FinTech Magazine November 2019 | Page 17

DIGITISING PROCUREMENT
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DIGITISING PROCUREMENT
“ The process is now really slick . The digitalisation of procurement enables easy work cover in the event of sickness , but also the platform is wholly compliant . It provides a new perspective to procurement .” Noel and her team created the procurement function from scratch . Initially , she had worked across the process ,
on segmentation , building common language and legal . “ Having worked across different parts of the company , we realised that we could make the process more sustainable , and so we took to the market to search for an appropriate tool that would help us achieve our goals of transparency and added value ,” recalls Noel . She then began conversing with over 60 stakeholders about their views and fears regarding procurement , and began to build the platform from there .
The platform was initially rolled out in 2013 to internal stakeholders and
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