spend through structured sourcing frameworks, competitive RFX events, and disciplined negotiation — contributing approximately PHP 1.5B in cumulative savings.

• Reduced PR-to-PO approval cycle time 70% (21 to 6 days) by restructuring the approval workflow and partnering with IT to build an EMR- and SAP-integrated warehouse inventory management platform.

• Built executive Procurement Control Tower dashboards in advanced Excel, delivering spend analytics and category consolidation reporting to senior leadership.

• Led C-suite analytics reviews using data storytelling — category performance narratives, supplier scorecards, and savings reporting.

• Reduced stock obsolescence and minimized stock-outs across both sites through Capex budget governance, demand forecasting, and S&OP for tier-1 direct and indirect supplies. Nityo Infotech (Client: St. Luke's Medical Center) — Philippines Jun 2016 – Jun 2021 Senior Consultant — SAP Ariba & Strategic Sourcing (Functional Lead) Engagement: Greenfield Source-to-Pay build Managed spend growth PHP 170M to PHP 4.6B Multi-year platform and category mandate

• Designed and implemented the SAP Ariba centralized procurement platform (upstream and downstream) from the ground up — configuration, customization, UAT, training, and continuous improvement — enabling structured category management, competitive RFX, and supplier governance across full enterprise spend.

• Directed the EMR–SAP integration program across the Global City and Quezon City divisions, delivered on time and on budget, cutting approval cycle time 70% (21 to 6 days) and enabling real-time inventory visibility.

• Reduced PR-to-PO cycle times 67% (15 to 5 days) by building and executing the Procure-to-Pay automation program through workflow digitization and SAP Ariba configuration.

• Designed the Spend Control Tower reporting layer using advanced Excel spend models and SAP Ariba reporting outputs, informing 10–16% annual savings decisions.

• Scaled managed procurement spend from PHP 170M to PHP 4.6B over five years, sustaining 10–16% savings rates through disciplined category planning and competitive sourcing.

• Built category sourcing strategies for direct and indirect spend across Capex, FME, IT, and medical categories from scratch, running RFP/RFI events through e-sourcing tooling. Consus Consulting Group — India Jan 2014 – Apr 2016 Consultant — Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Clients: UB Group, Splash, St. Luke's $8.03M multi-category spend

• Delivered $2M in savings at a ~11% savings rate on $8.03M of multi-category spend across five client business divisions through competitive tendering, lean procurement, and structured supplier negotiation.

• Built cross-functional sourcing platforms for multiple clients and introduced SAP Ariba for digital procurement transformation, covering demonstrations, change management, and end-user training.

• Developed category sourcing strategies across direct, indirect, marketing, and scrap categories, repositioning client procurement from transactional processing to strategic advisory. Global e-Procure (GEP) — Client: Bayer CropScience — India Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 Senior Sourcing Analyst — MRO & Indirect Procurement, EMEA

• Delivered 6% savings ($1.29M) on a $21.5M EMEA MRO and indirect procurement portfolio through structured renegotiation and vendor consolidation.

• Rationalized the supplier base to 14 framework contracts, materially improving spend governance, compliance, and negotiation leverage across the region.

Infosys BPO — Client: Arrow Electronics — India Jun 2008 – Dec 2012 Subject Matter Expert — Logistics & Order Management (Order-to-Cash)

• Ran end-to-end Order-to-Cash logistics and fulfillment on Oracle Fusion across the US and EMEA — order processing, inventory reconciliation, shipment tracking — reducing backlog aging and improving delivery timelines through expediting initiatives and weekly backlog reporting. EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Master's Degree — Commerce & Statistics, KLE College, Bangalore, India (2007)

• PG Diploma — International Trade (Import & Export), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore (2008)

• Higher National Certificate — Procurement & Supply Chain, European Open University (Virtual) (2023)

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