Arthur Cowsen Jr.
About Arthur Cowsen Jr.
Arthur Cowsen Jr. is the Supplier Enablement Manager for Corporate Procurement at Fannie Mae in Dallas, Texas, with a background in sales and procurement management.
Title
Arthur Cowsen Jr. holds the position of Supplier Enablement Manager at Fannie Mae in the Corporate Procurement department. His role is based in Dallas, Texas.
Professional Background
Before joining Fannie Mae, Arthur Cowsen Jr. accumulated extensive experience in the sales domain. He worked as a Sales Professional at several leading home-building companies: Meritage Homes for 10 months in 2008, DR Horton for 8 months from 2007 to 2008, and PulteGroup for 3 years from 2004 to 2007. Additionally, he was an intern at Centex Construction from 2003 to 2004, and a Sales Associate at Sprint from 2001 to 2004.
Education and Training
Arthur Cowsen Jr. graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from Texas Christian University, where he studied from 2000 to 2004. He also pursued Design Thinking Training at Harvard University.
Notable Projects and Achievements
Arthur Cowsen Jr. has led several significant projects. In 2016, he presented a successful project to renew over 2,600 static contracts during a Finance Town Hall. In 2017, he automated a contract renewal project using vendor side, system-based validations, and DocuSign. He led a major initiative to convert vendors from non-ACH payments to ACH, saving millions in paper check processing costs. He also collaborated with Accenture and Blue Prism to implement Robotic Process Automation for initial due diligence processes. Arthur created metrics that eradicated a backlog in vendor operations and developed an Excel-based macro for the validation of contractor services and payroll spend. Additionally, he managed a team of 7 members for the Supplier Master Data portion of a Procurement-wide Data Quality initiative.