Michael Shehee

7709 Drew Court, McKinney, TX 75071

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Supply Chain professional with 20 years of extensive expertiseconsulting and leading teams in strategic sourcing, cost reduction initiatives, sourcing process development and implementation, organizational change and program management for industry-leading multinational corporations in Oil & Gas, High Tech, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Food and others.

Expert in eSourcing and reverse auctions, spend assessments and category management through effective use of strong project management skills, current market knowledge and ability to use best-in-class sourcing technology.

Proven team leader capable of building results-oriented cross functional Matrix teams across the enterprise and geographic regions. Extensive experience in contract negotiation, management and creation as well as ERP system implementations.

Professional Experience

Ariba,Sunnyvale, CA USA. December 2007 – Present

Ariba delivers sourcing, procurement, and commodity expertise and software that enables organizations to automate and optimize their Spend Management processes and supplier relationships. Ariba is a $350M a year company with 1300 employees and its’ applications currently operate on nearly four million desktops around the world.With global operations in 21 countries, Ariba incorporates over 400 full-time sourcing experts and 700 spend management experts into one of the largest sourcing organizations in the world. Ariba enriches over $60 billion in spend annually and helps companies achieve measurable, sustainable benefits.

Manager, Spend Management Services Practice

  • Coordinate the Spend Management Services, Ariba Marketing, and other Ariba functions to define the requirements necessary to develop new programs and improve existing ones.
  • Led deployment teams and was responsible for client engagements.
  • Performed category assessments and developed sourcing strategies for $3 million of IT Hardware and $30 million of IT Labor and Services for Arizona’s largest utility.

On Demand Project Manager, Global Services Organization

  • The Downstream On-Demand Project Manager is responsible for assisting customers with the design and deployment of the Ariba solutions. As functional experts, they will help lead the customer in the build, testing and deployment of their software solution and associated business processes and end-user interface configuration while providing project planning and management services.
  • Responsible for deploying Ariba’s on-demand contract creation and catalog suite. Clients included a multi-national cosmetics firm and a multi-national data storage and media player manufacturer as well as a large southern California healthcare system.

Procuri, Atlanta, GA USA.September 2003 – December 2007 (Procuri acquired by Ariba, Inc.)

Procuri provided an innovative suite of on-demand Software as a Service (SaaS) spend management solutions as well as world class consultative and implementation services from Supply Chain professionals.

Director of Professional Services

  • Responsible for client engagements deploying on-demand sourcing, contract and supplier management software solutions to Fortune 500 customers like UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Hess Oil, Texas Instruments, Ventura Foods, Novation and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
  • Provided Leader-Led end-user training, Strategic Assessments, Change Management Consulting, and process re-engineering services.
  • Account management responsibilities included upselling services as well as providing end-user software training, spend assessments, and strategic change management consulting.
  • Responsible for customer retention, driving effective user adoption and managing customer satisfaction.

AT&T(SBC Services, Inc.),San Antonio, TX USA.

AT&T is a $120 Billion a year Telecommunications Company in the Fortune 10 with 300,000 employees. SBC Services is a wholly owned internal Shared Services organization of 4,000 Supply Chain professionals that AT&T’s 72 subsidiaries share.

Senior Contract Manager2001 – 2003

  • Established supplier relationships, negotiated and administered contracts, and performed supplier performance audits.
  • Designed, developed and ran reverse auctions for over $240 Million worth of goods and services in support various cross functional teams. Results achieved were $120 Million in CFO validated cost reductions.

Cingular(ATT Mobility), Dallas, TX USA.

Cingular, now AT&T Mobility is a 75,000 employee, $43 Billion global voice and data cellular telecommunications provider.

Headquarters Purchasing Manager1998 – 2001

  • Managed a team of25 employees who were responsible for strategic sourcing, contracting and purchasing all goods and services for Cingular; procuring in excess of $2.1 Billion annually from 6000 suppliers.
  • Lead a two year consolidation of regional purchasing activities to a centralized headquarters operation; resulting in a net headcount reduction of 16 and operational cost savings of $715,000.
  • Established & Implemented Purchasing Policies and Procedures for the entire Enterprise user community.

Purchasing Supervisor1996 - 1998

  • Managed a team of7 employees who were responsible for sourcing and purchasing all goods and services for Cingular’s Southwest Region.
  • Procured in excess of $100 Million annually worth of Cellular Telecommunications Equipment, Towers, Monopoles, Shelters, Microwave, Cellular Antennas and construction services.

Senior Buyer1995 - 1996

  • Procured in excess of $50 Million annually worth of Cellular Telecommunications Equipment.
  • Managed a team of installers and warehouse personnel responsible for the construction of cellular telecommunications structures.
  • Extensive experience with the design and implementation of customized ERP software; e.g., Oracle 10.7 Purchasing, Asset Tracking, Fixed Assets, and Accounts Payable modules for over three and a half years while at Cingular.

Warehouse Operations Manager1990–1995

  • Managed the Warehouse Operations Department in a Regional Distribution and Production Facility.
  • Procured in excess of $17 Million annuallyworth of Cellular Telecommunications Equipment.
  • Designed, created, and implemented an integrated Purchasing and Inventory Database system.
  • Managed the Repair and Returns Department.

Education: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX USA; B.B.A., Finance

Accreditations, Memberships, and Awards:

  • Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.); currently expired
  • ProvidedExpert Witness Testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission in support of the use of eAuctions for Construction Services
  • Four time recipient of the AT&T Supplier Diversity Achievement Recognition Award

Experienced in Cost Savings, Team Management, RFP/RFQ, eSourcing, Reverse Auctions, Contract Negotiations, P&L Responsibility, Expert Witness testimony,Executive Presentations, Category Management, Spend Analysis, Sourcing Process Design, Strategy Development, Project Management, Risk Assessment, Quality Assurance, Process Redesign, Low Cost Country Sourcing (LCCS), International Operations, Supplier Management, Certified Trainer, , Software Implementation, Cross Functional Sourcing Team Leader, Matrix Reporting Structure, Data Analysis, Cost/ Pricing Analysis, Solution Consultant, Oracle, Emptoris, Procuri, Ariba.

Foreign Languages:Some knowledge of Spanish

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