Supplier Management Best Practice Trailblazer: Albertsons

Post-merger with Safeway, Albertsons launched a series of business transformation projects.  For one, Gregg Maxwell, Group Vice President, NSC wanted the future of supplier onboarding.

In this webinar, Gregg will talk about how they reduced 170,000 supplier records to 70,000 active vendors. He’ll explain how they turned the onboarding process that involved four systems, ten departments and fifteen documents to one automated, supplier-facing onboarding portal. Now Albertsons will complete supplier validations through real-time integration with 650+ global government, regulatory and authoritative third-party data sources and 2 Billion external reference records. The company will defend against supplier fraud with a series of automated supplier record change controls, including real-time confirmation of bank account ownership. Machine Learning and big data analytics with IBM Watson help with the automation throughout.

Gregg Maxwell, CPA
Group Vice President, NSC, Albertsons

Gregg is Group Vice President of the Albertsons National Service Center.  He is responsible for all retail accounting processes. He leads the strategic direction of Shared Services Center with ten directors and a team of 450 employees.  He was previously Group Vice President NASC, Controller Retail Accounting for Safeway. Gregg has over 40 years of management, international and financial experience. He is a recognized best practice leader among his peers in shared services, finance, and retail grocery management.

Akhilesh Agarwal
Senior Vice President Global Business Partner Technology Solutions, apexanalytix

Akhilesh Agarwal leads the apexanalytix solutions practice responsible for global technology solutions, including apexportal. apexportal is the 100 percent touchless solution for global supplier information management and working capital optimization. He leads the development of new client-focused software innovations, guided by the regular trend analyses he conducts to ensure that APEX Portal delivers real-world efficiency and productivity benefits. He also oversees pre-sales, product management, project planning and reviews, risk mitigation, and the delivery of seamless solutions to large global clients across country borders. Akhilesh has an extensive background in product design and execution in accounts payable, accounts receivable and related areas.

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates

Over the past 26 years, Mark has established himself as a thought leader on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payments and document automation. A popular speaker at industry conferences and on webinars and podcasts, Brousseau advises prominent end-users and service providers on how to use automation to improve document and payment driven business processes. Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and has served on several industry committees and boards. He resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and three sons.