Andrew Ongley

Experience

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  BBC

  Jan 2002 - now

  Delivering detailed system expertise, technical support and knowledge to service delivery and business change functions, ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders. Key Responsbilites- Managing and leading key infrastructure, directional and functional development on SAP SRM, MM, MDG, VIM, Ariba APC, Ariba ASN and Tungsten Electronic Invoicing Network, ensuring change and release management procedures are followed to produce fit for purpose solutions- Providing technical consultancy and testing design strategy to strategic projects, working with business process owners and third party support functions to ensure that developments meet both functional requirements and align with wider strategies- Leading Incident management, providing both technical input and process guidance in collaboration with Service Assurance, to deliver timely and robust resolution Key Achievements - Led development on key SAP SRM, MM, MDG-C, MDG-S and VIM enhancements/fixes, gathering requirements from stakeholders, working in partnership with third party developers and ensuring adherence to change management principles. These developments significantly contributed to resource requirement reduction and enhanced process compliance- Initiated and led upgrade of Ariba and Tungsten electronic invoicing security protocols, agreeing technical design and managing third party suppliers and internal stakeholder expectations- Consulted and delivered full Procurement functionality as part of a time sensitive project to bring a BBC commercial subsidiary onto the SAP landscape, estimated to generate substantial financial savings- Worked as part of a project team to develop system adherence to IR35 taxation law within the production freelance community - Identified and facilitated open discussion with other SAP Ariba customers to share knowledge and identify areas of development Show less Key responsibilities:- SME Lead in a full re-implementation of SAP landscape, including planning and development of ECC/SRM/Ariba environments. Benefits included, supplier catalogue self-loading, split financial and commodity based approval workflows, increased availability of cXML Order & Invoice integration and circa 60 day reduction in allocation to budget for purchasing card spend allocation- Leading Operational management and continuous improvement of the BBC Quick-Order+ system (Comprised of SAP ECC6, SRM 7.0 and Ariba APC) hosting catalogues used by 3k+ users to enable 140k PO's pa with throughput of circa £1bn- Continuous support and development of e-Procurement disciplines for buyers, internal stakeholders and external collaboration partners - Single point of contact for In-house IT support, Off-Shore AP technical team, BBC Suppliers and internal stakeholders- Management of operational relationship with Ariba, including suitability assessment of future functionality, system issue identification, management and resolution, supplier onboarding and account management.- Implementation and ongoing development of purchasing channel activity, focusing on continuous improvement of user experience, catalogue structure and content, order delivery and invoicing options- Drafting change request documentation and functional specifications Achievements and skills:- Increased visibility of upcoming tender schedule, focused on ensuring P2P functions as integral to any tender. This achieved results such as £2.5m reduction in whole life operating cost for stationary contract- Functional development of catalogue tools including configurable items, linked items, internal note abilities, expanded roles based views, deletion indicator and guided buying placeholder items.- Full review of BBC purchasing card scheme. Outputs included recommendation to trial single use purchasing card scheme and account structure change to reduce resource required Show less Achievements and skills:- Planning and implementation of AMT Sybex catalogue product, ensuring user experience was seemless and intuitive. Design of an expanded commodity hierarchy in line with customer feedback and industry standards, resulting in 25% more compliant suppliers and allowing circa £0.5m more spend to come under Procurement control.- Delivery of SRM punch out catalogues for tactical suppliers, enabling access to 12m+ SKU's with significant resource reduction- Addressing concerns received from Ian Davidson MP of the Public Accounts Committee, developed location based views which increased spend with local SMB’s by 30%Planned and developed - Catalogue data integrity tool, ensuring technical compliance and Category Manager control of supplier products and pricing - Reporting suite, tracking transaction types, search terms used and completed journeys - Specialist permissions based catalogue for sensitive purchasing areas - Overhaul of purchasing card scheme including implementation of eSolutions purchasing card system, delivering significant advances in reporting and data handling – allowing full spend visibility with tighter control, increasing purchasing ease in a controlled manner.- Re-design of purchasing card application process to more accurately capture details needed, making applications track-able and speeding up the process by 50% Show less Achievements and skills:- Fully responsible for system hierarchy, catalogue data, image details and content accuracy of the BBC purchasing system (SAP CCM) including re-build for new third party functionality, supplier on-boarding and adoption.- Reviewed and re-structured all procedure and policy documents for catalogue management, including cross department training and knowledge sharing - Developed strong relationships with third party technical landscape support function for BBC systems - Fully responsible for the day to day management of the procurement purchasing card scheme, including assessing reporting requirements, refining procedures and documenting policies Show less Achievements and skills:- Sole responsibility for BBC Hire vehicle insurance claims, refining processes, identifying culpability and rejecting where appropriate - Developed handling and tracking process for BBC incurred speeding and parking fines, resulting in a major reduction in court cases and associated processing costs - Working in partnership with internal resource, planned and managed an efficiency review for internal finance systems, re-designing and implementing where appropriate Show less

  • SAP Finance & Procurement Systems Specialist

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Procurement Operations Manager - eProcurement systems

    Jul 2012 - Dec 2016

  • P2P Platform Manager

    Nov 2008 - Jun 2012

  • Procurement, Content Assistant

    Dec 2006 - Oct 2008

  • Procurement, Contract Assistant

    May 2006 - Nov 2006

  • Transport and Travel, Project Manager

    Feb 2005 - Apr 2006

  • Transport and Travel, Finance Assistant

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005