Gartner Expert

Michelle O'Sullivan

Director, Advisory

Michelle O' Sullivan is an Ireland-based Director Advisor with Gartner's Procurement practice. In her current role, Ms. O' Sullivan works with Heads of Procurement and their team members to solve challenges like Procure to Pay from a process and change management perspective, Contract Lifecycle Management, Procurement Digital Transformation and Supplier onboarding.

Previous experience

Ms. O' Sullivan has come to Gartner from Ernst & Young (EY) where she spent the last 2+ years holding several senior analyst roles within their central Procurement Enablement Team, helping with various procurement system integrations and providing procurement analytics and insights to the entire internal Procurement team. Prior to that, Ms. O' Sullivan spent 16+ years in the Bio-pharmaceutical (including Pfizer) and Medical Device industry, in various different Procurement roles. Ms. O' Sullivan has a wealth of knowledge and experience in procurement from a Practitioner perspective with regards to developing and establishing category strategies, digital transformation in procurement, identification of cost saving opportunities, vendor managed inventory programs, demand management, vendor onboarding, contract execution and management, compliance in procurement, tail spend management, spend analytics, vendor rationalization and can advise regarding P2P and CLM platforms and processes.

Professional background

EY, Ernst & Young, 2 years

Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., 14 years

Teleflex Incorporated, Teleflex Incorporated, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Sourcing and Procurement

  • Procurement Management

Education

Diploma in Purchasing and Materials Management from the Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (IIPMM)

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Digital Transformation in Procurement

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Procure to Pay from a process, change management perspective

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Contract Lifecycle Management from a process, change management perspective

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Vendor onboarding

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Spend Analytics