Ryan Higgins:
Procurement Professional in Ottawa
Abstract: I’m an Ottawa-based professional working in construction purchasing/procurement. I started this website (90’s-style intentional) to post some of the procurement related resources I have developed and to meet other professionals in Ottawa working in similar spaces.
My links:
My LinkedIn page (team building and supply chain posts)
My Reddit account (you’ve probably seen me at r/Ottawa 😄)
My Twitter account (mostly artwork and 90s computer games)
Clubs I’m in: Ottawa Power BI Wednesdays; Procurement People (weekly Ottawa meet – message me for details)
My skills…
📊ERP familiarity: NetSuite (PO processing, inventory, reporting: project P&L, category costing); SAP Ariba (supplier sourcing); Microsoft Dynamics (scheduling, inventory); Zoho (inventory); Service Assistant 5 (vehicle routing; production reporting)
📦Procurement: supplier relationship building, RFX writing and negotiation, inventory, forecasting and ROP calculation, Incoterms and international shipping, versed in the entire procure-to-pay process, responsible for more than $1,000,000 in annual spend
👨💼Leadership: Management of government teams (experience managing up to 16 people), monitoring team KPIs and assessing performance, all on-boarding/off-boarding/coaching/correcting, awarded twice for strong performance in a government management role
🧮Data analytics: Excel experience (all the basics: pivot tables, V and X-Lookups, advanced conditional formatting); Power BI (dashboard development for project and materials management; please email me for demonstrations of my dashboard work)
🗓️Project management: SCRUM and Agile literate, GANTT chart writing, scheduling, post-mortem analysis, PDCA improvement cycles
👷♂️Working style: Enthusiastic and capable of hard work, friendly, understanding and adaptable
Some other stuff I’m working on…
How to keep purchase requests organized using a simple dashboard you can build in Microsoft Excel and Power BI:
Cool internet stuff I have found and don’t want to lose track of…
Easy Invoice (simple invoice PDF generator) https://easyinvoicepdf.com/
Jeff Su (awesome resource for staying organized in the digital age) https://www.youtube.com/@JeffSu
Quiet Nerd (cool YouTube builder) https://www.youtube.com/c/QuietNerd
Upcoming shows in Ottawa https://www.nouvellescene.com/programmation/
QuickHoney https://quickhoney.com/
INCA II Soundtrack https://www.oldgames.sk/music/inca-2-wiracocha
Atlas Obscura (random interesting places) https://www.atlasobscura.com/
Advent of Code (I attempt these every year using Excel) https://adventofcode.com/2025
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