August Gus F Manz CPSM

Strategic sourcing, category strategy development, and supplier relationship management for indirect spend categories supporting business partners in: Medical Affairs, CSPV, Scientific Library, QA, Finance, Facilities, R&D, HR, Legal, Market Access, Fleet, Public Affairs, Marketing, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence, Compliance, etc. • Manage end-to-end 6-step Sourcing Process for bidding out: Library Envisioning, PR for Oncology, CSPV Literature Review, Oncology Medical Ed., Competitive Intelligence for IDA, Management Consulting, Fleet Management, Business Continuity Planning, Commercial Print, Oncology Strategies, Tax Services, Insurance Advisory Services, Credentialing, Benefits Administration KPIs, Medical Science Liaison, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Supplier Risk, Patient Survey for Global Market Access, Global Market Research for Concept Testing and White Card Message Testing, HCP Engagement Proj. Mgt, Corporate Card re-negotiations, Small Parcel, etc. • Led and hosted Supplier Relationship Management meetings with Tier 1 suppliers to improve supplier performance and bring value to the business by having suppliers share best practices, industry trends, and propose innovative ideas for DSI consideration • Create and manage Category Strategies for Management Consulting, Medical Affairs, Commercial Print, Facilities, Human Resources, etc. by identifying Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, analyzing supplier spend over past three fiscal years by sub-category/supplier/business unit, identify short and long term business goals, identify key business partners, etc. • Core team member to implement full suite of e-procurement tools from Zycus from initial state, through customization, integration, and final validation for iSource, iPerform, iAnalyze, iSave, iManage, and iSupplier modules • Generated cost savings of $8.2MM in FY2019 and $3.9MM in FY2020 • Acts as Subject Matter Expert for Zycus e-procurement modules iSource and iPerform