Meet Oleksandr Vodotyka
Expert in Procurement Transformations, Operating Models & Digitalization
Senior Procurement Executive with 20+ years of international leadership in FMCG, packaging, pharma, and industrial sectors, complemented with strategic consulting experience.
Realized large-scale end-to-end procurement transformations, cost and working capital optimisation, post-merger integrations, and operating model redesign across multi-billion portfolios and cross-cultural teams.
Bridges strategic vision with hands-on execution to deliver measurable and lasting financial outcomes.
CORE EXPERTISE
Transformation & Target Operating Models | Cost/WC Optimisation & Value Engineering | Risk Management | Source2Pay Digitalization | Outsourced Services (Category As A Service – Tender As A Service) | Fractional Management | Capabilities Building & Thought Leadership
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
–As a regional CPO led large-scale end-to-end procurement transformation initiatives including operating model design, category strategies, business governance, and organizational capabilities across leading FMCG (Mondelez, Coca-Cola System), Packaging (DS Smith, SHP Group)
–As a Management Consultant with Accenture DACH developed global functional Strategies, Operating Models including shared services & Source-to-Pay Digitalization roadmaps, supported implementation at international key accounts in pharma (TEVA global), industrial (Osram) and hospitality (Marriott)
–Delivered multiple cost and working capital optimisation initiatives in direct and indirect spend sourcing, value re-engineering across multiple geographies
–Established and executed business continuity and supply risk management programs in close alignment with business stakeholders: eliminated sole-source dependencies, rationalized supplier base, built strong SRM frameworks
–Led procurement Source-to-Pay process automation and tail-spend optimisation: SAP and Ariba S2C/CLM/P2P rollouts across 17–27 countries, B2B Marketplaces, Coupa Sourcing, GenAI-enabled orchestration
–Established functional Procurement Academies (incl. piloting CIPS corporate) and Talent Development programs (incl. Mentoring and Coaching)
–Co-owner of non-profit professional collaborative platform #Practices4Practitioners: procurement webinars, forums, guest lecturer @Kyiv School of Economics. Author and owner of the workshop “Leading the Change”, initiator of the National CPO Surveys in Ukraine (2019-present)
Education & Certifications
–MBA, International Management Institute Kyiv (partnership with IMD Lausanne), UA
–PHD Applied Economics — Kharkiv State University, UA
–Certifications: Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt), CIPS Advanced Professional
