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Joël Collin-Demers has been helping clients select, implement and optimize procurement systems for 13 years.
If your procurement team is looking to better leverage technology to produce value for your business, reach out.
Joël can support your organization across the entire procurement value chain, regardless of your current maturity level:
Expertise
Business Processes
→ Procurement Organizational Design
→ Procurement Policy Development
→ Spend Analysis
→ Category Management
→ Sourcing
→ Contract Management
→ Operational Purchasing
↳ Catalog Management
↳ Requisitioning (Manual / MRP)
↳ Purchasing Approvals
↳ Purchase Order Processing
↳ Confirmations / ASN
↳ Goods / Services Receipts
↳ Inventory Management
↳ Accounts Payable
→ Special Purchasing
↳ Subcontracting
↳ Consignment
↳ Third-Party Orders
→ Supplier Network / Portals & Supplier Enablement
→ Supplier Data, Risk, Performance & Relationship Management
→ Procurement Technology (“ProcureTech”) Portfolio Management
→ Continuous Improvement Management
↳ Operational Committees
↳ User Communities
Project Types
→ Procurement Function Maturity Assessments
→ Procurement Technology Maturity Assessments
→ “To-Be” Process & System Architecture Definition & Roadmapping
→ Best-of-Breed application implementation
→ Intake & Orchestration layer implementation
→ Source-to-Pay (S2P) Suite Implementation
→ Supplier Network / Portal implementation and Supplier Enablement
→ SAP S4/HANA conversion / implementation
→ SAP Template Rollouts / Fit-Gap
→ SAP Upgrade Functional Testing
Typical Roles
→ Strategic Advisor
→ Project/Program Manager
→ Business Analyst
→ Solution Architect
→ Functional Lead
→ Integration Manager
→ Deployment Manager
→ Supplier Enablement Lead
Solution Expertise
I've explored, evaluated, and implemented a diverse range of technological solutions for procurement teams, spanning from conceptual research and preliminary assessments to pilot programs, partial deployments, and fully integrated implementations across the organization.
The following represents a non-exhaustive compilation of enterprise grade systems I’ve interacted with over the years.
Note: This list is not a solution endorsement but rather an illustration of the scope of my work.
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Source-to-Pay Suites
Procurement Intake & Orchestration Solutions
Spend Analytics & Procurement Performance Management Solutions
Sourcing & Market Intelligence Solutions
Contract & Catalog Management Solutions
Supplier Relationship, Data, Risk & Performance Management Solutions
External Workforce & Services Procurement
Accounts Payable Automation
Other Niche / Category Solutions
In short, I’m your “Procurement Technology Right Hand Man.”