Ben Schafer

About Ben Schafer

Ben is an accomplished, transformational senior business and technology leader with practical and proven experience to advise and deliver superior business and technology results. He delivers exceptional results in all aspects of strategic and operational transformations leveraging experience, research, the latest market disruptors, and operating model levers including process design, service delivery model, technology enablement, data & analytics, organizational design, digital, automation, AI, governance, risk and controls. He has deep, proven, and balanced experience in both industry and consulting in multiple industries including Professional Services, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Energy & Utilities, Travel & Transportation and Consumer & Retail. Ben has 30 years of leadership, management, and decision-making experience with proven success at every level. He specializes in defining strategies, then designing, building, implementing, integrating, and leading significant business change and transformations. These transformations may be enabled through process redesign, technology, GBS, COEs, shared services, outsourcing, automation/AI, offshoring and other accelerators. Ben brings deep experience to all of them. His functional understanding is broad as well and includes IT, F&A, Procurement, HR, Supply Chain, Tax, Operations, and other specialty functions. Ben leads, counsels, encourages, and coaches leadership and management through their transformations. He focuses on developing and delivering the right strategies, tactics, and practical advice for his clients and company leaders that provide a balance of operational, organizational, commercial, technology, financial structuring and execution. Ben is a professional who looks to optimize the value of these leverage points while managing and mitigating the associated risks.

Experience

1. Principal - Business Services and Products & Technology Acceleration Center Leader

   PwC

   Dec 2023 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

Education

• SMU Cox School of Business

  MBA, Finance

  1993 — 1995

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Business

  1989 — 1990

• Denton High School

  Advanced Diploma with Honors

  1986 — 1989

• University of North Texas

  BBA, Finance

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Offshore
• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing & Procurement
• Outsourcing Management
• Offshoring
• Supplier Negotiations
• Bpo
• Supplier Management
• Alignment
• Contract Negotiation
• Governance
• Spend Analysis
• Sourcing
• Process Improvement
• Organizational Design
• Shared Services
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Negotiation
• Management
• IT Governance
• Procurement
• Public Speaking
• Management Consulting
• Leadership
• Strategy Development
• Vendor Management
• Purchasing
• Business Transformation
• IT Outsourcing
• Cost Savings
• Due Diligence
• Supply Chain Management
• Rfp
• Strategy
• Vendor Relations
• Contract Negotiations
• Consulting
• Outsourcing
• Supplier Evaluation
• Strategic Sourcing