Sarah Lopez

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SARAH LOPEZ

Create and drive global direct and indirect procurement strategy Provide leadership on all aspects of procurement strategy and practice to inform business planning and action, encourage innovative approaches and enhance value through improved procurement efficiency and outcomes Develop and implement overarching policies, procedures, systems, structures and frameworks for all procurement related activities to deliver best proactive procurement and contract management solutions Lead negotiation strategy with procurement partners and suppliers. Establish collaborative stakeholder and strategic supplier relationships to maximize the organization’s influence. Develop key relationships with suppliers that deliver optimal value Delivers leading global category management and sourcing methodologies, and strategies across key categories Develops and implements a robust and repeatable spend database with full understanding of external spend. Delivers an improved vendor risk assessment framework and mitigation strategies to key strategic vendors Owns procurement governance forums and scorecards for decision making and performance monitoring