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Desere Edwards
VP, Source to Contract
Desere Edwards is a member of the team covering Gartner's research on evaluating and deploying procurement and sourcing technologies, cross-industry and cross-technology. Solutions covered include e-sourcing, buy-side catalog management, contingent & freelancer workforce management solutions, contract life cycle management applications, procure-to-pay solutions, spend analysis, supplier diversity, supply base management, supplier risk management and service procurement solutions.
Ms. Edward's special interests at Gartner are software as a service (SaaS) for procurement solutions and solution implementation planning.
Roles and responsibility
End Users (Buyers): CIO, Enterprise Architect, Chief Procurement Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Chief Finance Officer
Vendors: CEO, CTO, VP Marketing, VP Product Management
Previous experience
Ms. Edwards has more than 25 years of experience in contracting, procurement, strategic sourcing, logistics and supply chain management as a practitioner in the consumer packaged goods industry and the U.S. military. Prior to becoming an analyst, Ms. Edwards led Gartner's global procurement team and was the IT & services procurement team director in the Strategic Sourcing Consortium for PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Professional background
Gartner
Senior Director, Global Procurement
PepsiCo
Director, IT&Services - Strategic Sourcing Consortium with Anheuser-Busch InBev
PepsiCo Business Information + Solutions (BIS)
Group Manager, IT Procurement
Areas of coverage
Modernizing Finance and Procurement Applications
Education
Master of Arts, Procurement and Acquisition Management, Webster University
Bachelor of Science, Education, Tennessee Technological University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Create a long-term source-to-settle (S2S) technology roadmap
2Evaluate and select procurement and sourcing vendors/products
3Develop contract lifecycle management (CLM) programs and evaluate/select solutions
4Develop supplier diversity programs and select supporting technology
5Develop contingent workforce and freelancer management programs and select VMS/FMS solutions