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our themes for 2023 are expansion , automation , and continuous improvement .”
Brenda started her telecom career in the Network Operations Center and worked her way up to a managerial position . After testing a number of different roles , she came to realize that she prefers the business side of technology , parlaying her skills into a sales and engagement management position , before eventually moving into network equipment procurement .
She was the first employee from Lumen to transfer to Brightspeed as part of the purchase transaction , with the directive to develop the latter ’ s procurement and supply chain functions and facilitate contracts that enabled its other business functions .
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“ We are an SAP shop and went live with SAP S / 4HANA , Ariba , and Fieldglass a few weeks prior to launching the company ,” she explains . “ There are a number of other measures we ’ re taking to optimize our procurement systems .
“ We have continued to register new suppliers , simplify approval workflows , and collate reports on supplier spend and diversity . Alongside this , our IT team has been gathering requirements and starting development work on the functionality of certain features , such as our equipment return process tool and corresponding workflow back to SAP for inbound receipts , critical spares requisitioning , and auto-sourcing .”
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