About
I am an MBA Candidate at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, focusing on financial valuation and supply chain operations. You can count on me to develop strategic core business strategies, manage spend portfolios, and improve the value chain by optimizing operations on the factory floor. I can add value to your engagement by delivering hard-dollar savings and cost avoidance.
I have experience leading and implementing procurement and supply management strategies, conducting market intelligence research, negotiating pricing and contract terms, managing LTL logistics, and sourcing both direct and indirect spend. Category management expertise includes Express Mail, IT & Telecom, Records Management, and Business Process Outsourcing. My background covers a diverse range of sectors including Insurance, Defense, Life Sciences, and Industrial Products & Construction.
I am currently exploring my new home in Ann Arbor. Currently, I serve as the Section President for Section 4 of the Ross Full-Time MBA Program Class of 2026. I also serve as the Chief of Staff and Director of Strategy & Operations for First at Ross, a program that seeks to enrich the first-gen experience through community, programming, and resources to drive awareness and open doors at Ross and beyond. Furthermore, I am an avid outdoorsman and look forward to hiking Patagonia in 2026. I am appreciative of great college football which is partially why I decided on Michigan (Go Blue!). I am into fishing as well, and I make heavy use of my ultralight fishing rod with a Daiwa Legalis LT 1000D to catch trout and more.
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Education
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and in Biology
Philadelphia, PA
Class of 2018
Experience
Deloitte
Consultant
Chicago, IL
July 2021 - Present
- Built a Total Cost of ownership (TCO) model for Screening Services, identifying an estimated $59M in addressable spend
- Aligned with 13 opco teams and 19 suppliers for launch of a Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Identified a validated opportunity of over $26M in potential annual savings (44%)
- Achieved a value capture of $2M (52%) in annual savings and $1M (16%) in additional cost avoidance
Hub International Limited
Senior Procurement Analyst
Chicago, IL
September 2019 - July 2021
- Facilitated sourcing deals to execution, including contract negotiations with vendors, on average achieving $320K in annual company savings and $20K in annual cost avoidance
- Managed $5M+ of company spend across Express Mail, IT Telecom, IT Products & Services, and Professional Services
- Provided support to 34 regions across North America with resource materials and guidelines to help internal business clients best leverage the Procurement team
- Supported the Procurement team with management of Data/Spend Analytics to make financial/budget recommendations to Executive Management Team
Source One, a Corcentric Company
Strategic Sourcing Analyst
Chicago, IL
October 2018 - September 2019
- Produced deliverables for stakeholders in the form of baseline reports, benchmark project decks, and research presentations
- Analyzed usage data in the staffing category worth $15 million in spend volume for a $5 billion client
- Consolidated over 50 different suppliers globally for a client company with an MRO market basket worth $50 million
- Negotiated more than $1.6 million in expected savings with an incumbent supplier
Source One, a Corcentric Company
Analyst Intern
Chicago, IL
August 2018 - October 2018
- Executed and implemented the Source One strategic sourcing process across 18 different projects
- Performed contract review, data collection, data analysis, and data entry
- Evaluated the labor market to benchmark the prevailing rates for contingent labor
- Collected market intelligence to shape recommendations for clients
Skills
- SAP Ariba
- Oracle Cloud
- Coupa
- Corcentric Analytics
- SpendHQ
- Exigent Chameleon
- Bloomberg
- Capital IQ
- GraphPad Prism
- SQL
- R
- MATLAB
- VBA
- Java
- Python
- HTML/CSS
- MySQL
- Microsoft Access
- Power BI
Languages
- 🇺🇸 English
- 🇻🇳 Vietnamese
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
Works
Publications
- Singhal, A. et al. (2022, March). Lifesciences & Healthcare (LSHC) Industry Report. Deloitte. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aaron-addicoat-698b6317_life-sciences-healthcare-global-cpo-survey-activity-6909881373084291074-Upgt.
- Vu, M. (2019, September 1). The efficacy of Postal optimization in print and mail services. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2019/09/the-efficacy-of-postal-optimization-in.html.
- Vu, M. (2019, June 19). Overcoming challenges in supplier negotiations. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2019/06/key-challenges-in-supplier-negotiations.html.
- Vu, M. (2019, July 29). Questions to ask when sourcing integrated facilities management service providers. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2019/07/questions-to-ask-when-sourcing.html.
- Vu, M. (2019, August 31). Fire inspection service information to consider while sourcing. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2019/08/fire-inspection-service-information-to.html.
- Vu, M. (2019, May 30). Attracting and Retaining Talent in the Face of Low Unemployment. Future of Sourcing. http://www.futureofsourcing.com/attracting-and-retaining-talent-in-the-face-of-low-unemployment.
- Vu, M. (2019, March 26). What is the Deal with Brexit for Suppliers?. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2019/03/what-is-deal-with-brexit-for-suppliers.html.
- Vu, M. (2019, January 16). How Supply Chains Should Adapt to the Trade War “Truce”. Future of Sourcing. https://www.futureofsourcing.com/how-supply-chains-should-adapt-to-the-trade-war-truce.
- Vu, M. (2018, December 14). Why I'm Pursuing a Career in Management Consulting. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2018/12/why-im-pursuing-career-in-management.html.
- Vu, M. (2018, November 5). The ABCs of Overseas Manufacturing: Resolving Recent Risks and Challenges. The Strategic Sourceror. https://www.strategicsourceror.com/2018/11/the-abcs-of-overseas-manufacturing.html.
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