Mika Kiistala - base2buy Procurement Consultant

Procurement | Strategic Sourcing | Category Management | Professional Services | ICT & Cyber Security | Software | SaaS | Contract Management

Over the last 20 years I have supported some of the largest multinational organisations to develop their procurement capability through the provision of strategic and value optimisation solutions.   

My experience has covered a range of industries including energy, retail, financial services and semi-public organisations.

A commercially savvy, results-driven professional with a proven record of defining and managing the implementation of complex strategies providing significant organisational, process and financial benefits.

Key skills and experience

* In-depth knowledge and experience of a comprehensive range of international contracts and procurement strategies.

* Advanced experience in the contracts and procurement services required to support large scale sourcing, tendering, and contracting of high risk/high complexity projects (local & international, nearshore & offshore).

* Excellent understanding and appreciation of business practice and protocols dealing with various regions and cultures.

* Specialties: Procurement, Business Transformation, Sourcing, Cost Reduction/Optimization, CTO calculation, Category Management, Cyber Security, ICT, Supply Chain, Software (e.g. IBM, Microsoft), SaaS (e.g. Salesforce), Cloud (e.g. Amazon, Azure)  Contract template development, Negotiations, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Budgeting,  Process Improvement, Risk Mitigation, Oracle,  SAP and Ariba.