Paul Harris is an experienced strategic sourcing and business process improvement executive with over 25 years of experience. He has expertise in areas such as strategic sourcing, contract management, spend analysis, and organizational change. Harris has held leadership roles directing sourcing teams and implementing sourcing strategies that achieved substantial savings. Currently, he runs his own consulting firm focused on providing solutions to business challenges through process improvement and strategic sourcing.

1. P A U L O . H A R R I S
 615.419.8695
 paul@harrisharrisroche.com
• www.linkedin.com/in/pauloharris
DYNAMIC BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT,
STRATEGIC SOURCING EXECUTIVE
executive summary
Dynamic and accomplished professional with over twenty-five years of demonstrated success in
business process improvement, strategic sourcing, contract development/management, spend
analysis, policy/procedure review and development, and the implementation/management of
organizational change. Critical expertise in providing “first in class” solutions that regularly
exceed both executive goals and expectations. Highly successful consensus building, cross
functional group leader, acutely adept at utilizing critical thinking and a participatory leadership
style. Exceptional ability to build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external
clients at all levels.
critical core compentencies
• Business Process Improvement • Strategic Sourcing Management • RFx development
• Policy/Procedure development and
• Procure 2 Pay Implementation • Market Analysis
review
• Cross functional group
• Organizational Development • Spend Analysis
leadership
• Contract
• Organizational Change Management • Critical Thinking
Negotiation/Management
• Performance Metrics Development • Supplier Portfolio Management • Participatory Leader
professional employment history
Principal/Senior Consultant Harris Harris & Roche, LLC 2008-Present
Accomplished consultant dedicated to providing results driven services in business Notes:
process improvement, strategic sourcing; strategic planning; policy and procedure
development/review, organizational change implementation/management, and spend
analysis/review to clients. Dedicated to providing optimized solutions, to today’s Notes:
business challenges, producing measurable, sustainable, positive bottom line results,
adherence to corporate policy and positive corporate cultural change.
• Founded and manage boutique consulting firm dedicated to providing
best in class solutions
• Proffer subject matter expertise and consultative recommendations
• Responsible for the identification, evaluation, need justification of a US
based professional staffed strategic sourcing team to a multi-national Bio
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2. Pharmaceutical firm
• Spearheaded the development of the organizational structure, capital and
human resource requirements of an outsourced Strategic Sourcing team
for a multi-national Bio Pharmaceutical firm,
• Developed sourcing policy and procedures for a multi-national Bio
Pharmaceutical firm
• Successfully negotiated a high value three year agreement to implement
and manage the business plan and outsourced strategic sourcing team
DIRECTOR STRATEGIC SOURCING (interim) UCB Pharmaceutical 2008-2011
Reporting to the CFO (Americas) and the Global VP Strategic Sourcing (Belgium) Notes:
directed the daily activities of the Strategic Sourcing team. Provided consultative
recommendations to senior management, both domestically and internationally, regarding
sourcing procedures, contract statuses, corporate compliance, legal considerations, and re
engineering of the “outsourced” sourcing team to a full time equivalent staff.
• Developed sourcing policy conforming to corporate and governmental
policy and regulations
• Developed sourcing strategy and contract negotiation procedures and
internal processes
• Establishment and management of “first in class” Strategic Sourcing
team (nine specialist)
• Championed the establishment of business relationships with both
internal and external clients
• Refined contracting/sourcing procedures and processes thereby
increasing time to purchase and contract execution efficiencies while
protecting firms assets
• Successfully implemented SAP electronic requisition/purchase order
system
• Achieved a 27% savings to addressable spend ($21M)
CONSULTANT STRATEGIC SOURCING Resource Global Professionals 2007-2008
Reporting to the Managing Director provided spend analysis, contract review, and Notes:
recommendations regarding the sourcing of commodities and services, to assigned
clients.
• Lead inventory audit team , completing annual inventory for a leading
electronics repair firm under budget
• Provided justification and championed the rational of proactive sourcing
vs. tactical purchasing to assigned clients
• Provided market analysis to assigned clients
• Negotiated services agreements for assigned categories
• Maintained contract files for assigned categories and clients as assigned
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3. VP STRATEGIC SOURCING Horizon Resource Group 2005-2007
Reporting to the President and Chief Operating Officer, managed all aspects of the Notes:
Strategic Sourcing/Contracts division of the Group Purchasing Organization. Established
agreements based on aggregated spend to be utilized by Public entities, and Private
higher education entities.
• Developed annual contract plan
• Established competitive solicitation policy and procedures
• Managed competitive solicitation process Implemented refined
contracting process and internal procedures, significantly reducing “time
to market” required for new agreements
• Significantly increased contracts portfolio
• Managed supplier portfolio
• Increased contribution to revenue of new agreements and renewals
DIRECTOR PURCHASING & AUX. SERVICES Pensacola Junior College 1995-2005
Reporting to the VP Finance, successfully directed and managed of the College’s support
Notes:
Dynamic, accomplished, advocate,
services teams including Purchasing, operational auxiliary services (receiving, diplomatic, empowerment,
efficiency, cross-functional,
warehousing, courier services, multiple-campus food services, childcare, and the critical, exceptional, leadership,
bookstore). Effectively managed the procurement team in the procurement of executive, strategic sourcing,
commodities and services for the multiple campuses and centers. operational, business skills,
contract management, contract
development, negotiations,
• Authored and successfully managed the original FL Community College analysis, spend, budget, e-
Technology Refresh Program (TRP). TRP is an indefinite term procurement, Procure 2 Pay, B2B,
corporate change, organizational
technology agreement which provides for the purchase, lease and refresh
change, implementation,
of technology. The agreement provides savings averaging $4.5M annual
to the State’s Community College System.
• Chaired FL TRP Steering Committee (1997-2005).
• Chaired Cooperative of Purchasing Professional Committee (Chief
Purchasing Officers) of the twenty-eight FL Community Colleges.
• Provided Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to college’s legislative
liaisons.
• Co-authored several legislative initiatives and state statutes.
• Developed and successfully implemented strategic sourcing “best
practices” generating substantial savings to the College’s operating
budget.
• Successfully directed the implementation of an electronic requisition
and purchasing system.
• Co- founded a inter governmental purchasing group, combining best
practices and aggregating spend in order to negotiate high value savings
agreements.
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4. additional employment history
• Technology & MRO Buyer Escambia County School District
• Receiving Supervisor Sam’s Wholesale
• Hard-lines Buyer Maas Brothers
• Buyer and Project Manager Pelham’s Construction (commercial and residential)
education and accreditations
• Masters, Public Administration Troy State University
• Bachelor of Science, Management University of West Florida
• NACUBO Leadership Certification NACUBO Leadership Academy
technology compentencies
• Microsoft Word • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Outlook
• SAP • e-Procurement tools • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Search Engine Optimization • MS Windows XP/Vista • RFx development tools
contact
 615.419.8695 |paul@harrisharrisroche.com | www.linkedin.com/in/pauloharris
Currently resides in Nashville, TN and open to domestic and international travel.
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