Metasys

About Roy Anderson,

Vice President of Procurement Services

As a Vice President at Metasys Technologies Inc., Roy Anderson collaborates with customers to provide a comprehensive procurement services organization to increase supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. Supporting spend analytics, procure to pay, strategic sourcing, supplier management and with category expertise, he enables high performance procurement operations the opportunity to partner with internal customers to optimize spend results.

Roy is the former Chief Procurement Officer for State Street Bank and Vice President of Global Procurement for MetLife where he was responsible for the Company’s Procurement, Travel and Publishing operations. Prior to joining MetLife, he worked as a director of purchasing at John Hancock Financial Services during their demutualization. He was also the director of purchasing operations for Fidelity Investments and has worked as purchasing manager in commercial and military manufacturing facilities for Textron Corp. and Raytheon Company.

Roy has built data driven, high performing global sourcing teams in the US, India, Korea and Mexico, with a focus on building collaboration across the organization, creating transformation teams and driving savings to the bottom-line.

Roy has thirteen years of experience working supply chain within commercial and military manufacturing, sourcing electrical, mechanical and subassembly components. He has seventeen years of experience driving Procurement in Financial Institutions, working areas including Legal, Contingent worker, Marketing, Print, IT, Facilities, Professional Services, and Travel. Roy has built multi-tiered staff training and coaching incorporated into individual skill development plans. He has designed, and integrated global travel programs driving demand management and improved associate safety. He has been successful at implementing
e-procurement, supplier risk management, and supplier performance and governance programs as well as building green initiatives, supplier diversity programs and change management initiatives.

Roy travels throughout the country extensively sharing thought leadership with forward thinking Procurement Executives, who want to move their organizations to the next generation of transformational value. In his high energy, thought provoking presentations, Roy shares his view on how future procurement organizations will look and the types of leaders who will manage these organizations. In 2011, Roy has presented at several events including:

ProcureCon Indirect – Atlanta

SIG Webinar- Vision 2020: The Future of Procurement Presented by Ariba

Zynapse Webinar: Supply Side Visibility – Actionable Asset for Procurement Performance Excellence

Ariba Live Executive Forum

Purchasing Management Association of Boston

To learn how your procurement organization can achieve transformational value, have a conversation with Roy, randerson@metasysinc.com