Wei-Yung L.

Global Procurement Transformation @Herbalife

Torrance, CA, US

Led Corporate Transformation Margin Enhancement Program by developing 3 regional procurement Centers of Excellence (COE) in Mexico, Poland, and Malaysia, achieved $35M in annualized savings in 2023.o Rollout required organization / process change management, systems, recruitment, and KPI development.• Drove procurement operations efficiency and effectiveness through S2P/P2P KPIs and tactical spend ($400M) analysis.• Introduced purchase automation for 75% of transactions, permitting existing COE buyers to rapidly-scale operations to support 66 countries, and expand role scope for other sources to pay activities (contract, RFX, tactical procurement, spot buy, category management), via multi-year phased change management (included policy changes and systems).• Implemented supplier reduction program, decreasing 28% of suppliers (~5.1K), stimulating efficiency, and also utilizing the supplier dataset to refresh the preferred supplier program.• Designed 2-phase supplier risk management program roadmap that identified, assessed, and mitigated supplier risks by utilizing public and internally defined supplier attributes (cyber security, privacy, sanctions, government service providers).• Conducted various transformational workshops with cross-functional teams to streamline process standardization and implement improvements to the source to pay process, aligning with industry best practices, SOX and policy controls impacting 6K+ internal stakeholders.

Carnegie Mellon University

BS, Economics, Information Systems