Eileen Vargas

Experience

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  Pfizer

  Feb 2001 - Aug 2008

  Independent Grants Manager

  Developed and managed Independent Grants policies, processes, procedures, and MyGifts technical solution.

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  JetBlue Airways

  Dec 2009 - Sept 2020

  Designed, developed, configured, and deployed Ariba Guided Buying platform Home Page, Landing Pages, validation policies, Requisition, Standalone, and Tactical Sourcing Forms (using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and self-service admin User Interface) to promote self-service purchasing, manage, control indirect, rogue spend, and strengthen policy compliance increasing platform adoption by 10 percent and contributing to team’s $2M cost savings initiative.Mastered the ability to effectively create and interpret Ariba analytical reports to determine organizational indirect spend and order volumes to quickly develop and provide recommendations on executing contract, catalog, and procurement strategies. Leveraged Ariba expertise to transform Contracts module from a document repository to effectively utilize Ariba Contracts Compliance blanket purchase order capabilities minimizing the amount of time and effort to verify invoice to contract pricing by 50 percent. Spearheaded the Contract Workspace Procurement clean-up initiative by providing subject matter expertise and knowledge of best practices in capturing data into the contract and pricing terms templates and importing the data into Ariba increasing visibility into organizational contract general and pricing terms resulting in better quality data, contract compliance, reporting, risks, and costs controls. Operationalized strategy to set up Level 2 catalogs for major Business Partners so employees could quickly and easily locate contracted items on the Guided Buying platform realizing negotiated rates and enforcing contract compliance.Reduced manual, low value Buyer tasks by enabling key Suppliers that were on the Ariba network to automatically receive Purchase Orders electronically. Show less

  • SAP Ariba Sr. Analyst S2P Strategy and Operations

    Jul 2015 - Sept 2020

  • Information Technology Analyst

    Apr 2012 - Jul 2015

  • PMO Coordinator

    Dec 2009 - Apr 2012
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  Kaizen S2P

  Sept 2020 - now

  Ariba Technical Specialist