Main Responsibilities of a Senior Sourcing Analyst at NASCAR
As a Senior Sourcing Analyst at NASCAR, Giovanni's primary duties involved analyzing spending to identify opportunities for consolidation and better deals for the tracks, since most of the job was "about the money the track spent to put on the events." Giovanni also played a key role in implementing Workday's procure-to-pay system, acting as a project manager for system improvements and providing support to the tracks in their interactions with suppliers, to ultimately "support our company and support the tracks in getting the things they needed for race day."
Data Analysis, Sourcing and Procurement, Project Management, Negotiation, Vendor Management
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Giovanni Pieve
Senior Sourcing Analyst (former)
NASCAR
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey: MBA
Engineering - Aerospace
Sports & Fitness, Technology
Operations and Project Management
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Analyzing spend data to identify areas for consolidation and cost savings within the company, particularly focusing on track expenses for events.
2. Contributing to the implementation of Workday's procure-to-pay system, suggesting improvements and acting as a project manager for system enhancements.
3. Providing support to tracks by assisting with supplier communication, negotiations, and troubleshooting system issues related to procurement.
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What are your main responsibilities within your role?
When I was a senior sourcing analyst at NASCAR, my main responsibilities involved a few things. One was analyzing our spend data and looking for areas within the company where we could consolidate spending. This also included searching for potential new suppliers and finding better deals for our tracks.
Most of what we did, while corporate spent money, was focused on the money the track spent to put on events. Another part of my role was that the sourcing and procurement team was quite new at NASCAR, and having it integrated into the system was also new. NASCAR was implementing Workday’s procure-to-pay system.
So, part of my job was to learn about it, learn about the business, and how we could best integrate the two. For a long time, I suggested new ideas and ways to improve systems, and I was essentially the project manager for those system improvements.
The other parts of the role were very much support-based. I assisted tracks when they needed to talk to suppliers. I also helped a little with negotiations and with working the system when someone had an issue. It was a bit of everything, but it was basically to support our company and our tracks in getting what they needed for race day.