Gartner Expert

Ryuichi Tsuchiya

Sr Director Analyst

Ryuichi Tsuchiya is an Analyst for Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management area.

Previous experience

In AXA, Mr. Tsuchiya was responsible for:

Establishment of Procurement organization and stabilization with creating internal regulations;

Involved in huge projects (incl. DX) as Procurement lead;

Being as a representative of Japan for global purchasing strategy;

Planned Vendor risk framework with Risk Mgt Dept.

In Aflac, he was responsible for:

Mainly negotiated with huge outsourcers (IBM, ACC, NTTD) for various managed services;

Annual compliance inspection toward Personal information handling vendors;

Establish annual vendor evaluation scheme aiming to internal control;

In DIR, he was responsible for:

Project manager in 12 middle class projects;

Business analyst in around 10 projects;

System Engineer for Daiwa securites' mainframe system.

Professional background

Aflac, IT Vendor Manager, 6 years

AXA General Insurance Japan., Procurement head, 6 years

DIR (Daiwa Institute of Research), Project manager / System engineer , 7 years

Areas of coverage
  • IT Contracts Negotiations

  • Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management Leaders in Japan

  • IT Vendor Portfolio Management

  • IT Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management Operating Model

  • IT Sourcing Strategy Development and Execution

Education

B.A., Rikkyo University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

Where to take care in the proposed contract document?

02

How to review vendor's proposal(incl. renewal) to optimize the conditions?

03

What is the key points to take care during the RFx process?

04

How to define & track the SLO/SLA of IT managed service or BPO?

05

How to build a flexible sourcing strategy that can adapt to evolving business needs?