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Sarah Mendes

Interim Procurement & Transformation Consultant

€1,250/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sarah

šŸ’¼ Skilled Procurement | Sourcing consultant with over 20-years of experience serving multinationals companies in complex, multi-business environment.
Strong experience in End-to-End Procuremet process, Indirect category management, Transformation roles including rewriting processes, implementing e-procurement and P2P systems, standardising data and metrics, continuous improvement and developing Category strategies, Vendor and Stakeholder management.
Relevant experience in coordinating and managing a remote multi-cultural team.
Results and business-oriented focus on team engagement and business transformation process & Consultancy.

šŸŽÆ My goal is to help your business to move Procurement to another service level by maximizing results / savings, implementing new procurement projects, building a procurement strategy and/or improve process eficiency, I'm here to guide and support you through every step of the process.

🌐 I am able to manage projects in different time zones and languages: Portuguse, English or Spanish.

šŸ’¬ Feel free to get in touch with me to discuss on how I can contribute to your project or needs.
  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Coty HQ Inc
    Independent Contractor / Interim Procurement Consultant / Freelance
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    January 2025 - August 2025 (7 months)
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Leading an analytic business process operation team that are accountable to work with SIEVO, Power BI, Data monitoring and SAP master data, with a focus on end-to-end (E2E) Procurement process operation.
    • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve process issues, drive optimization, and support transformation initiatives, including data migration, legacy system decommissioning, and procurement digitalization.
    • Acted as P2P PMO for the SAP S/4HANA and P2P tools implementation at the Monaco site, ensuring seamless system deployment and alignment with global standards.
    Procure-to-Pay P2P PMO - SAP Implementation Business Operation
  • Roche Group (ES & CH)
    Freelance
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    November 2024 - November 2024
    Madrid, Spain
    • Interim contractor brought in to following the internal division fusion, supporting all the activities related to Corporate / Commercial Material & Service Category management and guarantee business continuity.
    • Responsible for developing and executing global category management strategies for multiple Procurement categories (Corporate / Commercial Materials & Services). Managed Spend: ~
    EUR95MM.
    • Managing Commercial Services categories for Global Diabetes Care business, such as: Marketing (ATL & BTL, Merchandise), Travel & Events, Fleet, External workforce, Professional Services.
    Indirect Category Management Strategic Sourcing Negotiation Procurement Transformation
  • Radisson Hotel Group (ES):
    IT Procurement Consultant – Contractor
    HOSPITALITY
    November 2021 - December 2023 (2 years and 1 month)
    Madrid, Spain
    • An independent contractor brought in to support all the activities related to migration / implementation of the IT Procurement dept., its procedures, policies, guidance and so on.
    • Responsible for IT Sourcing, leading RFI / RFPs (thru E-Sourcing: Jaggaer), vendor management and category management of all IT spend, such as: Software, Hardware, Voice & Data and Services.
    • Responsible to narrow the interface with internal STH, in other to bring continuous process improvement and business partner excellence.
    • Supported the implementation / development of SRM process to streamline and improve processes between Procurement and suppliers.
    IT Procurement Supplier Relationship Management Negotiation E-Sourcing

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Education

  • Business Executive MBA
    Business School of SĆ£o Paulo
    2015
    Business Executive MBA
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration
    Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado
    2007
    Bachelor's degree in business administration

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