Susan Walsh - The Classification Guru

The Classification Guru Ltd

I love improving the quality of procurement spend data, giving teams clarity so they can make better business decisions and cost savings.

Why not let me take the pain out of laborious data issues and make your life easier?

Whether it's a small or large data set, the accuracy can be improved by identifying classification errors, conflicts or gaps. I can provide a data verification service to efficiently find and correct these in a fraction of the time it would take you or a team member.

And a crucial part of having accurate data is also working with a comprehensive taxonomy, something that can be easily overlooked. I can provide a taxonomy development service to ensure you have all the vital areas covered for the greatest visibility - job done!

If you struggle with the time, resources or willingness to tackle your data, why not get in touch to see how I can make your life easier.

Founder/MD (Mistress of Data)

I love improving the quality of procurement spend data, giving teams clarity so they can make better business decisions and cost savings.

Why not let me take the pain out of laborious data issues and make your life easier?

Whether it's a small or large data set, the accuracy can be improved by identifying classification errors, conflicts or gaps.  I can provide a data verification service to efficiently find and correct these in a fraction of the time it would take you or a team member.

And a crucial part of having accurate data is also working with a comprehensive taxonomy, something that can be easily overlooked.  I can provide a taxonomy development service to ensure you have all the vital areas covered for the greatest visibility - job done!

If you struggle with the time, resources or willingness to tackle your data, why not get in touch to see how I can make your life easier.

Founder

Data Collaboration Alliance

I am a member of the Advisory Committee at the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit organization that’s dedicated to establishing CONTROL as the basis for meaningful Data Ownership and global Collaborative Intelligence. Our approach of eliminating data silos and copy-based data integration is similar to how societies already protect the value of their currency, identities, and intellectual property - and it works for data, too. My fellow advisors include the Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation and the ex-CIO of Dropbox. I'm also a contributor to the Data Collaboration Community which offers open datasets, free tools, and free training in the data-centric skills of the future. Visit: https://www.datacollaboration.org/community

Advisory Committee / Instructor

Facet Publishing

Dirty data is a problem that costs businesses thousands, if not millions, every year. In organisations large and small across the globe you will hear talk of data quality issues. What you will rarely hear about is the consequences or how to fix it.

Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data draws on classification expert Susan Walsh's decade of experience in data classification to present a fool-proof method for cleaning and classifying your data. The book covers everything from the very basics of data classification to normalisation, taxonomies and presents the author's proven COAT methodology, helping ensure an organisation's data is Consistent, Organised, Accurate and Trustworthy. A series of data horror stories outlines what can go wrong in managing data, and if it does, how it can be fixed.

After reading this book, regardless of your level of experience, not only will you be able to work with your data more efficiently, but you will also understand the impact the work you do with it has, and how it affects the rest of the organisation.

Written in an engaging and highly practical manner, Between the Spreadsheets gives readers of all levels a deep understanding of the dangers of dirty data and the confidence and skills to work more efficiently and effectively with it.

Author - Between the Spreadsheets

CONSTELLIA LIMITED

Connecting Professional Services Procurement people to the Consultancy Procurement Council

Membership Manager

Simfoni

+ Lead spend analytics project delivery across Europe & Middle East
+ Project Implementation​
+ Delivery of product demos
+ Development and delivery of training for Analytics team
+ Product development support
+ Spend analytics
+ Taxonomy development​

Senior Analytics Project Lead - Europe & Middle East

Highways England

Project Support Officer

Philips

Data Verification

+	Administration of product database
+	Working with cross functional teams to resolve issues
+	Develop and deliver training for business hubs to improve processes

Data Product Researcher

Coupa Software

+	Project managing multiple projects simultaneously ensuring all were delivered within time and on budget
+	Management of a team of 14 QA staff
+	Developed and implemented training plan and best practice documents
+	Recruit and train new staff
+	Ensuring consistent quality of work  produced by team

QA Manager

Spend360

+	QA, classification and review of data
+	Excellent attention to detail
+	Managing workload to tight deadlines

Data Services -QA

Fixer of dirty data ★ Spend data classification, supplier normalisation, and taxonomies ★ DataIQ100 x 2 ★DataIQ Data Champion 2022★ Author "Between the Spreadsheets" ★ Creator of COAT ★ TEDx - say NO to NO ★ DataVenger

Are you struggling to get reliable insights from your data?  Do you have duplicates, multiple versions of the same supplier or customer, and multiple date and address formats?  And is it saved in multiple different systems?

The Classification Guru can help.

If you’re in procurement, do you find it hard to see how much you are really spending with one supplier, and on what?  Have you got free text descriptions which mean you have multiple versions of the same item, often misspelt and not against the correct GL or categorisation? How can you make the best negotiations with your suppliers, the biggest cost savings, or manage your supplier list if you don’t have the correct information?

Or if you work in sales or marketing, is your CRM full of junk data, poorly formatted and even missing information, and maybe saved in multiple different systems?  Your team could be wasting time contacting redundant leads, or worse you could be sending out expensive print out to the same address twice, or addresses that don’t even exist.

We bring clarity and accuracy to data and help teams work more effectively and efficiently, finding cost savings through spend and time management, supporting better, more informed business decisions, delivering a strong ROI and delivering back to your organisation faster and more cost-effectively than using large consultancies or spend analytics providers.

While most people dread having to classify or cleanse data, my team and I love it! We are hugely passionate about providing clients with accurate and meaningful data, and because I have been doing this for a decade, I can do this much faster and more accurately than people who might look at their data infrequently.

We can help prevent costly mistakes from happening.

There are many solutions available to automate data classification, but these are never 100% accurate. I've developed a method that my team use to efficiently and accurately classify, cleanse and verify data to minimise the errors in the same amount of time.

When working with large volumes of data it's hard to spot these errors even if you know what you're looking for and especially in Excel, let alone if you don't. With my team and I’s knowledge, experience and tools we can do this for you, freeing up your internal resources.

Fix your dirty data now - www.theclassificationguru.com

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Custom Plastics International Limited

Global Supply Chain & Inventory Manager

Rapala VMC 

Administering a $7Minventory with 12,00 SKUs turning 3+ times per month, played a pivotal role in the achievement of Rapala's long term business goals by developing and managing a global supplier base that allowed rapid scaling and enhanced market competitiveness.

Supply Chain Manager

➢	Hired, mentored, development, and inspired a high-performing Operations team around a culture of collaboration and excellence. 
➢	Conducted a deep-dive analysis of the Operations department to accurately identify and map areas in need of automation. 
➢	Created comprehensive purchasing documents and templates to facilitate Operations, Customer Service, and Warehouse activities. 
➢	Continuously went above and beyond for the success of Rapala, notably by volunteering as WHS employee representative. 
✓ 	Directed the implementation of 14 software process improvements and created new analytics for Operations, Customer Service, and Customs departments, reducing manual transactions to increase efficiency by 71% and save $34K annually.

Lead Planner

➢	Focused on increasing inventory turn to surpass corporate KPI, as part of a 2-person department reporting to VP of Operations. 
➢	Saved $36K in one year by tracking and recovering labour and material expenses related to inventory labelling errors.   
➢	Analyzed data to identify underperforming areas in procurement and create strategies to minimize manual processes and costs.  
➢	Served as a core member of the team that won the SCMA in Residence Week Case Competition in 2013. 
✓ 	Negotiated reduced MOQs with main vendor to generate $144K in savings while meeting corporate’s turnover rate target. 
✓ 	Reduced freight spend by $216K to meet KPI target by negotiating with 3PL partners to decrease rates across main routes.

Supply Chain Analyst

Hubbell Canada

Killark Planner - Managed forecasting activities associated with explosion proof, electrical and sportster lighting products.

➢ Reviewed historical data and prepared purchase requisitions for intercompany and third- party vendors in SAP
➢ Liaised with customer service, marketing, and internal departments to ensure adequate inventory levels
➢ Knowledge resource for cross functional departments
➢ Managed and evaluated vendor performance

Killark Planner - LP

Created a template for Customer Service Representatives to streamline the inquiry process by adding a customer reference field to facilitate easier, quicker and more efficient turnaround for inquires sent to planning department thus improving customer service response time and customer experience.

Customer Service Representative- HWP

Building, developing and delivering innovative, enhanced and integrated global supply chains| Turning Career Gaps into Stepping stones for success| Published author| Public Speaker

I enjoy identifying repetitive, tactical tasks and finding ways to streamline and automate them. This allows me to enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and free up time for strategic and creative activities. By leveraging automation tools and techniques, I aim to optimize workflows and contribute to overall productivity improvements.

I love to help others take their career gaps and turn them into stepping stones for success

And makes me Happy!

The Strategist - Creating a Gameplan - How to start your journey back to work
                        - Gap Analysis - How to take where you are now and get to where you want to go

The Polisher - Negotiating beyond just your salary and annual review by considering all those additional 
                       forms of compensation over the course of your career

The Implementer - Tool to keep one motivated with milestones combined with results from the gameplan

The Gamechanger - Combining all of the above you can reverse engineer yourself over and over

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